February 2013 Debut of the Month.
With sharply plotted storylines and interesting locations ex BBC journalist Richard Crompton’s debut novel, described as Alexander McCall Smith meets Ian Rankin, has some real appeal. In the lead up to the presidential elections, among allegations of vote rigging and corruption, Detective Mollel is called in to investigate the brutal murder of a prostitute in a public park, and he suspects the case is more complex than it appears. This is an accomplished crime thriller, first in a series with a new character, Mollel, who will do for Nairobi what Ian Rankin’s Rebus did for Edinburgh.
Meet Mollel, a former Maasai warrior whose beloved wife died in the bombing of the US embassy in Nairobi. Mollel has been assigned to the investigation of the brutal murder of a local prostitute. Despite the resistance of his colleagues, Mollel soon begins to uncover something more far-reaching.
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Meet Mollel, a former Maasai warrior whose beloved wife died in the bombing of the US embassy in Nairobi. Mollel has been assigned to the investigation of the brutal murder of a local prostitute.
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The Honey Guide was written by Richard Crompton and published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson an imprint of Orion Publishing Co
