Bøger af Michael Stanley

Detective Kubu's world is shattered when his father is violently murdered. Defying orders, he sets off on the killers' trail ... with shocking consequences...

I det sydlige Kalahariområde i Botswana – et tørt landskab fyldt med legender om forsvundne byer, skjult rigdom og ældgamle guder – bliver en parkbetjent fundet i en udtørret slugt med et dødeligt sår i hovedet. Tre buskmænd står rundt om den hårdt sårede mand. Men er de hans mordere, eller er de der for at hjælpe? Detektiv David ”Kubu” Bengu er på sagen, en efterforskning, som hans gamle ven Khumanego påstår er motivereret af racistisk antagonisme fra det lokale politi. Men da der sker endnu et mærkeligt mord og så et tredje, der ser ud til at pege på den nomadiske stamme, må den frygtløse Kubu tage dybt ind i Kalahari for at finde sandheden. Det, han opdager der, udfordrer al hans formåen som efterforsker … og hans evne til at holde sig i live.

Smadret kranium, knækkede ribben og en sødlige stank af ådsel. Lad hyænerne æde kroppen – intet lig, ingen sag. Sådan går det dog ikke. Vildtfogederne fra Kalahari snubler over liget midt i hyænernes måltid. Mordet var alligevel ikke perfekt.David ”Kubu” Bengu fra Botswanas afdeling for kriminalefterforskning tilkaldes. En efterforsker, hvis personlighed og fysik står perfekt mål med hans øgenavn, det setswanske ord for flodhest - et umiddelbart omgængeligt dyr, men i virkeligheden et af kontinentets dødeligste og mest vedholdende af slagsen.Under et bjerg af løgne og mistanker finder Kubu frem til en kæde af forbrydelser, der fører til de mest magtfulde personer i landet – koldblodigteffektive og skræmmende indflydelsesrige fjender, der kan få enhver, der kommer i vejen for dem, til at forsvinde.

'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?

In the southern Kalahari area of Botswana?an arid landscape of legends that speak of lost cities, hidden wealth, and ancient gods?a fractious ranger named Monzo is found dying from a severe head wound in a dry ravine. Three Bushmen surround the doomed man, but are they his killers or there to help? Detective David ?Kubu? Bengu is on the case, an investigation that his old school friend Khumanego claims is motivated by racist antagonism on the part of the local police. But when a second bizarre murder, and then a third, seem to point also to the nomadic tribe, the intrepid Kubu must journey into the depths of the Kalahari to uncover the truth. What he discovers there will test all his powers of detection . . . and his ability to remain alive.

When a Botswana mine is robbed of 100,000 carats of diamonds and the thieves are murdered execution-style, Botswana's Detective Kubu begins a terrifying international investigation in the prequel to the award-winning Detective Kubu series.

Issue four closes our exciting first year with the very talented debut of Arthur Klepchukov. His intelligent "A Damn Fine Town" is followed by film director and writer John Shepphird and a prequel to his award-nominated "Shill" trilogy, a bit of a teaser for those of you who may not have discovered Jane Innes…yet. Brian Silverman is up next with a story set on his fictional Caribbean island of St. Pierre featuring his characters, Leonard and Tubby. The featured story this issue is of the most excellent Inspector Kubu by the writing team of Michael Stanley. If "Shoot to Kill" is your first Kubu tale, believe me, he's only better when he's in a novel. Our featured historical story is by the very prolific, very good Frederick C. Davis, who became one of Harry Whittington's "St. Pete Boys," the group of writers like Gil Brewer, Day Keene, and occasionally John D. MacDonald, that met on Sunday afternoons at Harry's house. Davis's story is the first Secrets, Inc. installment, "Blood on the Block." We close out the issue with an offbeat heist story by Robb T. White called "Inside Man," and a short piece by the always terrific Lissa Marie Redmond, who first appeared in issue two, called "We Don't Talk About Lester Anymore." There's a good reason for that.

A fast-paced, relevant, standalone thriller from bestselling, award-winning author Michael Stanley. Freelance journalist Crystal Nguyen heads to South Africa to research a feature on rhino hunting, with devastating results...

When the body of a bushman with puzzlingly young organs is stolen from the morgue and a local witch doctor goes missing, Detective Kubu becomes involved in a life-threatening case.

This internationally acclaimed detective series will delight everyone who loves African crime fiction: 'I was gripped... McCall Smith with a dark edge and even darker underbelly' Peter James

The second in the internationally acclaimed detective series by Michael Stanley: 'a wonderful original voice - McCall Smith with a dark edge and even darker underbelly' Peter James

'Just the thing for lovers of those Number One Ladies looking for a darker, more realistic view of Botswana' Sue Baker, Publishing News