LEOPARDS KILL

Jack Pilgrim is complacent about his lavish lifestyle and successful security business. Then his business partner goes missing—along with a two-million-dollar government payment. Before becoming business partners, Jack and Merc Conrad soldiered together in Afghanistan, and Jack trusted Merc with his life. Now Jack returns to war-torn Afghanistan to find his partner and the missing cash. William Dufris adroitly depicts a man accustomed to success whose confidence is being undermined as his search becomes more complex. Dufris is especially canny at voicing Jack's musings about integrity and loyalty. He expresses the quiet turmoil of a man who is being forced to be patient amid Afghanistan’s chaos and danger. N.M.C. © AudioFile 2007, Portland, Maine [Published: OCT/ NOV 07]