Salamander Cotton: A Jacob Tshabalala Novel 2
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A wealthy ex-farmer has been found beaten and burned to death at his home in suburban Johannesburg. Why does his estranged wife not seem particularly surprised by this cold-blooded murder, and insists that the killer will be found in the Northern Cape?
That is where the victim's plantations were located - a desolate landscape of extreme poverty, and with a very dark mining past. Police-officer Jacob Tshabalala persuades his former colleague Harry Mason to accompany the woman there as a private investigator, and the moment they arrive, Harry senses that dangerous secrets are resurfacing. To add to this dark menace is the supposed existence of a local demon, and when Harry's little daughter is viciously attacked, he realises here is a mystery that he must resolutely unravel.
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