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Title : Detective Kubu Investigates Boxed Set
Author(s) : Michael Stanley
Publisher : White Sun Books
Tags : Mystery & Suspense, International, Fiction & Literature, Short Stories
Series : Detective Kubu #1
Languages : English
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Published : 2021-12-03T16:00:00+00:00
Identifiers : kobo:detective-kubu-investigates-boxed-set, isbn:9798201972158
Comments : b'<div class="synopsis-description" translate="no"><p>In this BOXED SET of all the Michael Stanley short stories included in the successful Detective Kubu Investigates 1 & 2 and African Mysteries collections, there are thirteen twisty cases from Botswana and elsewhere. There\'s also an interview with Kubu himself, and exclusive excerpts from the new Kubu novel <em>A Deadly Covenant</em> to be released in 2022.</p>\n<p>A man is killed while rhino poaching, but is it as straightforward as it appears? A garbage collector makes a horrifying discovery in a bin. Is he the culprit or a victim? A witch doctor sets out to solve crimes with the help of the spirits. How does that work out? A man is stabbed outside a bar. Is it just a jealous fight or is there something much more sinister behind it? A writer at a weekend party is writing a noir short story set in the house where he\'s staying, but it seems to be coming true.</p>\n<p>In seven of the stories Kubu investigates murders in Botswana. Four detectives with very different styles and methods solve cases in South Africa, and there are two bonus stories set outside Africa.</p>\n<p>Best-selling British mystery author Peter James wrote of Michael Stanley\'s work, "I was gripped and entranced from the first page. A wonderful, original voice—McCall Smith with a dark edge and even darker underbelly."</p>\n<p>Michael Stanley is the pen name of two South Africans—Michael Sears and Stanley Trollip—who write fiction together. Their award-winning novels featuring Detective Kubu are <em>A Carrion Death</em>, <em>The Second Death of Goodluck Tinubu</em> (<em>A Deadly Trade</em>, outside North America), <em>Death of the Mantis</em>, <em>Deadly Harvest</em>, <em>A Death in the Family</em>, <em>Dying to Live</em>, and <em>Facets of Death</em>. They also have a stand-alone thriller <em>Shoot the Bastards</em> (<em>Dead of Night</em>, outside North America).</p>\n</div> \r\n '
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Title : Detective Kubu Collection
Author(s) : Michael Stanley
Publisher : Orenda Books Ltd
Tags : Mystery & Suspense, Hard-Boiled, International, Fiction & Literature
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Published : 2019-06-13T16:00:00+00:00
Identifiers : kobo:detective-kubu-collection, isbn:9781912374953
Comments : b'<div class="synopsis-description" translate="no"><p>**Books 4,5 and 6 of THE DETECTIVE KUBU COLLECTION</p>\n<p>Assistant Superintendent David ‘Kubu’ Bengu of the Botswana Criminal Investigation Department returns to solve a series of dark, devastating crimes that run deep into the heart of the community and far, far beyond … Sunshine Noir at its very finest…</p>\n<p>BOOK ONE – <em>Deadly Harvest</em></p>\n<p>Finalist for the Best Paperback Original Novel at the International Thriller Writers Award**</p>\n<p>A young girl goes missing after getting into a car with a mysterious man. Soon after, a second girl disappears, and her devastated father, Witness, sets out to seek revenge.</p>\n<p>As the trail goes cold, Samantha Khama – new recruit to the Botswana Criminal Investigation Department – suspects the girl was killed for muti, the traditional African medicine usually derived from plants, sometimes animals, and, recently and most chillingly, human parts. When the investigation gets personal, Samantha enlists opera-loving wine connoisseur Assistant Superintendent David ‘Kubu’ Bengu to help her dig into the past.</p>\n<p>**As they begin to discover a pattern to the disappearances, there is another victim, and Kubu and Samantha are thrust into a harrowing race to stop a serial killer who has only one thing in mind…</p>\n<p>BOOK TWO – <em>A Death in the Family</em></p>\n<p>‘There’s no easy way to say this, Kubu. Your father’s dead. I’m afraid he’s been murdered.’**</p>\n<p>Faced with the violent death of his own father, even Assistant Superintendent David ‘Kubu’ Bengu, Botswana CID’s keenest mind, is baffled. Who would kill such a frail old man? The picture becomes even murkier with the apparent suicide of a government official. Are Chinese mine-owners involved? And what role does the US Embassy have to play?</p>\n<p>Set amidst the dark beauty of modern Botswana, <em>A Death in the Family</em> is a thrilling insight into a world of riots, corruption and greed, as a complex series of murders present the opera-loving, wine connoisseur detective with his most challenging case yet.</p>\n<p>When grief-stricken Kubu defies orders and sets out on the killers’ trail, startling and chilling links emerge, spanning the globe and setting a sequence of shocking events in motion.</p>\n<p>**Will Kubu catch the killers in time … and find justice for his father?</p>\n<p>BOOK THREE – <em>Dying To Live</em>**</p>\n<p>When the body of a Bushman is discovered near the Central Kalahari Game Reserve, the death is written off as an accident. But all is not as it seems. An autopsy reveals that, although he’s clearly very old, his internal organs are puzzlingly young. What’s more, an old bullet is lodged in one of his muscles … but where is the entry wound?</p>\n<p>When the body is stolen from the morgue and a local witch doctor is reported missing, Detective ‘Kubu’ Bengu gets involved. Kubu and his brilliant young colleague, Detective Samantha Khama, follow the twisting trail through a confusion of rhino-horn smugglers, foreign gangsters and drugs manufacturers. And the deeper they dig, the wider and more dangerous the case becomes…</p>\n<p><strong>A fresh, new slice of ‘Sunshine Noir’, Dying to Live is a classic tale of greed, corruption and ruthless thuggery, set in one of the world’s most beautiful landscapes, and featuring one of crime fiction’s most endearing and humane heroes.</strong></p>\n<p>A wonderful, original voice – McCall Smith with a dark edge and even darker underbelly’ <strong>Peter James</strong></p>\n<p>‘My favourite writing duo since Ellery Queen’ <strong>Ragnar Jónasson</strong></p>\n<p>‘It kept me guessing, and it kept me gasping at its many twists and surprises’ <strong>R.L. Kline</strong></p>\n<p>‘Richly atmospheric … a gritty depiction of corruption and deception’ <em><strong>Publishers Weekly</strong></em></p>\n<p>‘Compelling and deceptively written …’ <em><strong>New York Journal of Books</strong></em></p>\n</div> \r\n '
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Title : Detective Kubu Investigates 2
Author(s) : Michael Stanley.
Publisher : Michael Stanley Books
Tags : Fiction & Literature, Short Stories, Crime
Languages : English
Rating : 2.5
Published : 2019-09-09T16:00:00+00:00
Identifiers : kobo:detective-kubu-investigates-2, isbn:9781393314349
Comments : b'<div class="synopsis-description" translate="no"><p>The second collection of Michael Stanley short stories following on from the highly successful DETECTIVE KUBU INVESTIGATES and featuring more twisty cases from Botswana and elsewhere. There\'s also an exclusive excerpt from the new Kubu novel FACETS OF DEATH to be released next January. Best-selling British mystery author Peter James wrote of Michael Stanley\'s work, "I was gripped and entranced from the first page. A wonderful, original voice—McCall Smith with a dark edge and even darker underbelly."</p>\n<p>Detective David "Kubu" Bengu of the Botswana Criminal Investigation Department is a large man with big appetites—his nickname Kubu means hippo in the Setswana language. He is happily married and lives in the capital, Gaborone. And he\'s smart! Entertainment Weekly called him "The African Columbo."</p>\n<p>Twenty-first century Botswana is a country with real issues and real murders. Two of the stories in this collection involve Kubu himself—one where he\'s wrestling with a violent murder linked to rhino poaching in the north of the country, and one where he\'s wrestling with cooking dinner for Christmas. (It\'s one of his favorite dishes, and the recipe is included if you\'d like to try it.) Another story revolves around Bushman people exiled to New Xade in the Kalahari. Something evil has crept into their village. Is it human, or something even worse?</p>\n<p>Michael Stanley is the pen name of two South Africans—Michael Sears and Stanley Trollip—who write fiction together. Their novels featuring Detective Kubu are A CARRION DEATH, THE SECOND DEATH OF GOODLUCK TINUBU (A DEADY TRADE outside North America), DEATH OF THE MANTIS, DEADLY HARVEST, A DEATH IN THE FAMILY and DYING TO LIVE. The new Detective Kubu mystery, FACETS OF DEATH, will be out in January 2020.</p>\n<p>Several of the books have been shortlisted for a variety of awards, and DEATH OF THE MANTIS won the BARRY AWARD for best paperback original in 2012 and was shortlisted for the EDGAR AWARD.</p>\n</div> \r\n '
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Title : Death of the Mantis (Detective Kubu Book 3)
Author(s) : Michael Stanley
Publisher : Headline
Tags : Fiction & Literature, Crime, Mystery & Suspense
Rating : 2.5
Published : 2011-08-31T16:00:00+00:00
Identifiers : kobo:death-of-the-mantis-detective-kubu-book-3, isbn:9780755381197
Comments : b'<div class="synopsis-description" translate="no"><p><strong>\'<em>Death of the Mantis</em>, by Michael Stanley is the best book I\'ve read in a very long time\'</strong> Louise Penny, <em>New York Times</em> bestselling author of the Chief Inspector Gamache novel</p>\n<p><strong>The third novel in the fantastic Detective \'Kubu\' Bengu crime series, set in the southern Kalahari area of Botswana - a place full of buried lost cities, incredible hidden wealth, ancient gods and, for thousands of years, home to the nomadic Bushmen.</strong></p>\n<p>When a fractious ranger named Monzo is found dead, fallen into a donga - a dry ravine - surrounded by three Bushmen, the local police arrest the nomads. Detective \'Kubu\' Bengu is on the case, which reunites him with his old school friend Khumanego, a Bushman and now an advocate for his people.</p>\n<p>Khumanego believes the arrests are motivated by racist antagonism from the police, as the Bushmen are claiming that they were at the murder scene because they were trying to help.</p>\n<p>Soon after Monzo\'s death, Detective \'Kubu\' learns of another case involving two botany students on their way back from a specimen-collecting trip but who were later found dead, seemingly poisoned, at a campground. Could the deaths be connected?</p>\n<p><strong>\'Kubu is the African Columbo\'</strong> <em>Entertainment Weekly</em></p>\n<p><strong>\'<em>Death of the Mantis</em> takes us places we\'ve never been, thrills and informs us, and leaves us changed by the experience. I loved this book\'</strong> Timothy Hallinan, author of <em>The Queen of Patpong</em> and <em>A Nail Through the Heart</em></p>\n<p><strong>Readers around the world LOVE <em>Death of the Mantis</em>:</strong></p>\n<p>\'<strong>Original premise</strong> and <strong>truly interesting characters</strong>, I loved this book *****\' Amazon reviewer</p>\n<p>\'All of the books in the <strong>Detective Kubu series are</strong> <strong>excellent and worth reading</strong> *****\' Amazon Reviewer</p>\n<p>\'As expected, an <strong>excellent read</strong> which I <strong>thoroughly recommend</strong> *****\' Amazon reviewer</p>\n</div> \r\n '
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Title : Detective Kubu Investigates
Author(s) : Michael Stanley
Publisher : michael stanley
Tags : Mystery & Suspense, International, Fiction & Literature, Crime
Languages : English
Rating : 1.8
Published : 2013-03-02T16:00:00+00:00
Identifiers : kobo:detective-kubu-investigates-1, isbn:9781497702462
Comments : b'<div class="synopsis-description" translate="no"><p>"Kubu" Bengu is a detective in the Botswana Criminal Investigation Department. A large man with big appetites - his nickname Kubu means hippo in the Setswana language. He is happily married and lives in the capital, Gaborone.</p>\n<p>Twenty-first century Botswana is a country with real issues and real murders. In this collection of stories - one never previously published - Kubu investigates three mysterious deaths. A man is stabbed outside a bar. Is it just a jealous fight or is there something much more sinister behind it? A man suffers a gruesome death in a country town. Is it the result of witchcraft, or could there be another cause? A policeman is shot dead at close range in his own home. Is it the colleagues of a man he killed who was resisting arrest? And what of his wife\'s alibi?</p>\n<p>In the last story of the collection, The Haunting, a very unusual detective in South Africa solves a strange disappearance and fraud in a most unconventional way.</p>\n<p>Finally, author Michael Stanley interviews Detective Kubu himself in Gaborone until Kubu amusingly turns the tables!</p>\n<p>This entertaining collection of Kubu\'s shorter adventures is not to be missed by his many fans. And if you haven\'t met Kubu yet, then a treat is in store for you.</p>\n<p>Michael Stanley is the pen name of two South Africans - Michael Sears and Stanley Trollip - who write fiction together. Their novels - all featuring Detective Kubu - are A CARRION DEATH, THE SECOND DEATH OF GOODLUCK TINUBU (A DEADY TRADE in the UK), DEATH OF THE MANTIS, and DEADLY HARVEST. The books have been shortlisted for a variety of awards, and DEATH OF THE MANTIS won the BARRY AWARD for best paperback original in 2012.</p>\n</div> \r\n '
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Title : Detective Kubu Investigates: A Collection of Mystery Short Stories Set in Botswana
Author(s) : Michael Stanley
Languages : eng
Rating : 2.1
Published : 2013-03-02T00:00:00+00:00
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Comments : <p>The first collection of Michael Stanley short stories introducing Detective David “Kubu” Bengu of the Botswana Criminal Investigation Department. A large man with big appetites—his nickname Kubu means hippo in the Setswana language—he’s happily married and lives in the capital, Gaborone. And he’s smart! Entertainment Weekly called him “The African Columbo,” and the New York Times said that “Readers may be lured to Africa by the landscape, but it takes a great character like Kubu to win our loyalty.”Twenty-first century Botswana is a country with real issues and real murders. In this collection of stories—one specially written for this collection—Kubu investigates three mysterious deaths. A man is stabbed outside a bar. Is it just a jealous fight or is there something much more sinister behind it? A man suffers a gruesome death in a country town. Is it the result of witchcraft, or could there be another cause? A policeman is shot dead at close range in his own home. Is it the colleagues of a man he killed who was resisting arrest? And what of his wife's alibi?In the last story of the collection, The Haunting, a very unusual detective in South Africa solves a strange disappearance and fraud in a most unconventional way.Finally, author Michael Stanley interviews Detective Kubu himself in Gaborone until Kubu amusingly turns the tables!This entertaining collection of Kubu's shorter adventures is not to be missed by his many fans. And if you haven't met Kubu yet, then a treat is in store for you.Michael Stanley is the pen name of two South Africans—Michael Sears and Stanley Trollip—who write fiction together. Their novels featuring Detective Kubu are A CARRION DEATH, THE SECOND DEATH OF GOODLUCK TINUBU (A DEADY TRADE outside North America), DEATH OF THE MANTIS, DEADLY HARVEST, A DEATH IN THE FAMILY and DYING TO LIVE. The new Detective Kubu mystery, FACETS OF DEATH, is out in January 2020. There’s an excerpt from it at the end of the collection.Several of the books have been shortlisted for a variety of awards, and DEATH OF THE MANTIS won the BARRY AWARD for best paperback original in 2012 and was shortlisted for the EDGAR AWARD.</p>
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Title : African Mysteries: Four Noir Stories Including a Never-Before Published Detective Kubu Investigation
Author(s) : Michael Stanley
Languages : eng
Rating : 2
Published : 2020-05-23T00:00:00+00:00
Identifiers : amazon:B08942GCKX
Comments : <p>A new collection of four southern African mystery short stories from Michael Stanley, author of the award-winning Detective Kubu series, including a never-before-published Kubu mystery.Serial Killer is set in 1999, when Kubu is a brand new detective, wet behind the ears and trying to find his role in the Botswana Criminal Investigation Department. As a new detective, Kubu is assigned a trivial case trying to catch a prankster. But then the pranks start to escalate and seem headed towards murder. “Informal recycling” is a common profession in South Africa (and many other places). On garbage-collection days, the informal recyclers go from bin to bin searching for anything they can use or resell. In The Ring, one of these recyclers makes a horrifying discovery in a rich, Johannesburg woman’s bin.The Otter Trail is a wonderful five-day hike along South Africa’s south coast. In Three on a Trail, two girls start the trail but only one comes out. And that one can’t remember what happened. The missing girl’s brother decides to find out, but gets much more than he bargained for.The final story in this short collection is The Last Case of Inspector Fourie. Angry about being overlooked for promotion and sour about the lack of success with prosecutions in South Africa, an embittered policeman investigates a murder and the theft of diamonds from a De Beers facility. The puzzle is how did the diamonds leave the building through all the automated security, and what happened to them after that?</p>
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Title : A Death in the Family: A Detective Kubu Mystery
Author(s) : Michael Stanley
Publisher : White Sun Books
Series : Detective Kubu #5
Languages : eng
Rating : 2.3
Published : 2015-10-02T00:00:00+00:00
Identifiers : amazon:0997968923, isbn:9780997968927
Comments : <p>'There's no easy way to say this, Kubu. Your father's dead. I'm afraid he's been murdered.' Faced with the violent death of his own father, even Assistant Superintendent David 'Kubu' Bengu, Botswana CID's keenest mind, is baffled. Who would kill such a frail old man? The picture becomes even murkier with the apparent suicide of a government official. Are Chinese mine-owners involved? And what role does the US Embassy have to play? Set amidst the dark beauty of modern Botswana, A Death in the Family is a thrilling insight into a world of riots, corruption and greed, as a complex series of murders present the opera-loving, wine connoisseur detective with his most challenging case yet. When grief-stricken Kubu defies orders and sets out on the killers' trail, startling and chilling links emerge, spanning the globe and setting a sequence of shocking events in motion. Will Kubu catch the killers in time ...and find justice for his father?</p>
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