419 by Will Ferguson

419 by Will Ferguson

A car tumbles through darkness down a snowy ravine.

A woman without a name walks out of a dust storm in sub-Saharan Africa.

And in the seething heat of Lagos City, a criminal cartel scours the Internet, looking for victims.

Lives intersect. Worlds collide. And it all begins with a single email: Dear Sir, I am the daughter of a Nigerian diplomat, and I need your help.

Will Ferguson takes readers deep into the labyrinth of lies that is 419, the world's most insidious Internet scam.

When Laura Curtis, a lonely editor in a cold northern city, discovers that her father has died because of one such swindle, she sets out to track down--and corner--her father's killer. It is a dangerous game she's playing, however, and the stakes are higher than she can ever imagine.

Woven into Laura's journey is a mysterious woman from the African Sahel with scars etched into her skin and a young man who finds himself caught up in a web of violence and deceit.

And running through it, a dying father's final words: You, I love.

Will Ferguson was born in the Alberta town of Fort Vermillion. Why I Hate Canadians, his first book, was a national bestseller. Bastards and Boneheads and Canadian History for Dummies are two of his most recent books. Ferguson is also the author of Hokkaido Highway Blues, a critically praised travel story, and The Hitchhiker's Guide to Japan, a budget traveler's favorite.