Bundy writes a truly mediocre book full of all the false petrodollar-well-funded anti-Israel stereotypes. Don't read the book if you are interested in gaining any insights into the situation in the Middle East. Don't read the book if you are interested in reading a well written or interesting fictional mystery. In short, unless you are in prison and this is the only thing given to you to try to kill time don't waste your time with this book (and in that case just read it to laugh at how bad it is!).