A Carrion Death (Detective Kubu Book 1)
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Publisher Description
'I'm fascinated by Africa and now I really want to visit Botswana. Through this book, I've come to love the people there, and fall totally for the main character' Louise Penny, New York Times bestselling author of the Chief Inspector Gamache novels
A stunning crime novel set against a backdrop of poachers, witch doctors, diamond smugglers and corruption.
They find the first body near a waterhole considered magical by the local bush people. A string of clues suggests that the victim was murdered and his identity hidden.
For Assistant Superintendent David Kubu Bengu, it's obvious from the start that sinister forces are at work. A convivial figure on the surface, Kubu is a clever and resourceful lawman, well-versed in Botswana's deadliest secrets.
As he follows a blood-soaked trail he uncovers a chain of crimes linked to the most powerful figures in the country -influential enemies who will stop at nothing to remove those who stand in their way...
'A Carrion Death is that perfect combination of "I don't want it to end" and "I can't put it down". Great African crime fiction' Deon Meyer
Readers LOVE the Detective Kubu series:
'Inspector Kubu should become well established among the ranks of world class fictional sleuths *****' Amazon reviewer
'A Carrion Death is a rip-roaring read *****' Amazon reviewer
'I thoroughly enjoyed A Carrion Death and was up all night in full "just another chapter" mode until the end *****' Amazon reviewer
'Highly recommended and the others in the series are equally good *****' Amazon reviewer
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
This impressive debut from Stanley, the South African writing team of Michael Sears and Stanley Trollip, introduces overweight assistant superintendent David Bengu of the Botswana Police Department, whose nickname is, fittingly, Kubu (Setswanan for hippopotamus). In investigating the case of a partially consumed human body found in a remote area of a game reserve, Kubu keeps running across tangential links to Botswana Cattle and Mining, the country's largest company. As more people connected to the case turn up dead, Kubu realizes that multiple murder may be just the byproduct of a much more heinous crime. The intricate plotting, a grisly sense of realism and numerous topical motifs (the plight of the Kalahari Bushmen, diamond smuggling, poaching, the homogenization of African culture, etc.) make this a compulsively readable novel. Despite a shared setting with Alexander McCall Smith's No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series, this fast-paced forensic thriller will resonate more with fans of Patricia Cornwell's Kay Scarpetta.
