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When a mail bomb detonates in a campus office next door, Lee – an Asian American math professor at a second‑tier Midwest university – finds himself suspected of being the notorious "brain bomber," a terrorist who targets prominent scientists and mathematicians. Following the death of a star computer scientist, Lee receives a troubling letter from someone in his past and insists he is being hunted for revenge. Misunderstood by students, colleagues, and neighbors, his behavior only amplifies suspicions, leading the FBI to label him "a person of interest" and threatening his career and reputation.
Exploring how past choices haunt the present, the novel examines the effects of relentless scrutiny and suspicion in a nation increasingly paranoid about terror. Through a tightly plotted narrative, it illuminates the fragile line between innocence and guilt, and the way a single act can unravel a life.
First publish date: 2008
Genre: Crime Fiction/Noir
Authors: Susan Choi
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