The Continental Affair by Christine Magnan is not what I expected--a romantic European tryst with two attractive people--and not the kind of book--a mysterious, weirdly winding tale of two people trying to escape their pasts--I usually read. But this book was intriguing and hard to put down as the chaser and the chased wend their way from Spain to Paris to Belgrade to Istanbul with all sorts of side adventures along the way.

The author has an ear for dialogue and a talent for making this unbelievable and suspenseful tale seem true. She depicts her two main characters with great clarity, their fears, their backgrounds, their insecurities, and this makes for is a seamless interchange between past and present which moves this story, very scary at times, along.

I don't want to say much more and reveal the plot, but I think this is well worth a look-see for any reader who enjoys mystery and adventure.

An excellent read about a time and place I knew so little about but always wondered. What happened to the South directly after the war, how did the citizens feel, what about the Confederate leaders?