Fugitive by Phillip Margolin

Charlie Marsh, con man, has found sanctuary in the People's Republic of Batanga, he thinks. After leaving the US 12 years ago to escape incarceration again, Charlie has found Jean-Claude Baptiste, President for Life, to be more of a threat than life imprisonment at home. Baptiste deals with those he takes a dislike to slowly and mercilessly and he lets Charlie know it. Charlie needs to escape. Margolin takes the reader into the lives of a host of individuals, each with their own agenda. Will Charlie make it out alive? Will the reader discover who killed Sally Pope's husband, US Congressman Arnold Pope Jr. 12 years ago? A little gory but an interesting read. Sandy Penton