Layover in Dubai (Vintage Crime/Black Lizard)
“Fast-paced. . . . Fascinating. . . . Fesperman leads us on a lively chase.” —TheWashington Post  “A frantic tale of cold murder, cunning double-crosses, and narrow escapes. . . We plow our way through sharp scenes of brilliant resourcefulness in the face of a towering conspiracy.”—NPR“[Fesperman] has a nose for powder-keg settings that offer social and political insights as well as vicarious thrills.” —Richmond Times-Dispatch “Entertaining. . . . Continues the string of fine work by Fesperman.”—St. Louis Post-Dispatch “A suspenseful, page-turning thriller . . . An exciting, labyrinthine yarn of conspirators and assassins, chases, escapes, near misses, plots within plots, and Dubai lore.”—The Providence Journal “Fesperman sharpens his storytelling acumen to cut through various global issues in his latest thriller . . . Dubai proves to be an ideal spot for excess, intrigue, and nefarious corporate shenanigans.”—Baltimore Magazine “Fascinating. . . . All of Fesperman’s strengths are on display in his latest. . . . Anyone looking for more than just an a la carte thriller will find Layover in Dubai to be a soup to nuts reading experience indeed.”—Daily Bulldog(Franklin County, Maine) “Fesperman makes Dubai his book’s finest character. Fabulous wealth and opulence grind like tectonic plates against traditional Muslim culture. . . .Layover in Dubaihas plenty of action, but it’s Fesperman’s portrait of a truly bizarre place that will captivate readers.”—Booklist “A stellar suspense mystery that sizzles in the hot desert sun.”—Las Vegas Review-Journal