In this loose sequel to the author\u2019s Turkey Shoot\u00a0(2018), Anna Burmeister is in transition, raising her 5-year-old son, Ramadi, in Piraeus, Greece, while still mourning his father, Mahmoud, who was killed in the earlier book. Mahmoud isn\u2019t as far away as she thinks, as he\u2019s been denied entry to Paradise (\u201cWhere I find myself now is very strange and lonely, a plane I have all to myself. Perhaps this is perdition and I am doomed to isolation for eternity\u201d). One day, Anna witnesses a young boy, Sami, being abducted. The kidnapper is freed in court by a judge, to the disgust of Anna, who has already organized the Children\u2019s Protective League of Greater Athens in an effort to shine a spotlight on child trafficking. She recruits her hacker friend, Ottovio, to surveil the trafficker who got off, as well as his associates. Anna also assembles a motley crew of allies from media, social services, law enforcement, and her friend group to be ready to pounce on the traffickers when they make their next move. When Ramadi spies two men grabbing Naila, a young refugee girl, Anna rallies all her forces, marching on the traffickers\u2019 hideout. Dutton has hit upon a novel method to construct a character: Anna is presented as a real person whose story has been lightly fictionalized by the author of the two books that feature her (by the time readers reach the end, they will likely have forgotten about this somewhat confusing conceit). Dutton introduces a ton of characters to keep track of, who tend to appear briefly and then vanish for dozens of pages. Waiting for an actual abduction seems to take forever, and it\u2019s apparent to everyone but Anna which side a cop whom she believes to be corrupt is really on. The preceding novel was Mahmoud\u2019s story\u2014this book is Anna\u2019s tale, and the anarchist is appropriately making up her life as she goes along, leading with her heart.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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