From the Bookshelf of Tyler Public Library…

[close] Avdic’s debut is a combination of the political machinations and governmental conspiracy of The Manchurian Candidate and Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were None. In 2037, Sweden is now known as The Protectorate of Sweden under the Union of Friendship and is recognized by 107 of the 193 UN states, among them the United States of America. In Avdic’s dystopia, Sweden, Finland and Norway are all under martial law. Everyone has “heard” about the RAN project, but the secrecy surrounding it ensures that no one is anxious to really “know” what it is those involved in RAN actually do. When a position opens up in the top-secret RAN organization, seven individuals are recruited to take part in an interview competition on the isolated island of Isola. The protagonist, Anna Francis, is a young single mother who is to observe and record the participants stress reaction to her own faked death. However, nothing is quite as it seems and no one is to be trusted. This suspenseful debut is sure to engage mystery readers who enjoy political intrigue.