Knucklebone

Sangomas and cops don’t mix. Usually. But this is Joburg, a city that never sleeps, a metropolis that is equal parts flash and shadow, and where not everything can be easily explained. Ian Jack, a disillusioned former police officer, teams up with Reshma Patel, a colleague from his old life, to investigate a routine housebreaking gone bad. But when they uncover links to a possible animal poaching and trafficking syndicate, things go from complicated to dangerous to downright evil. Set against the richly textured backdrop of a livewire African city, this fast-paced thriller offers a disturbing contemporary take on justice and morality. To be read with the lights on.

Nechama Brodie (writing under the name N.R. Brodie) is a veteran journalist and best-selling author of five books. Her work has appeared in numerous publications including the Sunday Times and Mail & Guardian in a career spanning more than twenty years in media. She is the head of TRI Facts, the training and research section of the independent fact-checking organisation Africa Check. This is her first novel.