Crime mystery set mainly in OXFORD in WW2
The Hot Country
Location(s): Mexico
Genre(s): Crime, Mystery
Era(s): 1910s
April 1914 and war correspondent Christopher Marlowe Kit Cobb arrives in Vera Cruz, Mexico, to cover the country’s civil war. A passionate believer in the power of a free press, Kit is no mere observer. He assumes a false identity to pursue German diplomat Friedrich von Mensinger en route to a meeting with revolutionary leader Pancho Villa, and Cobb soon finds himself up to his neck in political intrigue. Along the way he’s nearly shot by a mysterious sniper, joins forces with a double agent and falls in love with a headstrong young Mexican woman who may be mixed up in the revolutionary plot. An exciting tale of intrigue and espionage, Robert Olen Butler s powerful historical crime fiction debut is a thriller not to be missed.
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