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- Location(s): Mozambique, Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, Zimbabwe (Rhodesia)
- Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
- Era(s): 1992-1999
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to work as a safari guide on a game reserve in Southern Africa? Sophie arrived in South Africa to spend help a friend run horseback safaris on a game reserve...
- Location(s): Botswana
- Genre(s): Thriller
- Era(s): Modern
Faced with the violent death of his own father, even Assistant Superintendent David ‘Kubu’ Bengu, Botswana’s keenest mind, is baffled. Who would kill such a frail old man? Set amidst the dark beauty of modern Botswana, A Death in...
- Location(s): Botswana
- Genre(s): Crime, Mystery
- Era(s): Contemporary
No. 6 in the Detective Kubu series When the body of a Bushman is discovered near the Central Kalahari Game Reserve, the death is written off as an accident. But all is not as it seems. An autopsy reveals...
The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency
- Location(s): Botswana
- Genre(s): Crime, Humour
- Era(s): Modern
“There is no problem so great it cannot be solved by a cup of bush tea.” The prolific Alexander McCall Smith is the undisputed king of cosy crime, the antithesis of the much-touted Tartan Noir movement. His Precious Ramotswe...
- Location(s): Botswana
- Genre(s): Crime, Fiction
- Era(s): Modern
THE NO.1 LADIES’ DETECTIVE AGENCY published in 1998, introduced the world to the one and only Precious Ramotswe, the engaging and sassy owner of Botswana’s only detective agency. TEARS OF THE GIRAFFE took us further into this world, and...
The Double Comfort Safari Club (11)
- Location(s): Botswana
- Genre(s): Crime
- Era(s): Modern
Mma Ramotswe and Mma Makutsi are called to a safari lodge in Botswana’s Okavango Delta to carry out a delicate mission on behalf of a former guest. The Okavango makes Precious appreciate once again the beauty of her homeland:...
- Location(s): Botswana
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Modern
Another novel in the series of the No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency, novels set in Botswana. Now that she is finally and happily married to her long-term suitor Mr J.L.B. Matekoni, Mma Ramotswe of the No. 1 Ladies Detective...
Deadly Harvest (#4 Detective Kubu)
- Location(s): Gaborone, Mochudi
- Genre(s): Crime
- Era(s): Modern
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...
Death of the Mantis (# Detective Kubu)
- Location(s): Botswana, Kalahari Desert
- Genre(s): Crime
- Era(s): Modern
The third novel in the fantastic Detective ‘Kubu’ Bengu crime series is set in the southern Kalahari area of Botswana – a place full of buried lost cities, incredible hidden wealth, ancient gods and, for thousands of years, home...
- Location(s): Kalahari Desert, Okavango Delta
- Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
- Era(s): Modern
In the tradition of Bill Bryson, a new writer brings us the lively adventures and biting wit of an African safari guide. Peter Allison works as a top safari guide in the Okavango Delta, an oasis of wetland in...
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