Away from Lisa Larkin

Book excerpt: Cynical reporter Joshua Sloat accepts an unpaid investigative assignment, a seemingly typical case of a man leaving his wife for someone more glamorous and interesting. With his newspaper job at stake, he follows all leads in the matter of Ana's husband, which takes him from San Francisco to Thailand, Zimbabwe, Russia and Finland. His love to his editor in jeopardy, his money dwindling, ruffians beating the hell out of him because of what he unearths, and implications of multi-national interference and cover-ups cannot force him away from the misery and mystery of a woman named Lisa Larkin.