A Carrion Death. Stanley, Michael (Author), Apr 2008. 480 p. Harper, hardcover, $23.95. (9780061252402).
“This impressive debut from Stanley, the South African writing team
of Michael Sears and Stanley Trollip, introduces overweight
assistant superintendent David Bengu… The intricate plotting, a
grisly sense of realism and numerous topical motifs (the plight of
the Kalahari Bushmen, diamond smuggling, poaching, the
homogenization of African culture, etc.) make this a compulsively
readable novel. Despite a shared setting with Alexander McCall
Smith's No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series, this fast-paced
forensic thriller will resonate more with fans of Patricia
Cornwell's-- Kay Scarpetta.”