Description: Greg Abimbola is many things. He's Black, British and fluent in Russian. He's a snappy dresser, a reasonable teacher, and an unenthusiastic sports fan. But most of all, he's exceptional at keeping secrets. Like, who he really is, and the things he's done. Determined to keep his head down after helping solve a murder in the school basement, Greg fears a trap when Sergeant Rachel Lev of the Pittsburgh police corners him in his apartment. Because his refusal to take credit isn't modesty, it's a survival tactic. But Rachel is here on another matter entirely. She needs his help. She's lead detective on the homicide of an unidentified man fished from the Allegheny River. With clues scant, and surrounded by colleagues who'd love to see her side-lined, Greg is her final roll of the dice. Greg has no choice. He knows more than he's saying about Rachel's mysterious corpse. To add to his troubles, a school trustee plunges to his demise after a heated board meeting. Both deaths come with potentially lethal consequences. If he doesn't find answers, and soon, Greg Abimbola might be the third man on the autopsy table"--
Brief description:
Adam Oyebanji
was born in Coatbridge, North Lanarkshire. He recently took the big step of
moving east to Edinburgh by way of Birmingham, London, Lagos, Chicago,
Pittsburgh and New York: a necessary detour, because the traffic otherwise is
really, really bad. A graduate of Birmingham University and Harvard Law School,
Adam works in the field of counter-terrorist financing, helping banks choke off
the money supply to rogue states, narcotics empires, and human trafficking
networks.
He is the author of
the SFF novel Braking Day, as well as the acclaimed mystery/spy novel A
Quiet Teacher, featuring Black British expat Greg Abimbola, a seemingly
mild-mannered Russian-language teacher with terrifying secrets. Two Times
Murder is the second novel in the Quiet Teacher series.
Review Quotes: Two Times Murder is an ingenious page-turner - a clever, intricately-plotted murder mystery wrapped in a tense spy thriller. Greg Abimbola is a one-off sleuth and Oyebanji's vivid characters are written with an original and compelling voice-- "Chris Merritt, author of Committed"