Reapers (Botswana Mystery) - Hardcover

Ramsay, Frederick

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1590588061 ISBN 13: 9781590588062

Publisher: Poisoned Pen Pr, 2010

Synopsis

The World Cup, which arrives in June, has ripple effects on all South Africa s neighbors. The arrival of soccer fans, team owners, sponsors, and world dignitaries makes southern Africa, particularly Botswana, ripe for all sorts of intrigue and illicit activities. The American Secretary of State will visit the Chobe. The North Koreans, the Okavango, Arabs, French, Chinese, and Russians are scattered among the various lodges and hotels in the country before, during and after the games. And all will be watching and waiting on the others.Orgonise Africa, derived from Wilhelm Reich s popularization of orgone energy and transmogrified by bad science and wishful thinking, is an effort by fanatics to push forward a plan to seed Africa with orgone, which they believe will purify the continent, rid it of drought, poverty, and HIV/AIDs.To the north, "Patriarche," a silverback mountain gorilla, is forced to share his habitat with coltan miners led by General Le Grande, one of the Congo s many bloody war lords. The profits from the sale of coltan, so prized by electronics manufacturers, help fuel the seemingly endless civil wars that plague that poor country.Sanderson, the Game Ranger in the Chobe National Park, finds a body. Tracking down the murderer opens doors that lead her and Inspector Kgabo Modise first to evidence of local bribery, then to smuggling, and finally to what could well provoke an international incident, except for the shrewd action of Modise and Botswana s intelligence community."

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STARRED REVIEW “A bit rougher-edged than Alexander McCall Smith's genteel "No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency" series, this mystery will still attract his fans and those who like Michael Stanley's Detective Kubu series (e.g., "The Second Death of Goodluck Tinubu ").” –"Library Journal" of "Predators" " " “Through parallel stories, Ramsay's clever stand-alone shows the ruthlessness of the business and the animal worlds without resorting to gimmickry. Ramsay ("Impulse") matches keen characterizations with an obvious affection for Botswana, a complicated country that's more than Alexander McCall Smith's “quaint mysteries,” as one character observes.” –"Publishers Weekly" of "Predators"   STARRED REVIEW "Featuring great characters, snippets of Southern culture and history, and snappy dialog, this is too good to miss." –"Library Journal" of "Stranger Room"

STARRED REVIEW"A bit rougher-edged than Alexander McCall Smith's genteel "No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency" series, this mystery will still attract his fans and those who like Michael Stanley's Detective Kubu series (e.g., "The Second Death of Goodluck Tinubu ")." -"Library Journal" of "Predators"" ""Through parallel stories, Ramsay's clever stand-alone shows the ruthlessness of the business and the animal worlds without resorting to gimmickry. Ramsay ("Impulse") matches keen characterizations with an obvious affection for Botswana, a complicated country that's more than Alexander McCall Smith's "quaint mysteries," as one character observes." -"Publishers Weekly" of "Predators" STARRED REVIEW"Featuring great characters, snippets of Southern culture and history, and snappy dialog, this is too good to miss." -"Library Journal" of "Stranger Room"

STARRED REVIEW A bit rougher-edged than Alexander McCall Smith's genteel "No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency" series, this mystery will still attract his fans and those who like Michael Stanley's Detective Kubu series (e.g., "The Second Death of Goodluck Tinubu "). "Library Journal" of "Predators""" Through parallel stories, Ramsay's clever stand-alone shows the ruthlessness of the business and the animal worlds without resorting to gimmickry. Ramsay ("Impulse") matches keen characterizations with an obvious affection for Botswana, a complicated country that's more than Alexander McCall Smith's quaint mysteries, as one character observes. "Publishers Weekly" of "Predators"STARRED REVIEW"Featuring great characters, snippets of Southern culture and history, and snappy dialog, this is too good to miss." "Library Journal"of "Stranger Room""

About the Author

Dr. Frederick Ramsay was born in Baltimore, MD. After the Army, he joined the faculty of the University of Maryland, School of Medicine. He is an ordained Episcopal priest and lives in Surprise, Arizona with his wife, Susan.

About this edition

• Publisher: Poisoned Pen Pr
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1590588061
• ISBN 13: 9781590588062
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 249