I greatly enjoyed reading the book to a point. It was fast moving and a real page-turner with interesting characters, especially Behrani. But after three quarters of the story, it began to fall apart, its seemingly intelligent characters behaving in incredibly stupid ways, especially Burdon, the responsible FTO police officer. I was looking forward to some trouble and then, perhaps, an interesting resolution, but no, the story took a nosedive with the important characters displaying extemely poor judgement, rash behavior and gross stupidity. Ultimatley the book was not believable and very disappointing. Shame on you, Oprah, for recommending it.