A political thriller about strong-minded women and men, The Dark Path to the River tells a love story that moves between Wall Street and Africa.

“Particularly successful in building suspense … sensitive and ambitious.”
—New York Times Book Review

“A knockout of a novel—impressive in its scope but at the same time intimate and personal … an extraordinary book.”
—Elisabeth Forsythe Hailey, A Woman of Independent Means

“Joanne Leedom-Ackerman knows suspense like Hitchcock … But what distinguishes the novel is its characters … [They] give this fine novel its power.”
—Washington Post

“A book that provokes thought and is most entertaining to read.”
—Los Angeles Times

“The story’s power comes from its daring and imaginative scope, its sense of humanity and human connectedness across … the ‘small’ events of life and the larger events which come to be called history.”
—Dallas Morning News