David Slater

The Warthog's Tusk: a Samuel Kumalo Mystery David Slater Original edition

Penhalonga, Manicaland, Rhodesia, 1918. A well-liked young teacher at a local mission school is found dead by a night-watchman ? victim of a warthog?s goring. Matabele ex-policeman Samuel Kumalo, only recently back from the war in France and Tanganyika, is highly sceptical; warthogs are not aggressive animals. His investigation opens up a can of writhing worms. The mission station, outwardly so pious and conservative, is a cover for some very dark activities. Kumalo?s hunt for the killer becomes even more desperate when the night-watchman is found dead, and Kumalo?s own young family is targeted.