In Evans’s fourth scarily plausible thriller off the beaten track, kidnap in the Congo is just a smokescreen for a devastating conspiracy.
Veronica Kelly came to Africa to start her life over. Still reeling from her divorce, she is grateful when a handsome stranger invites her to join a tour to visit gorillas in Uganda’s wild Impenetrable Forest. A trip that goes desperately wrong when their group is captured by brutal gunmen.
Then one tourist is executed.
And then another.
This is no random their abduction is only the first move in a deadly strategic game. A game in which Veronica’s ex-husband is somehow involved.
Now she must embark on a wild journey across Africa to unveil a malignant conspiracy before it consumes entire nations – and hundreds of lives . . .