A Crocodile Smile is the second in a series of UN political thrillers. It is set in Accra, during a UN Trade and Development Conference.
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A Crocodile Smile is set in Accra, Ghana during a UN Trade and Development Conference. Jonathan Knight, an experienced and cynical British diplomat, arrives in Accra and meets Melanie, a fascinating but married American delegate, who believes she can change the world.
Against the backdrop of the crisis in food prices and collapsing financial markets, growing income disparities and tensions between developing and developed countries, this clash of political and social views leads to a most unlikely relationship.
A string of murders of African delegates turns this international conference, the biggest that Ghana has ever hosted, into a pressure-chamber in which political agendas and moral values clash.
Political barters and deals struck behind the scenes by foreign governments are an everyday occurrence at the United Nations. The author, who attended this conference in April 2008, decided to weave its story into this imaginary (yet quite realistic) political thriller.