A review by arielzeit
A Beautiful Place to Die by Malla Nunn

3.0

At first I was excited to find this book, which is set in 1950s S. Africa, at the beginning of apartheid. The murder victim is an Afrikaner policeman in the boonies. But there were so, so many stereotypes, I got sick of it. Despite the fact that the author is at least part black, judging from her picture, I found her portrayals of black women offensive. And the plot was too complicated (a common flaw in first mystery novels). So in the end it was rather a disappointment.