Gorry Bowes Taylor Unclaimed

Assistant Superintendent “Kubu” Bengu’s elderly father, Wilmon, is murdered. Criminal Investigation Department Director Mabaku excludes Kubu from the investigation, Kubu is furious. Meanwhile, in the small town of Shoshong, the local Chinese-owned mine wants to take over part of the village for an expansion that will generate new jobs. The village chief chairs a heated meeting to discuss the proposal. A week later, a senior official in the Department of Mines is found dead, apparently a suicide. After the emotional funeral of his father, Kubu takes over the case and becomes convinced that the official was murdered. Meanwhile, the chief refuses to allow the mine’s expansion in order to preserve Shoshong’s rich history and culture. The jobless young men riot, killing the chief and several elders. While investigating the riot, Kubu gets a break in the Wilmon case and follows it up, defying Mabaku’s instructions to leave it well alone. Mabaku is furious and sends Kubu to an Interpol meeting in New York to get him out of the way. An unputdownable thriller – if your blood pressure can take it!