Synopses & Reviews
Handsome twelve-year-old Boetie was strangled and stabbed. Was he the victim of a pedophile? On whom was he spying?
Synopsis
When a twelve-year-old boy is found strangled to death with multiple stab wounds, his killer is assumed to be a pedophile. Lieutenant Tromp Kramer and his sidekick, Bantu Detective Sergeant Mickey Zondi begin to investigate and soon learn that the boy had been involved in a detective club that encouraged children to spy and snitch on people, and no one likes a snitch. Whom was Boetie spying on? As the two men look into possible leads on the case, they must also navigate increasing tensions surrounding racism in the 70s in South Africa, and Kramer finds himself on the receiving end of much of the hatred himself."
About the Author
James McClure was born in Johannesburg in 1939 and educated in South Africa. He moved to England in 1965, settling in Oxford, temporarily leaving a career in journalism to write full time. He published eight wildly successful books in the Afrikaner Lieutenant Tromp Kramer and Zulu Detective Sergeant Mickey Zondi series. He died on June 17, 2006.