Description: 'There's no easy way to say this, Kubu. Your father's dead. I'm afraid he's been murdered.' Faced with the violent death of his own father, even Assistant Superintendent David 'Kubu' Bengu, Botswana CID's keenest mind, is baffled. Who would kill such a frail old man? The picture becomes even murkier with the apparent suicide of a government official. Are Chinese mine-owners involved? And what role does the US Embassy have to play? Set amidst the dark beauty of modern Botswana, A Death in the Family is a thrilling insight into a world of riots, corruption and greed, as a complex series of murders present the opera-loving, wine connoisseur detective with his most challenging case yet. When grief-stricken Kubu defies orders and sets out on the killers' trail, startling and chilling links emerge, spanning the globe and setting a sequence of shocking events in motion. Will Kubu catch the killers in time ...and find justice for his father?
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"Under the African sun, Michael Stanley's Detective Kubu investigates crimes as dark as the darkest of Nordic Noir. Call it Sunshine Noir, if you will - a must read." Yrsa Sigurðardóttir
"...engrossing...As always Stanley brings to life a Botswana different from the one familiar to Alexander McCall Smith readers." Publishers Weekly
"Kubu returns with a vengeance - but what is prowling in the darkness of Botswana is more dangerous than the four-legged predators. Then there are the Chinese who just may be the most dangerous of all ... I love it!" Charles Todd
"The lovable larger-than-life detective Kubu is back; frustrated this time because it is his father who has been murdered and he is banned from involvement in the investigation...Writers Michael Sears and Stanley Trollip deliver a great story set in Africa." Cape Times
"The fifth rip-roaring mystery in the Detective Kubu series. If you haven't read the others, the lovable return characters, exceptional police procedural plot, and close-to- home Botswana setting will make you want to." Sunday Times
"Stanley and Kubu deserve much more critical and commercial attention than they have been receiving; hopefully this latest installment will rectify that shortcoming." Bookreporter
"This fifth mystery featuring Detective Kubu is another fast moving procedural notable for its warm characterizations and vivid sense of place." Booklist
"The Stanley novels deliver intricate plots and a cast of regulars well worth following." Kirkus Review