Nairobi heat
By: Mũkoma wa Ngũgĩ
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Johannesburg, South Africa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 165
ISBN-13: 9780143026174
Subjects: Murder victims; African American detectives; Mystery fiction; Fiction
Description: "A young and beautiful white woman is murdered in the US, and the prime suspect is former Rwandan school headmaster Joshua - a hero who had risked his life to save the innocent during Rwanda's genocide. Ishmael, an African American detective, must investigate the case by plunging himself into Joshua's past. He travels to Kenya, where Joshua once lived as a refugee, and finds himself unearthing his own African identity as he uncovers this violent crime. Kenyan author Mukoma wa Ngugi's debut novel is a gripping and hard-hitting detective thriller that questions race, identity and class"--Publisher's website.