Nairobi Heat by Mukoma Wa Ngugi
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Overview: A cop from Wisconsin pursues a killer through the terrifying slums of Nairobi and the memories of genocide.
In Madison, Wisconsin, it’s a big deal when African peace activist Joshua Hakizimana—famous for saving hundreds of people from the Rwandan genocide—accepts a position at the university. When a young girl is found murdered on his doorstep. For local police Detective Ishmael—an African-American in an “extremely white” town—it seems like the kind of crime that happens in an area where the Ku Klux Klan still holds rallies.
But then he gets a mysterious phone call: “If you want the truth, you must go to its source. The truth is in the past. Come to Nairobi.” It’s the beginning of a journey that will take Ishmael to a place still vibrating from the surrounding genocide, where NGO money rules and where the local cops shoot first and ask questions later. And although it’s the land of his ancestors, it becomes a disorienting and terrifying quest through the slums of Nairobi, a place where knowing the truth about history can kill you.
A Review:
"Nairobi Heat takes us to Kenya with a refreshing authority, and we encounter the East African country as a complex place with interesting people and stories. By the end of the novel, I want to pack my bags for a visit. But besides the usual fun and thrill of crime novels, what makes the book a delicious read is that it’s also packed with engaged and relevant social commentary, including the often unexplored relationship between Africans and African-Americans, and the shenanigans that go on in the world of international philanthropy. These may be serious issues but they are easy to wade through because the book is light and easy to read. Despite sections where I had to suspend disbelief, I still couldn’t wait to read the next page."
Genre: Fiction > Mystery/Thriller
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