Desert Rose - The King Prawn

<p><strong>The King Prawn-Volume 1 of the Desert Rose Trilogy</strong></p><p><strong>A murdered businesswoman. A cartel kingpin. A relentless intelligence officer. A young homicide cop. Four lives bound by secrets betrayal and deadly choices.</strong></p><p>Rabah a ruthless cartel mastermind of Arab-Thai descent rose from Paris's rough streets to command Southeast Asia's most powerful drug and weapons empire-built on blood and brilliance. A decade ago he crushed the Mexican cartels in the Mekong igniting a war for revenge.</p><p>Opposite him stands Lenard a cold methodical French intelligence officer shaped by a legacy of power and supremacy. His mission: bring Rabah to justice. But their pasts are intertwined in ways neither suspects and their feelings toward each other are far more complicated than anyone could expect...</p><p>When Nehir-a Turkish businesswoman Rabah's daughter's mother and possibly involved in human trafficking-is found murdered an international investigation thrusts Rabah into the spotlight. Lenard teams up with Turkish authorities-but his motives run deeper than justice.</p><p>At the heart of the case is Dolunay a young homicide officer assigned to assist Lenard during his time in Istanbul. Then boom-after a drunken mistake she's unexpectedly forced into an uneasy alliance with Rabah.</p><p>As loyalties blur and danger escalates who is hunter-and who is prey?</p><p><strong>The King Prawn</strong> is a gripping thriller of power passion and betrayal that launches the <em>Desert Rose</em> trilogy.</p><p>