Allied in Danger by Donald BainMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
Robert, don't call me Bobby, Brixton joins his close friend, David Portland, in investigating the large oil company,XCAL, and its security outfit, SureSafe. Portland's son died mysteriously in Nigeria while working for XCAL, though the official story is that he was killed by Nigerian rebels, MEND, out on the Nigerian Delta. It happens that Brixton is also involved in trying to piece together SureSafe's relationship to a charity, Bright Horizons, also based in Nigeria. It appears to have bilked an American out of his savings and he then committed suicide. His son has hired MacKenzie Smith to investigate the possibility of recovering any of the money or at least to bring the bilkers to justice.
As David's investigation continues in London and Brixton's continues in Virginia their discoveries begin to focus on two men in the Nigerian Delta, one a warlord and the other the head of SureSafe's operations in the Delta. To settle the mystery they decide to travel to Nigeria, though without a solidly formulated plan of action.
Convoluted, exciting and disturbing all at the same time, the manipulation and corruption rampant in the oil rich delta is also fascinating. A good tale that probably has more truth to it than fiction,
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