Deadly Harvest: A Detective Kubu Mystery

Description

The fourth mystery in the beloved and critically acclaimed Detective Kubu series tracks a series of murders and the mysterious witch doctor whose nefarious potions might hold the key to a web of missing persons. A young girl goes missing after getting into a car with a mysterious man. Soon after, a second girl disappears, and her devastated father, Witness, sets out to seek revenge.

Michael Stanley is the writing team of Michael Sears and Stanley Trollip. The pair have had many adventures together , including tracking lions at night, fighting bush fires on the Savuti plains in northern Botswana, surviving a charging elephant, and losing their navigation maps while flying over the Kalahari. Sears lives in Johannesburg, South Africa. Trollip divides his time between South Africa and Minneapolis, MN.

"Kubu is also hugely appealing--big and solid and smart enough to grasp all angles of this mystery. Readers may be lured to Africa by the landscape, but it takes a great character like Kubu to win our loyalty." -- New York Times Book Review "Assistant Superintendent Kubu is back....Michael Stanley's enthralling series is a must-read for anyone who enjoys clever plotting, terrific writing, and a fascinating glimpse of today's Africa." -- Charles Todd, New York times bestselling author of A Matter of Justice "[Kubu is] the African Columbo." -- Entertainment Weekly "Deadly Harvest is number four in this fascinating crime series. Detective David 'Kubu' Bengu is a wonderful creation, complex and beguiling...Compelling and deceptively written, it's the perfect summer read." -- New York Journal of Books "These darker, grittier entries featuring the portly and perceptive Detective Kubu blend intricate plotting and a compelling cast." -- Booklist "Grisly murders and heart-wrenching societal issues mark... fascinating police procedural [Deadly Harvest].... Sears and Trollip write so seamlessly.... An intricate crime puzzle." -- St. Paul Pioneer Press "Believable and utterly menacing.... Tight plotting is seasoned with African culture." -- Steve Steinbock, Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine "One of the finest crime thrillers of 2013." -- SHOTS Crime & Thriller Ezine