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The best mysteries set in Africa are solidly grounded in local culture and reflect a wide range of the continent's most urgent challenges.
As a setting of a crime fiction series, Africa—I was certain—would keep me intrigued as no other place could. But Africa is huge, by far the largest of the continents. Where exactly would I set my stories, and since I write historicals, when?
27 sie 2020 · Whether you're reading about a murder mystery in a far-off country you may never visit or a detective story in the heart of the city next to yours, you are inevitably exposed to new names, faces, people, and languages.
26 sie 2011 · In the 1930s, Elspeth Huxley, the daughter of British colonial settlers who brought her to Kenya in the early 20th century, wrote three mysteries, including Murder at Government House, where a...
21 wrz 2021 · The first mystery in the series takes place in a small town on the border between South Africa and Mozambique. New apartheid laws have created a deeper division between the Afrikaners and the English.
16 wrz 2023 · From high-stakes thrillers to cosy mysteries, from South African township life to Zimbabwe's independence, Southern African crime fiction is a flourishing genre. Michael Sears, half of the crime-writing duo Michael Stanley, talks us through some of the best Southern African crime books out there and explains how they shed light on important issues.
Paul Mendelson shares the 5 best books on crime thrillers set in Africa. Have you read Devil's Peak?
