[electrobooks] Malla Nunn.
- From: "Shell" <shell@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Sun, 5 Apr 2009 21:42:40 +0100
This is my latest scan if anyone would like it. it was a very exciting read.
Shell.
A Beautiful Place To Die.
by
Malla Nunn.
Set in South Africa in 1952, Australian filmmaker Nunn's stellar debut explores a divided
society through the frame of a classic murder
mystery. When Det. Sgt. Emmanuel Cooper, Nunns tortured sleuth, investigates white
suspects in the fatal shooting of Afrikaner police captain Willem Pretorius,
he immediately encounters resistance from the victims family. Before long, brutal
investigators from the Security Branch offer a politically expedient
solution. Cooper must fend off their threats as he pursues a link between the murder and
an open Peeping Tom case that Pretorius had been probing. The
detective finds no shortage of people who might have had a motive for killing the captain.
Fans of Charles Todds Inspector Rutledge series (A Matter of
Justice, etc.) will note some parallels, in particular Coopers being haunted by the spirit
of his old sergeant-major. Smooth prose and a deft plot make
this novel a welcome addition to crime fiction set in South Africa.
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