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    <body><![CDATA[A Carion Death, by Michael Stanley, A-minus.  Narrated by Simon Prebble, produced by Tantor Audio, and downloaded from audible.com.<br/><br/>The book begins with the finding of parts of a human body.  The body has ben undressed and cut into pieces and left for the hyenas.  In trying to identify th...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/41880272">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[All of the book world is atwitter about The Number One Ladies Detective Society series set in Botswana.  Here is another Botswanan mystery series that I highly recommend as a good early summer read.  This murder mystery opens with a corpse found near a safari camp.  What follows is a great murder my...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/58925639">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Michael Stanley is actually two authors. It must be a wonderful experience--wonderfully difficult, wonderfully rewarding--to work so closely with someone as on a work of fiction. <em>A Carrion Death</em> is the first of their attempts and they succeed, if not unequivocably. <br/><br/>The mysteries are set ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/68323649">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[After reading the whole series of the Botswana-based No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency books, I was curious to compare A Carrion Death detective Kubu to Precious Ramotswe. While not nearly as personable as Mma Ramotswe (or the main character in A Guide to the Birds of East Africa), the book was still in...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/65208134">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I really liked the setting for this book (Botswana) and some of the main characters, particularly detective Kubu, but my attention ebbed and flowed with each chapter.  I didn't think they totally resolved the case, either, which I found to be fairly convoluted right up to the very end.  The parts of...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/44142060">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I've been trying to get through this one for quite a while.  It's as if the authors (this is a writing team) figured out the mechanics of writing this mystery set in exotic Botswana, but their prose is leaden and pedestrian.  I may have to chuck it unread, which annoys me. But there's no zing to thi...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/62770661">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Got to meet Michael and Stanley in person this evening at their booksigning at the Mysterious Galaxy Bookstore in San Diego.   They're currently on a book tour around the US.  Be sure to come out and support them if they come to your town!   See hhttp://detectivekubu.com/events.aspx for the rest of ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/60375350">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[<p> Smashed skull, snapped ribs, and a cloying smell of carrion. Leave the body for the hyenas to devour&#8212;no body, no case. </p> <p> But when Kalahari game rangers stumble on a human corpse midmeal, it turns out the murder wasn't perfect after all. Enough evidence is left to suggest foul play. Detective David &quot;Kubu&quot; Bengu of the Botswana Criminal Investigation Department is assigned to the case. </p> <p> The detective's personality and physique match his moniker. The nickname &quot;Kubu&quot; is Setswana for &quot;hippopotamus&quot;&#8212;a seemingly docile creature, but one of the deadliest on the continent. Beneath Kubu's pleasant surface lies the same unwavering resolve that makes the hippopotamus so deceptively dangerous. Both will trample everything in their path to reach an objective. </p> <p> From the sun-baked riverbeds of the Kalahari to the highest offices of an international conglomerate, Kubu follows a blood-soaked trail in search of answers. </p> <p> Beneath a mountain of lies and superstitions, he uncovers a chain of crimes leading to the most powerful figures in the country&#8212;influential enemies who will kill anyone in their way. </p> <p> A memorable detective makes his debut in this gritty, mesmerizing thriller. Set amid the beauty and darkness of contemporary Africa, <em>A Carrion Death</em> is the first entry in an evocative new series cutting to the heart of today's Botswana&#8212;a modern democracy threatened by unstable neighbors, poachers, and diamond smugglers. Those trying to expose the corrupt ringleaders will find themselves fighting for their lives. . . . </p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[How nice to find anew author whilst on holiday . This book brings home life on safari and  was a nice gentle read.Nothing ti stimulate the synapses . Large 140 kilogram black detective solves a string of murders at the diamond mine .  No one detectives agency meets realk death Yes i will read thenex...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/68523276">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Africa. A murder. Who done it? I got a tiny bit complicated, but I enjoyed this story for sure. Lately, I've really enjoyed reading about Africa and this book does not disappoint. It's got diamond mines, watering holes out in the kalahari desert, it has witch doctors. Very cool story. ]]></body>
    
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