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Just finished Michael Stanley's detective novels set in Botswana featuring Superintendent "Kubu" Bengu - a nickname meaning hippo derived from his large size. It's a different take on crime in this African country, already popularized in Alexander McCall Smith's No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency - more urban & international themes. But it was interesting to note the emphasis in both series' main character (Sup. Kubu and Precious Ramotswe) on personal decency and kindness.
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