A young inventor and his wife die in a car bombing - leaving behind a will that surprises friends and parents by directing a vast fortune toward charities in the developing world. Viilagers in remote Laashekoh, Helmand Province, cannot understand why they're regarded as recipients for charity. A caregiver fears discovery that she has no patients while young teenagers, upon hearing about an orphanage, seize an opportunity to run away. The stakes are high, the sums of money are huge, and cultures clash. All these are motivations for fraud and murder in Allure of Deceit.
