When a twelve-year-old boy is found strangled to death with multiple stab wounds, his killer is assumed to be a pedophile. Lieutenant Tromp Kramer and his sidekick, Bantu Detective Sergeant Mickey Zondi begin to investigate and soon learn that the boy had been involved in a detective club that encouraged children to spy and snitch on people, and no one likes a snitch. Whom was Boetie spying on? As the two men look into possible leads on the case, they must also navigate increasing tensions surrounding racism in the '70s in South Africa, and Kramer finds himself on the receiving end of much of the hatred himself.
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Praise for James McClure:
"More than a good mystery story . . . a revealing picture of the hate and sickness of the apartheid society of South Africa."--"The Washington Post"
""The Caterpillar Cop" is just as stark, just as earthy, just as lusty. . . . Powerful. . . . The pace is fast, the solution ingenious."--"The New York Times Book Review"
""The Caterpillar Cop" . . . unusually enough--is just as good, if not better, than its predecessor."--"St. Louis Post Dispatch"
Praise for" Catepillar Cop"
""The Caterpillar Cop" . . . unusually enough--is just as good, if not better, than its predecessor."
--"St. Louis Post Dispatch"
""The Caterpillar Cop" is just as stark, just as earthy, just as lusty. . . . Powerful. . . . The pace is fast, the solution ingenious."
--"The New York Times Book Review"
Praise for James McClure:
"More than a good mystery story . . . a revealing picture of the hate and sickness of the apartheid society of South Africa."
--"The Washington Post"
"[McClure is] a distinguished crime novelist who has created in his Afrikaner Tromp Kramer and Bantu Sergeant Zondi two detectives who are as far from stereotypes as any in the genre."
--P. D. James
"McClure's stories ... have been noteworthy in equal measure for their poignant evocation of [South Africa], their perception of partnership, and their acute sense of sexual obsession."
"--Time Magazine"
"Soho completes its reprinting of one of the finest police series to begin in the 1970s, James McClure's eight books about Tromp Kramer and Mickey Zondi, a South African biracial detective team in the days of Apartheid."
"--Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine"
Praise for" Catepillar Cop"
"The Caterpillar Cop." . . unusually enough is just as good, if not better, than its predecessor.
"St. Louis Post Dispatch"
"The Caterpillar Cop"is just as stark, just as earthy, just as lusty. . . . Powerful. . . . The pace is fast, the solution ingenious.
"The New York Times Book Review"
Praise for James McClure:
More than a good mystery story . . . a revealing picture of the hate and sickness of the apartheid society of South Africa.
"The Washington Post"
"[McClure is] a distinguished crime novelist who has created in his Afrikaner Tromp Kramer and Bantu Sergeant Zondi two detectives who are as far from stereotypes as any in the genre."
P. D. James
"McClure's stories ... have been noteworthy in equal measure for their poignant evocation of [South Africa], their perception of partnership, and their acute sense of sexual obsession."
" Time Magazine"
"Soho completes its reprinting of one of the finest police series to begin in the 1970s, James McClure's eight books about Tromp Kramer and Mickey Zondi, a South African biracial detective team in the days of Apartheid."
" Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine"
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Praise for Catepillar Cop
The Caterpillar Copis just as stark, just as earthy, just as lusty . . . Powerful . . . The pace is fast, the solution ingenious.
The New York Times Book Review
The Caterpillar Cop. . . unusually enough is just as good, if not better, than its predecessor.
St. Louis Post Dispatch
Praise for James McClure
More than a good mystery story . . . a revealing picture of the hate and sickness of the apartheid society of South Africa.
The Washington Post
"[McClure is] a distinguished crime novelist who has created in his Afrikaner Tromp Kramer and Bantu Sergeant Zondi two detectives who are as far from stereotypes as any in the genre."
P. D. James
"McClure's stories . . . have been noteworthy in equal measure for their poignant evocation of [South Africa], their perception of partnership, and their acute sense of sexual obsession."
Time Magazine
"Soho completes its reprinting of one of the finest police series to begin in the 1970s, James McClure's eight books about Tromp Kramer and Mickey Zondi, a South African biracial detective team in the days of Apartheid."
Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine"
Praise for The Catepillar Cop
James McClure (1939-2006) was born in Johannesburg, South Africa, where he worked as a photographer and then a teacher before becoming a crime reporter. He published eight wildly successful books in the Kramer and Zondi series during his lifetime and was the recipient of the CWA Silver and Gold Daggers.
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