Deadly Harvest: A Detective Kubu Mystery

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The fourth mystery in the beloved and critically acclaimed Detective Kubu series tracks a series of murders and the mysterious witch doctor whose nefarious potions might hold the key to a web of missing persons. A young girl goes missing after getting into a car with a mysterious man. Soon after, a second girl disappears, and her devastated father, Witness, sets out to seek revenge.

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"Kubu is also hugely appealing--big and solid and smart enough to grasp all angles of this mystery. Readers may be lured to Africa by the landscape, but it takes a great character like Kubu to win our loyalty." -- New York Times Book Review

"Assistant Superintendent Kubu is back....Michael Stanley's enthralling series is a must-read for anyone who enjoys clever plotting, terrific writing, and a fascinating glimpse of today's Africa." -- Charles Todd, New York times bestselling author of A Matter of Justice

"[Kubu is] the African Columbo." -- Entertainment Weekly

"Deadly Harvest is number four in this fascinating crime series. Detective David 'Kubu' Bengu is a wonderful creation, complex and beguiling...Compelling and deceptively written, it's the perfect summer read." -- New York Journal of Books

"These darker, grittier entries featuring the portly and perceptive Detective Kubu blend intricate plotting and a compelling cast." -- Booklist

"Believable and utterly menacing.... Tight plotting is seasoned with African culture." -- Steve Steinbock, Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine

"Grisly murders and heart-wrenching societal issues mark... fascinating police procedural [Deadly Harvest].... Sears and Trollip write so seamlessly.... An intricate crime puzzle." -- St. Paul Pioneer Press

"One of the finest crime thrillers of 2013." -- SHOTS Crime & Thriller Ezine

Author Bio

Michael Stanley is the writing team of Michael Sears and Stanley Trollip. The pair have had many adventures together , including tracking lions at night, fighting bush fires on the Savuti plains in northern Botswana, surviving a charging elephant, and losing their navigation maps while flying over the Kalahari. Sears lives in Johannesburg, South Africa. Trollip divides his time between South Africa and Minneapolis, MN.