A Beautiful Place to Die - by Malla Nunn (Paperback)

The product is a crime novel set in 1950s apartheid South Africa, featuring Detective Emmanuel Cooper - a man caught up in a time and place where racial tensions and the raw hunger for power make life very dangerous indeed.

The story takes place in Jacob's Rest, a tiny town on the border between South Africa and Mozambique, where an Afrikaner police officer is found dead.

Detective Cooper, an Englishman, begins investigating the murder, but his mission is preempted by the powerful police Security Branch who are dedicated to their campaign to flush out black communist radicals.

Despite this obstacle, Detective Cooper continues to follow a trail of clues that lead him to uncover a shocking forbidden love and the imperfect life of one Captain Pretorius.

The novel is rich with authenticity and takes readers on a morally complex tale full of suspense and intrigue.