An African Affair

by Nina Darnton Narrated by Mia Barron

Overview

New York Times and Newsweek contributor Nina Darnton, a former resident of Nigeria, uses her intricate knowledge of Africa to pen this, her thrilling debut novel. New York journalist Lindsay Cameron is in Lagos, Nigeria, to report on the assassination of a prominent Nigerian politician. But what begins as a race for exclusive interviews and coveted inside information leads Lindsay to a deadly trail of political corruption and greed.

Editorial Reviews

Publishers Weekly

Reporter Darnton draws on her five years in Africa for her less than successful debut novel, the first in a thriller series. In 1994, gutsy American journalist Lindsay Cameron, a foreign correspondent for the New York Globe, joins the paper's new full-time bureau in Nigeria at an extremely turbulent time. Dissidents are challenging the country's military dictator, Gen. Michael Olumide, whose repressive regime is funded by narcotics trafficking. While trying to expose Olumide's campaign against his opponents without running afoul of the authorities, Lindsay gets a respite from her grueling job in the person of James Duncan, an art gallery owner in search of West African art to purchase, who proves a potential love interest. Meanwhile, the CIA must regroup after the murder of their most valuable agent in Nigeria. While the portrayal of endemic corruption compels (almost every transaction requires a bribe), stock situations and a plot development that most readers will anticipate many chapters ahead of the lead character erode the hard-edged realism. (July)

MARCH 2012 - AudioFile

Foreign correspondent Lindsay Cameron heads to Lagos after the assassination of a Nigerian bigwig. There she finds conditions there uncomfortably primitive—her satellite phone won’t work, there’s no computer access, and she must resort to a portable typewriter. Lindsay witnesses brutality by the government; follows a drug-smuggling story; deals with CIA intrigue, murder, and corruption; and—although she fights against it—makes time for romance. Mia Barron’s narration brings clarity to Nina Darnton’s busy plot. Barron adds a self-assuredness to Lindsay and a much-needed precision to the novel’s assortment of characters, who don’t seem as perceptive as one might hope. The story takes too many predictable turns, and savvy listeners will see what’s happening long before Lindsay does. Barron’s winning reading makes listening entertaining. S.J.H. © AudioFile 2012, Portland, Maine

Product Details

BN ID:	2940171050719
Publisher:	Recorded Books, LLC
Publication date:	07/29/2011
Edition description:	Unabridged

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