Launching
Guest Speakers Author duo Michael Stanley
Where The Pavilion, Kelvin Grove
When Thursday 14 February
Time 12 noon for 12h30
Yes, it’s a Valentine’s Day get-together.
The award writing team, Michael Stanley (Michael Sears and Stanley Trollip) will be with us to present their new book, a gripping crime thriller, set in South Africa against the underworld of wildlife poaching, in particular, the illegal trade of Rhino horn.
Michael and Stanley will share their experience of how co-authoring works as well as some quite gritty research in developing this novel.
The Authors
Michael Stanley is the writing team of Michael Sears and Stanley Trollip. Both were born in South Africa and have worked in academia and business. Their Detective Kubu series has been critically acclaimed and is an international bestseller, picking up multiple awards since first publication. Dead of Night marks a new departure for the duo.
The Book
Freelance journalist Crystal Nguyen heads to South Africa to research a feature on Rhino hunting… for National Geographic with devastating results. Within a week she’s been hunting poachers, hunted by their bosses and then arrested in connection with a murder, she goes undercover in Vietnam trying to discover the truth before she’s exposed by the local mafia. The South African authorities need to be convinced to take action before it’s too late both for the Rhino and for her. She has a powerful story to tell if she survives long enough to tell it…
Dead of Night is a stunning thriller which exposes one of the most vicious conflicts on the African continent . . . you won’t be able to put down.
The Pavilion is a lovely room and parking is plentiful and safe. The price for a two-course meal which includes wine and service is R350.
For more information or to book telephone 021 685 8016 or email.sandybailey@tekomsa.net
This is what has been said about the book which has just had its UK launch.
‘A wonderful, original voice – McCall Smith with a dark edge
and even darker underbelly’
- Peter James
‘Under the African sun, Michael Stanley’s Detective Kubu investigates crimes
as dark as the darkest of Nordic Noir. Call it Sunshine Noir, if you will – a must
Read’
- Yrsa Sigurdardottir
‘Detective David ‘Kubu’ Bengu is a wonderful creation, complex and beguiling.
The exotic smells and sounds of Botswana fill the pages as well as the changes
and
old traditions. Compelling and deceptively written...’
-New York Journal of Books
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