Cyndi J. (cyndij) reviewed on 2/24/2011 + 1031 more book reviews

This is an excellent police procedural set in Botswana. Detective David Bengu , nicknamed "Kubu" (hippopotamus), is called in when a game warden finds a partially eaten corpse of a white man in the bush. It's not a lost tourist either. Before he knows it, more folks are dead and he keeps finding pointers to the biggest corporation in Botswana.
Family politics, smuggling, witch doctors and corruption all complicate the case but he has a good staff and his boss, while complaining all the while, has his back. The scenes with his family are charming. This is a nicely plotted mystery/thriller, not very dark, excellent character descriptions and a good sense of place and time. It did drag on towards the end - I think it should have ended about 30 pages before it actually did, but that's a small problem. Definitely worth reading and I'll be looking for the next in the series.

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