Popular African Mystery Books
Find mystery books written by authors from Africa for the next part of the Read Around The World Challenge. (30)
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A Beautiful Place to Die by Malla Nunn EN
EswatiniDescription:
Jacob's Rest, a tiny town on the border between South Africa and Mozambique, 1952. An Afrikaner police officer is found dead. Detective Emmanuel Cooper, an Englishman, begins investigating the murder following a trail of clues that lead him to uncover as
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A Murder of Hate by Yasin Kakande EN
UgandaDescription:
A Murder of Hate is a gripping crime thriller that immerses readers in a world where murder, politics, and international diplomacy collide in a dangerous web of deceit and desire. Boston detectives Lisa Garcia and Basudde "Bus" Erias, two fierce rivals, are thrust into the heart of a chilling investigation when the niece of an African president-an exchange student in Boston-is brutally murdered. As they dig deeper into the case, they uncover more than just a killer; they expose the dark and deadly connections between Washington's power players and the ruthless dictators they secretly support. ... continue
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A Song of Comfortable Chairs by Alexander McCall Smith EN
ZimbabweDescription:
In this latest installment in the beloved No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series, Grace Makutsi encounters a pair of quandaries that will require all of her and Mma Ramotswe’s cleverness and generosity to resolve. “An escape from life’s woes as well as a suggestion for how to make the whole deal more palatable—fragility, fruit cake, and all.” —The Boston Globe Grace Makutsi’s husband, Phuti Radiphuti, is in a bind. An international firm is attempting to undercut his prices in the office furniture market. Phuti has always been concerned with quality and comfort, but this firm seems interested on... continue
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Blessed Are the Dead : An Emmanuel Cooper Mystery by Malla Nunn EN
Description:
Detective Emmanuel Cooper returns to solve a darkly romantic mystery in this rich and complex novel by Malla Nunn, author of Let the Dead Lie and A Beautiful Place to Die. Detective Sergeant Emmanuel Cooper returns in this powerful, atmospheric novel about two communities forced to confront each other after a murder that exposes their secret ties and forbidden desires in apartheid South Africa, by award-winning author Malla Nunn. The body of a beautiful seventeen-year-old Zulu girl, Amahle, is found covered in wildflowers on a hillside in the Drakensberg Mountains, halfway between her father’s... continue
Morocco6.
Crooked Seeds by Karen Jennings EN
Country: Africa / 
South Africa
South Africa
Description:
A woman in post-apartheid South Africa confronts her family's troubled past in this taut and compelling novel from the Booker Prize longlisted author of An Island
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Cry the Beloved Country by Alan Paton EN
Country: Africa / South Africa
South Africa
Description:
The compassionate story of the Zulu pastor Stephen Kumalo and his son Absalom.
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Liberia9.
La chica del tren by Paula Hawkins ES
Description:
¿Estabas en el tren de las 8.04? ¿Viste algo sospechoso?
Rachel, sí
Rachel toma siempre el tren de las 8.04 h. Cada mañana lo mismo: el mismo paisaje, las mismas casas… y la misma parada en la señal roja. Son solo unos segundos, pero le permiten observar a una pareja desayunando tranquilamente en su terraza. Siente que los conoce y se inventa unos nombres para ellos: Jess y Jason. Su vida es perfecta, no como la suya. Pero un día ve algo. Sucede muy deprisa, pero es suficiente. ¿Y si Jess y Jason no son tan felices como ella cree? &iq... continue
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My Sister, the Serial Killer : A Novel by Oyinkan Braithwaite EN
NigeriaDescription:
"Slasher meets satire in this darkly comic novel set in Nigeria about a woman whose younger sister has a very inconvenient habit of killing her boyfriends"--