Shadows in the mist
By: Corney Gichuki.
Series: Focus books; Focus books (Nairobi, Kenya)
Publisher: Focus Publishers
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Nairobi, Kenya
Language: eng
Number of pages: 171
Genres: Drug Related
First sentence: The Chilly July Mist hung over Mawazo High School, covering the playing field like a wet steamy blanket
Description: David Nguru's immediate problem was how to get home from school-what with no farw and a scary one hundred mile trek alost certain! But that turns out to be the easier part. In the seemingly tranquil village environment, a drug war is looming and Nguru;s elder brother, Gitonga, is in the thick of it, dragging his friends and foes into a fight in which death is only a footstep away.
In the city, Patrick's thirst for holiday adventre is cut short as he lands in a seemingly mundane job of minding a shop. But he finds out that being a shopkeeper can be a dangerous occupation, especially when working with a relative who is deeply involved in a web of nefarious activities. But it is when anti-narcotics chief Jacinta Gatheru strides into the scene that the underworld begins to rumble.
Table of contents: label: CHAPTER 1
title: The Chilly July Mist
pagenum: 1