A Beautiful Place to Die : An Emmanuel Cooper Mystery (Paperback)

from LibraryCin

It is 1950s South Africa (apartheid). When a white (Afrikaner) police officer is murdered, a detective from Johannesburg is sent out to investigate. When he gets there, he finds the police officer's obnoxious (and violent) sons and a small town filled with racism. I really enjoyed this. It wasn't...

from kcaroth1

This facinating mystery takes place in early 1950's South Africa. The population of the small town of Jacob's rest is recovering from WWII, as well as the newly enacted Apartheid laws, and a fear of spreading Communism. The town's police captain has just been killed, and Detective Sergeant Emmanu...

from martitia

A Beautiful Place to Die takes place in Jacob's Rest, a small town in South Africa. The year is 1952 and the Afrikaner's system of apartheid of racial classification and segregation is now the law. Emmanuel Cooper, an English police detective from Johannesburg is sent to Jacob's Rest to investiga...

from DeltaQueen50

A Beautiful Place To Die by Malla Nunn is set in South Africa during 1952, shortly after the Apartheid laws had been passed. Detective Emmanuel Cooper, an Englishman is sent to the small town of Jacob's Rest to investigate the murder of the police chief, William Pretorius. In this mostly Afrikane...

from DeltaQueen50

A Beautiful Place To Die by Malla Nunn is set in South Africa during 1952, shortly after the Apartheid laws had been passed. Detective Emmanuel Cooper, an Englishman is sent to the small town of Jacob's Rest to investigate the murder of the police chief, William Pretorius. In this mostly Afrikane...