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A Deadly Covenant: The award-winning, international bestselling Detective Kubu series returns with another thrilling, chilling sequel

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By (author): Michael Stanley

When a human skeleton is discovered at the site of a controversial new dam in remote northern Botswana, rookie Detective Kubu is drawn into a terrifying local feud, and discovers a deadly covenant that could change everything

A wonderful, original voice McCall Smith with a dark edge and even darker underbelly Peter James
 
Stanley gets everything the dialogue, the terrain descriptions, the plot beats right and with a complex and endearing protagonist Publishers Weekly STARRED review
 
A real page turner, perfect for those who like their mysteries complex, and want something a little different Strand Magazine
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While building a pipeline near the Okavango Delta, a contractor unearths the remains of a long-dead Bushman. Rookie Detective David Kubu Bengu of Botswana CID and Scottish pathologist, Ian MacGregor, are sent to investigate, and MacGregor discovers eight more skeletons.

Shortly after the gruesome discoveries, the elder of a nearby village is murdered in his home. The local police are convinced it was a robbery, but Kubu isnt so sure and neither is the strange woman who claims that an angry river spirit caused the elders death.

As accusations of corruption are levelled and international outrage builds over the massacre of the Bushman families, Kubu and his colleagues uncover a deadly covenant, and begin to fear that their own lives may be in mortal danger
 
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My favourite writing duo since Ellery Queen Ragnar Jónasson
 
Great African crime fiction Deon Meyer
 
Michael Stanley weaves together the core mystery and the landscape of Africa in magical ways Bolo Books
 
Kubu is an excellent, if large, companion for readers entering his unfamiliar land Reviewing the Evidence
 
What an outstanding read! Kings River Life magazine
 
The African Columbo Entertainment Weekly See more
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Product Details
  • Dimensions: 129 x 198mm
  • Publication Date: 08 Dec 2022
  • Publisher: Orenda Books
  • Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9781914585425

About Michael Stanley

Michael Stanley is the writing team of Michael Sears and Stanley Trollip. Both were born in South Africa and have worked in academia and business. Stanley was an educational psychologist specialising in the application of computers to teaching and learning and is a pilot. Michael specialises in image processing and remote sensing and teaches at the University of the Witwatersrand. On a flying trip to Botswana they watched a pack of hyenas hunt kill and devour a wildebeest eating both flesh and bones. That gave them the premise for their first mystery A Carrion Death which introduced Detective Kubu Bengu of the Botswana Criminal Investigation Department. It was a finalist for five awards including the Crime Writers Association Debut Dagger. The series has been critically acclaimed and their third book Death of the Mantis won the Barry Award for Best Paperback Original mystery and was a finalist for an Edgar award. Deadly Harvest was a finalist for an International Thriller Writers award. A Death in the Family and Dying to Live are the latest in the Detective Kubu series published in 2017 by Orenda Books. Dead of Night the standalone thriller was published in 2018.

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