Sep 01, 2022fred98115 rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
Detective Kubu's father is murdered late at night near his home. A mining community erupts in violence. Are the events related? Kubu must step aside while his team investigates. Solid, well-written mystery based in Botswana.
Jan 10, 2020Liber_vermis rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
This is the best Detective Kubu plot yet! A series of murders confront the Botswana CID. The revelation of possible kickbacks to senior government officials brings a political edge to some of the crimes. One of the murders affects David…
This series is set not in Mma Ramotswe's Botswana but a more gritty and presumably less idealized version. The class between traditional values and global mining interests was particularly interesting in this book in the series.
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