num_pages: 467
description: Smashed skull snapped ribs and a cloying smell of carrion. Leave the body for the hyenas to devour-no body no case.But when Kalahari game rangers stumble on a human corpse midmeal it turns out the murder wasn't perfect after all. Enough evidence is left to suggest foul play. Detective David Kubu Bengu of the Botswana Criminal Investigation Department is assigned to the case.The detective's personality and physique match his moniker. The nickname Kubu is Setswana for hippopotamus-a seemingly docile creature but one of the deadliest on the continent. Beneath Kubu's pleasant surface lies the same unwavering resolve that makes the hippopotamus so deceptively dangerous. Both will trample everything in their path to reach an objective.From the sun-baked riverbeds of the Kalahari to the highest offices of an international conglomerate Kubu follows a blood-soaked trail in search of answers.Beneath a mountain of lies and superstitions he uncovers a chain of crimes leading to the most powerful figures in the country-influential enemies who will kill anyone in their way.A memorable detective makes his debut in this gritty mesmerizing thriller. Set amid the beauty and darkness of contemporary Africa A Carrion Death is the first entry in an evocative new series cutting to the heart of today's Botswana-a modern democracy threatened by unstable neighbors poachers and diamond smugglers. Those trying to expose the corrupt ringleaders will find themselves fighting for their lives...
language: English
title: A Carrion Death
publisher: Harper