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Category Archives: Africa
An Honourable Man by Gillian Slovo
An Honourable Man by Gillian Slovo Virago, 2012 Reviewed at Petrona, March 2012.
Posted in 2.5 stars, Adventure, Africa, Books, Domestic, England, Europe, Historical, Medical, Social comment, Sudan
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Random Violence by Jassy Mackenzie
Mackenzie, Jassy – ‘Random Violence’ Paperback: 384 pages (Dec. 2011) Publisher: Soho Press ISBN: 1569479119 Jade de Jong returns to her native South Africa after ten years away. She’s a PI whose father was the police commissioner of Johannesburg, but … Continue reading
Posted in 2.5 stars, Africa, Books, Crime fiction, Debut, Eurocrime, Private investigator, Series, Social comment, South Africa, Thriller
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Bloodland by Alan Glynn
Bloodland by Alan Glynn Faber & Faber, 2011. Reviewed at Petrona, February 2012.
Posted in 4 star, Africa, Books, Crime fiction, Current affairs, Europe, Ireland, Italy, Journalism, North America, Political, Social comment, The Congo, Thriller, USA
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Mixed Blood by Roger Smith
Mixed Blood by Roger Smith Serpent’s Tail, 2009 (Kindle edition). Reviewed at Petrona, December 2011.
Posted in Africa, Books, Crime fiction, Debut, Social comment, South Africa, Thriller
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Nairobi Heat by Mukoma Wa Ngugi
Nairobi Heat by Mukoma Wa Ngugi Melville International Crime, 2010. Reviewed at Petrona, November 2011.
Posted in Africa, Books, Crime fiction, Kenya, North America, Police procedural, Rwanda, Social comment, Thriller, USA
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Trackers by Deon Meyer
Trackers Deon Meyer translated by Laura Seegers (from Afrikaans) Hodder & Stoughton, 2011 Reviewed at Petrona, September 2011.
Posted in Adventure, Africa, Books, Crime fiction, Political, Series, Social comment, South Africa, Thriller, Translated
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The Screaming of the Innocent by Unity Dow
The Screaming of the Innocent by Unity Dow Reviewed at Petrona in November 2010. See here for review.
Posted in Africa, Books, Botswana, Crime fiction, Legal, Social comment
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Let the Dead Lie by Malla Nunn
Let the Dead Lie by Malla NunnPan Macmillan, 2010. The year 1953 finds Emmanuel Cooper in Durban, no longer a policeman after the Morton’s fork he faced in A Beautiful Place to Die, working in the shipyards with other ex-army men … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, Australia, Books, Crime fiction, Private investigator, Series, Social comment, South Africa
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A Beautiful Place to Die, by Malla Nunn
A Beautiful Place to Die This impressive debut novel is set in South Africa in 1952, in the immediate aftermath of the election which resulted in the Boer government and specifically the Immorality Act, by which the “white”, coloured” and … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, Australia, Books, Crime fiction, Debut, England, Police procedural, Series, Social comment, South Africa
Tagged australia, crime fiction, historical, police procedural, political thriller, south africa, usa
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A Dark Redemption by Stav Sherez
A Dark Redemption By Stav Sherez Faber&Faber, 2012 Carrigan and Miller #1 Reviewed at Petrona, April 2012.