The Cover Wife by Dan Fesperman
The Cover Wife by Dan Fesperman
CIA agent Claire Saylor is a maverick who's always in trouble with her superiors, so when she's told to go undercover in Hamburg to pose as the wife of an academic who has published a controversial interpretation of the Quran's promise to martyrs, she assumes the job is a punishment for past unorthodox behavior. But when she discovers her team leader is Paul Bridger, another Agency maverick, she realizes there may be more to this mission than meets the eye -- and not just for professional reasons.
Meanwhile, across town in Hamburg, Mahmoud Yassin, a recent Moroccan emigre, begins to fall under the sway of a group of radicals at his local mosque. The deeper he's drawn, the greater the danger he faces, and he is soon torn between his obligations to them and his feelings toward a beautiful, westernized Muslim woman.
As Claire learns the truth about her mission and Mahmoud grows closer to the radicals, their paths chart a collision course that could have disastrous repercussions far beyond the CIA.
Vintage Crime/Black Lizard, Softcover, 2021
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