A Hundred Suns by Karen Tanabe

Indochine in 1933 where wealthy plantation owners and a few powerful local families live their privileged lives while local workers labor in the hot sun for next to nothing. The land and people here have been exploited by French, Chinese, British and Americans but smile and cater to the Lesage family who have just arrived as a chance to improve their ties to the Michelin rubber barons. Jesse Lesage whose humble American roots she is trying to forget about, is very eager for this opportunity to succeed and make her way into the wealthy club life. Soon she becomes fast friends with one of the club wives who introduces her to the shadowy part of Indochine and the secrets no one speaks of. What begins as a historical look at privileged women and men running amok turns into a dangerous game of secrets, politics and manipulation. A story that all fans of historical fiction will devour with a side of intrigue like CASABLANCA.