''Richard North Patterson has outdone himself - Exile is his best novel yet. '' Bill Clinton From one of America''s most compelling novelists comes the mesmerising story of a lawyer who must defend the woman he loves against a charge of conspiring to assassinate a prime minister. David Wolfe''s life is approaching an exhilarating peak: he''s a successful San Francisco lawyer he''s about to get married and he''s being primed for a run for Congress. But when the phone rings and he hears the voice of Hana Arif - the woman with whom he had a secret affair in law school -he begins a completely unexpected journey. The next day the prime minister of Israel is assassinated by a suicide bomber while visiting San Francisco; soon Hana herself is accused of being the mastermind behind the murder. Hana may well be guilty but David cannot turn away the one woman he can never forget. Culminating in a tense and startling trial with international ramifications Exile is that rare novel that both entertains and enlightens. At once an intricate tale of betrayal and deception a moving love story and a fascinating journey into the lethal politics of the Middle East this is Richard North Patterson at his most brilliant and engrossing. . Language: English