Maroc

an intense thriller. The end is sudden though.

Maroc is the Arabian name for Morrocco. Daniel Easterman's excellent novel flash-backs to 1936 and the French settlers in Morrocco. Moves to Deutscher's invasion, the subsequent collaboration and the resistance of both the French settlers and the Moroccans. Fast forward to 2002 and the descendants' involvement with the 30's settlers involves a retired Special Branch detective, now a book publisher and his son. Action, intrigue and deadly danger and cruel death ensue in the most gripping way to compel the reader to keep turning the pages.