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Hour of the Red God

Richard Crompton

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#6135 of 8,085 books · #2032 in Crime & Thriller

Shortlisted for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Mystery/Thriller (2013).

Hour of the Red God was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Best Mystery/Thriller. Nairobi, 2007. In Africa's sprawling megacity, a small elite holds power over an impoverished, restless majority. With Kenya's presidential elections looming on the horizon, tensions in the city have reached an all-time high. So when the body of a prostitute is discovered inside Uhuru Park, the police are too preoccupied to care. But Detective Mollel does, and deeply. He is a former Maasai warrior, and the dead girl was Maasai too. As he ventures from slums to skyscrapers, from suburbs to sewers in search of the killer, Mollel is forced to confront his turbulent past—and the terrifying realization that this homicide is anything but typical.

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Publisher
Picador
ISBN-13
9781250043634
Topics
Murder investigationPolitical tension in KenyaIdentity and cultural heritage

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