When a car explodes in a crowded part of Kabul ten years after 9/11, a Japanese-American journalist is shocked to discover that the passengers were acquaintancesthree fellow ex-pats who had formed an unlikely love triangle.
Alexandra was a human rights lawyer for imprisoned Afghan women. Justin was a born-again Christian who taught at a local school. Clay was an ex-soldier who worked as a private contractor. The car s driver, Idris, was one of Justin s most promising pupilsand he is missing.
Drawn to the secrets of these strangers, and increasingly convinced the events that led to the...

Growing up in rural British Columbia, Deni Ellis Bechard believes his charismatic father is infallible. Wild, unpredictable, even dangerous, Andre is worshipped by his young son, who believes that his father can do no wrong.

But when Deni's mother leaves his father and decamps with her three children to Virginia, the boy learns of his father's true identity. Andre Bechard was once a bank robber--and so Deni's imagination is set on fire. Boyish rebelliousness gives way to fantasies of a life of crime. At once attracted and repelled, Deni can't escape the sense that his father's life holds...