Love in the Time of the Improvised Explosive Device by JR Pomerantz

Jim is wracked by grief, and though he hasn’t quit his job, he has stopped working. Rather than firing him, his bosses offer him a job at the FDA’s new international branch, located—for reasons he doesn’t quite understand—in Afghanistan.
As soon as Jim lands in the country, he knows he’s in over his head. He can’t deal with the heat, the altitude, or the constant danger—to say nothing of the fact that everyone he meets seems to be holding a gun. His job, as best he can figure it out, has something to do with the pharmaceutical potential of rare earth minerals recently discovered in the country, the kind that could make a lot of rich people even richer.
Jim soon realizes he’s walked into a game much bigger than he’s qualified to play, one of espionage, terrorism, and secrets that hit the upper echelons of the U.S. government.
A twisty and engaging thriller with an unlikely operative at its center.

Category: Thrillers – Conspiracies