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Dying to Live - (Detective Kubu) 2nd Edition by Michael Stanley & Michael Sears & Stanley Trollip (Paperback)

Dying to Live - (Detective Kubu) 2nd Edition by  Michael Stanley & Michael Sears & Stanley Trollip (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>When the body of a Bushman is found near the Central Kalahari Game Reserve, the death is written off as an accident. But all is not as it seems. An autopsy reveals that although he is clearly very old, his internal organs are puzzlingly young. What's more, an old bullet is lodged in one of his muscles ... but where is the entry wound?</p><p><br></p><p>When the body is stolen from the morgue and a local witch doctor is reported missing, Detective 'Kubu' Bengu gets involved. Kubu and his brilliant young colleague, Detective Samantha Khama, follow the twisting trail through a confusion of rhino-horn smugglers, foreign gangsters, and drug manufacturers. And the deeper they dig, the wider and more dangerous the case becomes.</p><p><br></p><p>A fresh new slice of Sunshine Noir, Dying to Live</em> is a classic tale of greed, corruption, and ruthless thuggery, set in one of the world's most beautiful landscapes, and featuring one of crime fiction's most endearing and humane detectives.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p>'David "Kubu" Bengu, an assistant superintendent in the Botswana CID, investigates a particularly baffling murder in his sixth, and best, outing. Stanley (the pseudonym of Michael Sears and Stanley Trollip) keeps the intriguing plot twists coming.'</p><p>-Publishers Weekly</em> Starred and Boxed Review for Dying to Live</em></p><p><br></p><p>'Stanley once again mixes strongly developed characters, puzzling plot twists and a textured African setting in an international police procedural with heart and soul that will appeal to fans of Kwei Quartey and Alexander McCall Smith.'</p><p>-Library Journal</em> Starred Review for Dying to Live</em></p><p><br></p><p>'The best yet, with both an ingenious mystery and a deeper and more textured depiction of modern Botswana and Kubu's piece of it.'</p><p>-Kirkus Reviews for Dying to Live</em></p><br>

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