Michael Stanley (2013) Deadly Harvest: A Detective Kubu Mystery. London, Harper Paperbacks Original, 477 pages, P144. ISBN 978-0-06222-152-0. Available at Exclusive Books, Riverwalk.
Everyone in Botswana and millions more outside Botswana, know Precious Ramotswe, the Number One Lady Detective from Mochudi. How many know Assistant Superintendent David 'Kubu' (Hippo) Bengo of Acacia Street, Gaborone? Detective Kubu has not been around as long as the famous woman of traditional build who first arrived in 2003, and has been made into a movie and a television series.Kubu first came to our attention only five years ago in A Carrion Death (2008) (Mmegi, 31 October 2008). This was followed by A Deadly Trade (2009) (Mmegi, 9 October 2009) and then Death of the Mantis (2011) (Mmegi, 3 June 2011). Kubu has a couple of things in common with Mma Ramotswe: he is also from Mochudi and he is rotund. The differences after that are all too many to enumerate, and they stack the scales in favour of Kubu. Deadly Harvest is the fourth, and certainly the best (so far) of the series of multiple murder mysteries - multiple because so many people die in each volume. It is being launched on Thursday August 29th at Exclusive Books at 5 pm.
