New Thriller, "A Foreign Policy," Targets Saudi Upheaval

Betrayed by his associates and his government, an American insurance agent faces beheading in Saudi Arabia as the country explodes into revolt.

(PRWEB) August 5, 2005 -- In this first novel a US businessman becomes a victim of his own country's foreign policy. Published by Medallion Press, ISBN# 193281549X, the book will be available September, 2005. The web site http://www.aforeignpolicy.com includes excerpts and background notes.

When Boston insurance executive Guy Sinclair visits Saudi Arabia, a colleague is brutally murdered and a suicide bomber apparently comes back to life. Yet this is only the start of a business trip which turns into nightmare. Saudi police arrest Sinclair for the murder and, as evidence against him accumulates, he faces beheading.

With Saudi Arabia fighting internal unrest, the US government believes the execution of an American may help win popularity for the beleaguered regime.

When the US State Department abandons him, Kamila, an attractive academic working for the US embassy, discovers that Sinclairs client is financing Saudi dissidents. Convinced of his innocence, she plots his escape. Though at first he rejects her help, suspecting her of a terrorist connection, he soon has no choice. Saudi Arabia is erupting into revolution as he and Kamila race to a border which is about to close.

British-born author Richard Graham-Yooll studied at Balliol College, Oxford University, graduating with an MA in English. Before moving to the USA, he worked for Lloyds of London and made several visits to Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, to advise local investors how to form an insurance company. The experience taught him valuable lessons in mutual incomprehension and misunderstanding and provided background for "A Foreign Policy."

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