Corban Addison
Lusaka, Zambia: Zoe Fleming is a young, idealistic American lawyer working with an NGO devoted to combatting the epidemic of child sexual assault in southern Africa. Zoeâ€™s organization is called in to help when an adolescent girl is brutally assaulted. The girlâ€™s identity is a mystery. Where did she come from? Was the attack a random street crime or a premeditated act?,A betrayal in her past gives the girlâ€™s plight a special resonance for Zoe, and she is determined to find the perpetrator. She slowly forms a working relationship, and then a surprising friendship, with Joseph Kabuta, a Zambian police officer. Their search takes them from Lusakaâ€™s roughest neighbourhoods to the wild waters of Victoria Falls, from the AIDS-stricken streets of Johannesburg to the matchless splendour of Cape Town.,As the investigation builds to a climax, threatening to send shockwaves through Zambian society, Zoe is forced to radically reshape her assumptions about love, loyalty, family and, especially, the meaning of justice.
Fiction,Cultural,Africa,Mystery,Mystery,Crime,Thriller,Contemporary,Eastern Africa,Zambia,Book Club,Historical,Historical Fiction,Adult Fiction
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