Making Ghosts Dance

Fans of The Expats will love Making Ghosts Dance!US Embassy Cambodia. Junior American diplomat Chris Kelly spends his days behind blast-proof glass interviewing visa applicants--not exactly the glamorous lifestyle hed had in mind when he joined the State Department. And Cambodia while not the worst place in the world to pay his dues on window duty is not exactly Paris. The State Department considers Cambodia an extreme hardship post and millions of its citizens can still recount atrocities of the Khmer Rouge era. But thats not what gives Kelly nightmares.Chea Phyrom is the nephew of Cambodias prime minister. Hes what the American Embassy calls a classic MRE--morally repugnant elite--and is the undisputed king of Cambodias vibrant sex industry. Protected by his uncle he makes a fortune fulfilling the needs of a multinational flood of sex tourists that grows with every passing year.Cheas nemesis is Sochua Nika the only female general ever in Cambodias armed forces. The prime minister found it politically expedient to make her head of his anti-human trafficking unit--with the tacit understanding she was supposed to look the other way. Sochua didnt get the memo. An ambitious political diva with a political power base of her own shes made it her lifes ambition to take Chea Phyrom down.By night Kelly secretly volunteers for IRM an organization that rescues children from sexual slavery. Posing as a foreign tourist he leaves his bubble of safety for the seedy nightlife of Phnom Penh in search of underage prostitution. When Sochuas elite anti-trafficking unit acting on a tip from IRM raids Chea Phyroms flagship brothel Kelly finds himself at the nexus of a deadly political power game he didnt bargain for. Chea vows to make an example of everyone involved--and he doesnt give a damn about diplomatic immunity.