The Song Dog

by James McClure

Book Overview

The year is 1962. Young Lieutenant Tromp Kramer of the Trekkersburg Murder and Robbery Squad has been ordered up to Jafini, a small, dusty town in northern Zululand, to investigate the "hero's death" of the town's chief detective, Maaties Kritzinger--another Afrikaner maverick, and one with many secrets. Kramer finds himself increasingly identifying with the victim as the investigation proceeds.

And then his path crosses that of Bantu Detective...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1616952474
• ISBN13: 9781616952471
• Release Date: April 2013
• Publisher: Soho Crime
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.57 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 4.9" x 7.6"

Customer Reviews

intelligent mystery

The books in this series are all excellent and this is one of the best.

The best

McClure writes a prequel to his Trompie Kramer/Mickey Zondi series that haunts the emotions as it satisfies the curiosity. McClure has said in an interview that he identifies with Zondi, although he "didn't realize it until someone told him." Here we see into Zondi's past at mission school as well as how both he and Kramer met their mates, Miriam and the Widow Fourie. I found the predictions of their deaths by the piestess of the Song Dog spine chilling and touching at the same time.