African Poison Murders Author:Elspeth Huxley Perhaps best known for THE FLAME TREES OF THIKA and OUT IN THE MIDDAY SUN, Elspeth Huxley was a versatile author whose range included travel, history and suspense. — THE AFRICAN POISON MURDERS is the story of a double murder set admist the sights and sounds of the vast land of jungles, mountains and wild beasts that Huxley knew so well. — Superint... more »endent Vachall, a Canadian national set adrift in the East African bureaucracy, follows a dead-end trail to a treacherous Nazi bund and a deadly African arrow poison.« less