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Author
Series
Publisher
Minotaur Books/St.Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
xi, 324 pages : map ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
A Bushman is discovered dead near the Central Kalahari Game Reserve gh the man looks old enough to have died of natural causes, the police suspect foul play, and the body is sent to Gaborone for an autopsy. Pathologist Ian MacGregor confirms the cause of death as a broken neck, but is greatly puzzled by the man's physiology. Although he's obviously very old, his internal organs look remarkably young. He calls in Assistant Superintendent David "Kubu"...
Author
Series
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
359 pages : map ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Faced with the violent death of his own father, Assistant Superintendent David 'Kubu' Bengu, the smartest detective in the Botswana police, is baffled. Who would kill such a frail old man? Kubu's frustration grows as his boss, Director Mabaku, bans him from being involved in the investigation. The picture becomes even murkier with the apparent suicide of a government official. Are Chinese mine-owners involved? And what role does the US Embassy have...
Author
Series
Publisher
Poisoned Pen Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
314 pages : map ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Recent university graduate David 'Kubu' Bengu joins the Botswana Criminal Investigation Department directly rather than via the normal route of a constable on the beat. This does not sit well with existing detectives. Shortly after he joins the CID, the richest diamond mine in the world is robbed of 100,000 carats of diamonds in transit. The robbery is well-executed and brutal. Police immediately suspect an inside job, but there is no evidence of...
Author
Series
Detective Kubu mysteries volume 1
Publisher
Harper Paperbacks
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
x, 467, 20 p. : map ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Smashed skull, snapped ribs, and a cloying smell of carrion. Leave the body for the hyenas to devour—no body, no case. But Kalahari game rangers stumble on the human corpse mid-meal. The murder wasn't perfect after all. Enter Detective David "Kubu" Bengu of the Botswana Criminal Investigation Department, an investigator whose personality and physique match his moniker, the Setswana word for hippopotamus—which is a seemingly docile beast, but one...
Author
Series
Detective Kubu mysteries volume 4
Publisher
Bourbon Street Books
Pub. Date
c2013
Physical Desc
xiv, 477 p. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Girls are disappearing in Botswana. The rumor is they're being harvested for muti, a witch doctor's potion traditionally derived from plants and animals -- and which, some believe, can be made more potent by adding human remains. Detective David "Kubu" Bengu joins the investigation with the police force's newest detective -- and only woman -- Samantha Khama, for whom the case is personal. Soon one girl's father, convinced that his daughter's death...
Author
Series
Detective Kubu mysteries volume 3
Publisher
Harper Paperbacks
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
430 p. : map ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
In the southern Kalahari area of Botswana -- an arid landscape of legends that speak of lost cities, hidden wealth, and ancient gods -- a fractious ranger named Monzo is found dying from a severe head wound in a dry ravine. Three Bushmen surround the doomed man, but are they his killers or there to help? Detective David 'Kubu' Bengu is on the case, an investigation that his old school friend Khumanego claims is motivated by racist antagonism on the...
Author
Series
Detective Kubu mysteries volume 2
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
468 p. : map ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Detective Kubu faces his most disturbing investigation yet when he finds himself caught up in a case of betrayal and mistaken identity on the outskirts of northern Botswana. Goodluck Tinubu, an ex-Zimbabwean who has taught in Botswana for many years, is viciously murdered at the Jackalberry bush camp, situated on an isolated peninsula in northern Botswana. Peter Sithole, a guest at the camp, is found bludgeoned to death a few hours later. Detective...
Author
Series
Detective Kubu volume 8
Publisher
White Sun Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
332 pages : map ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"While building a pipeline near the Okavango Delta, a contractor unearths the skeleton of a long-dead Bushman. Kubu and Scottish pathologist, Ian MacGregor, are sent to investigate, and MacGregor discovers eight more skeletons. Then an elder of the nearby village is murdered at his home. The local police believe it was a robbery, but Kubu thinks otherwise. So does a strange woman who claims it was an angry river spirit. The situation gets more confusing...
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