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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…
Oct 11, 2016
I have read all the books in the series and have enjoyed them all. Not so much with this one.
May 13, 2016
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.