Djibouti (novel)

Djibouti is a 2010 crime fiction work by American writer Elmore Leonard.
Plot.
Oscar-winning documentary film maker Dara Barr and her "6 feet 6, age 72, African American, über-cool" confidant and assistant Xavier LeBo arrive in Djibouti to document piracy around the Horn of Africa.
Critical reception.
Writing in "The Guardian", Giles Foden described the subject matter of the book as "well researched and not as improbable as it might seem."