Book description
The history-bending speculative fiction from Adam Oyebanji, award-winning author of BRAKING DAY. A Booklist Book Of The Year!
An impossible death: Detective Ethan Krol has been called to the scene of a baffling murder: a man and his son, who appear to have been drowned in sea-water. But the nearest…
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This crime/fantasy blend swept me in straight away, with the brooding cop called to investigate a bizarre crime scene. I don't dare say any more: you need to read it and find out for yourself. I was a bit worried whether the fantasy element would work - after all, how can you guess what motive an alien might have. I shouldn't have worried; just as in a conventional crime novel, we had all the clues. I loved the originality of the plot and the humour in the writing, especially Abidemi's 20s slang and her attempts to make sense of our…
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