A story of guilt, murder and politics set in Africa and New York from the acknowledged master of psychological suspense.

Twenty years ago, Ray Campbell was an idealistic aid worker in the newly independent African state of Lubanda. He fell in love there with Martine, a native white Lubandan. Martine tried to make Ray see that all actions have consequences, but he couldn't, not until it was too late...

When a friend from his time in Africa is found dead in a New York alley, Ray is forced to return to Lubanda and to a past he's spent a lifetime trying to forget...