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by Juliette Mnqeta

Published by Kwêla Books

This mystery crime novel is Juliette’s debut. She describes herself as a Xhosa chick from the Miya Clan. She works as a legal transcriptionist and isiXhosa translator. If The Dead Could Talk is a product of her obsession with the mystery crime genre. She is currently based in Knysna.

About the book: Azania Sethosa receives a call from former politician Joseph ‘Lefty’ Mafu’s lawyer to notify her of Lefty’s death. Why on earth would a father she never knew make her the sole heir to his estate? She decides to go to Knysna to seek answers about his life and the circumstances surrounding his death. But soon her quest for closure becomes intertwined with detective Florian Welter’s investigation. 

Fatal Gambit 
by David Lagercrantz (Jonathan Ball Publishers)

Reviewed by Anschen Conradie (Uit die perd se bek)

The exclamation ‘Elementary, my dear Watson!’, is synonymous with one of the most famous detectives in literature. Armed with superlative powers of deduction and an astonishing eye for detail, no riddle would remain unsolved on his watch.

Hans Rekke fits the bill of his Swedish 21st century successor. Described as ‘…Sherlock Holmes without the bravado…’ (222) he is a world authority on interrogation techniques, capable of impressive feats of logic and observation. Unlike Holmes, Rekke possesses a fragile psyche, however, and falls apart under pressure.