num_pages: 219
description: Combines a strong sense of locale compelling tension psychological probing and mordant wit. Mr. Head deserves a front rank among modern mystery writers - New York Times World War II is over but Hooper Taliafero is still in Africa tying up Uncle Sam's loose ends. The latest end is in Cabinda a tiny Portuguese colony with gaily painted buildings and a history of slave-trading. Hoop should have a pleasant stay at the home of the local administrator - the beer after all is cold and the women beautiful - but the other guests are an unpleasant mix of hangers-on including a shady lawyer and an overly chummy Brit on constant look-out for a loan. When one of them is murdered Hoop calls in Dr. Mary Finney the Miss Marple of the tropics. As usual Hoop is a bit fuzzy on the details but the formidable Dr. Finney has both stellar sleuthing skills and a .45 in her necessaries bag. Both will come in handy if she's to sort through the tangled threads of the Cabinda Affair...
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title: The Cabinda Affair
publisher: Felony & Mayhem