The Betrayal - Softcover

Willett, Sabin

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0425173348 ISBN 13: 9780425173343

Publisher: Penguin, 2000

Synopsis

A U.S. government official discovers she has become a pawn in an international, high-stakes plot involving illegal weapons trading, kidnapping, and assassination

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Review:

Sabin Willett's first novel, The Deal, was hailed as a worthy successor to the novels of Scott Turow and other masterworks of the literary legal thriller. That sentiment is more than justified for this tightly plotted novel of political corruption, international arms dealing and assassination. In 409 pages Willett's heroine, Louisa Shidler, transforms from dutiful public servant to convicted traitor and then to a fugitive betrayed and abandoned by almost everyone--everyone, that is, except her resourceful 12-year-old daughter, an irascible old newsman and a pot-smoking trucker named Bear. Yet, despite such dramatic shifts and odd pairings, Willett's keen characterizations allow the willing suspension of disbelief. Although the pace is relentless as the action moves from Dubai to D.C. and on to Geneva then Paris, finally taking in Cody, Wyoming, the writing is so deft and occasionally brilliant that readers will want to take a deep breath, slow down, and appreciate Willett's descriptive talents. --Jane Adams

About the Author:

Sabin Willett is a partner with the Boston law firm Bingham Dana.  The Betrayal is his second novel.  He graduated from Harvard and Harvard Law School and lives outside Boston.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0425173348
• ISBN 13: 9780425173343
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 512