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3.8 AVERAGE
3.8 AVERAGE
3.75. Detective series set in 1950s apartheid South Africa. Not as good as Deon Meyer, but good.
Made it a quarter of the way through... couldn’t tell the characters apart, lost interest in the murder... just didn’t care. The book didn’t keep my attention at all. Onto the next one!
I'm a novice to knowing about South Africa's life in the early 1950s,butafter reading this novel, I'm happy to have missed it. I guess I didn't realize that here was another country that was so color-divided as America adn just what it meant to mingle the colors. The hero of the story works as a white policeman in the veldt outside of Johannesburg researching a death of an Afrikaner police captain. Every relationship is suspect and cause for nervous worry.
I'm looking forward to the second mystery by this author born in Swaziland.
I'm looking forward to the second mystery by this author born in Swaziland.
This was an intriguing murder mystery. But what sets it apart is the 1952 rural South African bush velt setting. This highlighted all aspects of the introduction of apartheid & how it impacted on all racial groups - Afrikaaners, English, as well as coloureds & those of mixed race.
Beautifully written, and so suspenseful that I almost abandoned the book before the last chapters, so fearful was I of a miserable ending. It was worth the finishing.
I enjoyed reading this book very much. It is a murder mystery set in an area near the border of South Africa and Mozambique. The time is the early 1950s not long after apartheid had been introduced. The intolerance and hypocrisy, was for me occasionally hard to read about. Overall, I loved the descriptions of the scenery and places and could see them in my mind. The social conditions and characters, especially Emmanuel Coopers seemed to me to be well portrayed. I would like to continue reading more books in this series.
I was looking for more Humphrey Bower narrated audiobooks and he does the 4th in the series. The first book was good. Set in South Africa, it reminded me of Bryce Courtenay's books. I will listen to the next in the series.
A Beautiful Place to Die is outstanding as both mystery and historical fiction, particularly as it doesn't romanticize any of the aspects of apartheid-era South Africa – unlike, say, The Power of One. Nunn's writing is evocative and utterly compelling. I expect I shall be reading a lot more.
Initial entry in this historical series set in South Africa. Really enjoyed the atmosphere, setting, and characters and look forward to continuing on with this series. Listened to the audio version which was narrated by Saul Reichlin who handled all the accents expertly.