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“The African Columbo….Like the first book to feature Kubu, A Carrion Death, this is a smart, satisfyingly complex mystery. [Grade] A.”
—Entertainment Weekly
The second book in the Inspector Kubu series—penned by a pair of Crime Writers’ Association Award-winning South African authors writing under the name Michael Stanley—The Second Death of Goodluck Tinubu treats readers to a gripping and atmospheric story of money, murder, and hidden motives at a remote bush camp in northern Botswana. Set in a country immortalized by Alexander McCall Smith in his The #1 Ladies’ Detective Agency novels, The Second Death of Goodluck Tinubu again features an unforgettable lead character the New York Times Book Review calls, “Hugely appealing—big and solid and smart enough to grasp all angles of [a] mystery.”
- Sales Rank: #65201 in eBooks
- Published on: 2009-05-28
- Released on: 2009-06-02
- Format: Kindle eBook
From Publishers Weekly
In Stanley's fine second mystery to feature Botswana police detective David Bengu (after 2008's A Carrion Death), Bengu, an overweight gourmet aptly nicknamed Kubu (Setswana for hippopotamus), investigates the murders of two male guests at an isolated bush camp. One victim was a black South African tourist; the other, according to his fingerprints, was Goodluck Tinubu, supposedly killed 29 years earlier in the Rhodesian civil war. A third camp guest, who's disappeared, becomes the prime suspect. While the local police want to blame the country's lucrative drug trade for the murders, Bengu believes the key lies in Goodluck's background, though many people, including Bengu's father, knew Goodluck as a thoughtful, devoted teacher. The story runs on a little too long, as though Stanley, the South African writing team of Michael Sears and Stanley Trollip, couldn't bear to leave this evocative setting. Readers will feel the same way. (June)
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From School Library Journal
Starred Review. When two guests at the remote Jackalberry bush camp in northern Botswana are murdered, police discover that one of the dead men, Zimbabwean teacher Goodluck Tinubu, was already dead. Assistant Superintendent Kubu Bengu is sent to oversee the investigation, which gets more complicated when Joy, Bengu's beloved wife, is attacked in their home and he receives threatening phone calls. Following his spectacular debut, A Carrion Death, Stanley comes roaring back with an even better tale. Bringing a love of Africa similar to Alexander McCall Smith's popular "No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency" series, the author has created an excellent new venue for those who love to read about other cultures while enjoying a good mystery. Highly recommended. [Stanley is actually the writing team of South Africans Michael Sears and Stanley Trollip.—Ed.]
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From Booklist
*Starred Review* Deceptively dangerous Assistant Superintendent Kubu stars in a brilliant sequel to last year’s Carrion Death. When two guests turn up dead at tourist camp, Kubu crosses Botswana to investigate. The case seems likely to link back to the Zimbabwe civil war, as fingerprint records show the dead man on the casualty lists of a 1980 farm raid. Stanley (the pseudonym for the writing team of Michael Sears and Stanley Trollop) is not content with a single plot line, effectively juggling the murders with cross-border drug smuggling and the circumstances surrounding an upcoming African Union meeting. Kubu, a dedicated gourmand, is just one of many fully fleshed and charmingly realistic characters. From slightly annoying sister-in-law Peasant to Kubu’s intense and acerbic boss Mabuku to Scottish pathologist MacGregor, each character is memorable and adds depth to this tense and involving police procedural. Suggest to fans of The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series, who will appreciate Kubu’s laid-back style and happy home life, and to Henning Mankell fans, who will respond to the complex plots and palpable sense of place. --Jessica Moyer
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful.
I hope this series is in for a good long run!
By Cathy G. Cole
Not too long ago, I read a book called A Carrion Death and fell in love with a country and a character. The country is Botswana. The character is a policeman with the unlikely nickname of Kubu ("hippopotamus"). When I discovered that the second book in this mystery series was about to be published, I succumbed to temptation and pre-ordered it. I'm glad I did. The Second Death of Goodluck Tinubu fulfills the promise contained in the first book.
This time around, two men are found murdered in a bush camp on the Okavango Delta in northern Botswana. Detective David "Kubu" Bengu is assigned to the case. One victim is a tourist from South Africa. The other is Goodluck Tinubu, a Zimbabwean who had been teaching in Botswana for several years. A third person, thought to be a dissident wanted in Zimbabwe, has disappeared. The local police seem unable or unwilling to provide much help, so Detective Kubu must rely on his own instincts to track down the killers. Almost from the beginning he realizes that everyone involved has something to hide and that unraveling each clue will take all his skill.
The Second Death of Goodluck Tinubu delves a bit more into the political side of life in Botswana: life in remote villages far off the grid, how the police of Botswana and South Africa try to work together, and how tense life can be when a border is shared with a country like Zimbabwe. The setting of the Okavango Delta is wonderful, especially for someone like me who's grown up watching dozens of National Geographic specials.
Political-- and wild-- animals aside, the true strengths of this book can be found in the labyrinthine plot where no one is who he seems to be and no one's motivations are clear-- and in the excellent characterizations. In fact this is one of the few series where I enjoy the main character's home life and family as much as I do the mystery.
Kubu, his co-workers and his extended family are delineated with such care, respect and gentle humor that I wouldn't be at all surprised to discover that each one of them is a real person. Even if they are not, they became real in my mind as the pages turned. Reading these books is to learn of traditional family life in Botswana, and to learn that co-workers around the world love to joke with each other:
"Kubu, I've got to go. See if you can arrange things for the rest of the day so that you don't drown any of my detectives, don't start a war with Namibia, and don't release a horde of murderers into the community. Do you think you can handle that?"
In only the second book of what I hope is a very long series, I savored a complex plot, a setting that can literally sink its teeth into a reader, and cast of characters that live and breathe on the page. All of this is written by two talented men who aren't afraid to shake things up and let me know that I should not take Detective Kubu or any of the others for granted. Life is short. Life is uncertain. Bad things can happen to good people. I am most definitely looking forward to the third book in this series!
I know that some of you probably saw "Botswana" and immediately thought of the series written by Alexander McCall Smith. You're probably wondering how Detective Kubu "stacks up" against Precious Ramotswe. I've read Smith's series. Both are wonderful at portraying Botswana for the armchair travelers amongst us who like to be taken to faraway lands. However, for a true mystery lover like me, Detective Kubu definitely has the edge. Michael Stanley's series is one not to be missed.
Note: The book contains maps, a cast of characters (with the pronunciations of each name) and a glossary, all of which can be very helpful for readers. I scanned the maps and the cast of characters before I began reading and seldom referred to them again, so don't be afraid that you're going to wear those pages out once you've started reading the book!
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful.
excellent Botswana police procedural
By A Customer
Botswana Assistant Superintendent David "Kubu" Bengu investigates the murders of two men at the remote Jackalberry bush camp. Both Sipho Langa a black South African tourist and the Goodluck Tinubu were guests. The problem with the identification of the latter based on his fingerprints is that Goodluck died almost three decades ago during the Rhodesian civil war.
The third Zimbabwean Ishmael Zondo has vanished with the cops assuming he is the killer on the run tying him to drug trafficking though camp manger Dupie says he took him to the airport. Bengu thinks otherwise as he feels Goodluck is the key to solving the homicides. So he is surprised that many people including his own father thought highly of Goodluck as a teacher. The case is going nowhere for him with the pressure upstairs to find the missing third guest and at home when his wife Joy is attacked.
The second Kubu Botswana police procedural (see A CARRION DEATH) is a terrific whodunit that focuses on the investigation, but also showcases the author team's love of the landlocked South African country. In fact the leisure stroll through the countryside while making inquiries provides a deep look at this nation, but does take time from solving the case. Fans, especially those of The No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith will enjoy this engaging "geographical" murder mystery as Michael Stanley provides a deep look into this democracy.
Harriet Klausner
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.
The importance of lateral thinking
By Friederike Knabe
Detective "Kubu" Bengu, assistant Superintendent in the Botswana CID, is called to a nasty murder scene in the country's most northern part: two men dead and one has disappeared. One of those killed, popular teacher Goodluck Tinubu, appears to have been the victim of a revenge killing. Kubu (meaning hippo in Setswana) and his local CID colleague, Detective Sergeant Joseph "Tatwa" (giraffe) Mooka, have a major puzzle on their hands. This second "Kubu" crime investigation novel by South African writing team Michael Sears and Stanley Trollip is even richer and more intricate than the well-received first, A Carrion Death: Introducing Detective Kubu. Set against the beautiful landscapes of normally peaceful Botswana, hefty problems bubble under the surface, however: cross-border drug trade, regional political tensions with Zimbabwe, and long lingering violent conflicts from across the borders.
Central to the investigation is the remote Jackalberry tourist camp, run by two white ex-Rhodesians. Located on a peninsula, close to the borders with Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe, it is reachable only by either boat or by wading through the swamps, inhabited by hippos and crocs. It seems to attract a motley group of staff and visitors. Most appear to have something to hide from the detectives. Tinubu, for example, it turns out, was already killed once before: in the Rhodesian civil war some thirty years earlier. When searching for the disappeared man, the trace leads to Zimbabwe also. Kubu, usually the pondering meticulous gentle giant who never rushes and hardly ever misses out on a good meal, is pressured hard by his superiors for quick results. When his own family is threatened, he loses his cool and shows his hippo strength, yet maintains his lateral thinking skills: his sometimes unusual hunches and thorough analyses comfortably convince the reader and eventually also director Jacob Mabaku. Time becomes of the essence, and bold steps are required to cut through to the core of the crimes.
While fans of McCall Smith's The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency Box Set: "The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency" "Tears of the Giraffe" "Morality for Beautiful Girls" will easily see parallels in the description of the natural environment and some Batswana character traits, the pace of events here moves much faster and the story threads are complex and multi-track. The various settings are effectively used for the story's dramatic flow. The authors have also expanded on describing personal circumstances and the wider social settings, thus creating a rounder portrait of the characters' life in Botswana. The different action strands come convincingly together. Above all, though, Detective Kubu is captivating and a highly engaging character to observe in action. [Friederike Knabe]
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