The Rumi Cipher

"Cory is a writer to watch" - Stephen James"Gripping. I'm already hunting for a sequel." - Robert DugoniWhen celebrated Palestinian poet Noor Watani is shot at outside a Cambridge café, Boston PI Brent Malory takes the case expecting a straightforward bodyguard gig: a beautiful client, a nervous brother, and a pool of political enemies a mile wide. Simple enough.It isn't.As the threats escalate from a bullet to a ransacked apartment and attempted kidnapping, Brent discovers that someone far more dangerous than a disgruntled activist is circling Noor-a mercenary who believes she's carrying stolen state secrets with the power to ignite a third Intifada. But the woman Brent has come to know, and to love, is not the woman Lawrence Drake is describing. Or is she?From the leafy streets of Cambridge to a high-stakes reception in Georgetown, Brent races to keep Noor alive while the woman herself plays a game she won't let him see. One that could either prevent a war or start one.The Rumi Cipher is a propulsive, layered thriller about loyalty, deception, and the impossible arithmetic of doing the right thing in a world where the right thing looks different depending on which side of the wall you were born on.