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'In Let the Dead Lie, Cooper is a changed man. Forced to resign from his position of Detective Sergeant and re-classified as mixed race, he winds up powerless and alone in the tough coastal city of Durban, mixing labouring with a bit of surveillance work for his old boss, Major van Niekerk.
'Patrolling the freight yards one night, Cooper stumbles upon the body of a young white boy and, the detective in him can not, or will not, walk away. When two more bodies - this time black women - are discovered at his boarding house, he unwittingly becomes the prime suspect in a triple murder case.
'At van Niekerk's behest, Cooper's given 48 hours to clear his name and - unofficially - solve the three murders. And so, temporarily back to being a European Detective Sergeant, he launches headlong into Durban's seedy underworld, a viper's nest of prostitution, drug running and violence run by a colourful cast of characters including wannabe Indian gangsters; a mysterious figure who drives a white De Soto convertible; a Zion Gospel preacher, and the exquisite yet streetwise Lana, who also happens to be van Niekerk's mistress...'
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[Review] Let the Dead Lie
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: Publishers Weekly , 8 February vol. 257 no. 6 2010; (p. 30)
— Review of Let the Dead Lie 2010 single work novel -
[Review] Let the Dead Lie
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: Kirkus Reviews , 1 March vol. 78 no. 5 2010; (p. 172)
— Review of Let the Dead Lie 2010 single work novel -
[Review] Let the Dead Lie
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: Booklist , 1 April vol. 106 no. 15 2010; (p. 26)
— Review of Let the Dead Lie 2010 single work novel -
Africa Deserts Its Wilderness
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 12-13 June 2010; (p. 38)
— Review of Let the Dead Lie 2010 single work novel -
Hell Writ in Black and White
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 1 May 2010; (p. 27)
— Review of Let the Dead Lie 2010 single work novel
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Hell Writ in Black and White
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 1 May 2010; (p. 27)
— Review of Let the Dead Lie 2010 single work novel -
Africa Deserts Its Wilderness
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 12-13 June 2010; (p. 38)
— Review of Let the Dead Lie 2010 single work novel -
[Review] Let the Dead Lie
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: Booklist , 1 April vol. 106 no. 15 2010; (p. 26)
— Review of Let the Dead Lie 2010 single work novel -
[Review] Let the Dead Lie
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: Kirkus Reviews , 1 March vol. 78 no. 5 2010; (p. 172)
— Review of Let the Dead Lie 2010 single work novel -
[Review] Let the Dead Lie
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: Publishers Weekly , 8 February vol. 257 no. 6 2010; (p. 30)
— Review of Let the Dead Lie 2010 single work novel
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