Lewis Weinstein's Reviews > Let The Dead Lie

Malla Nunn has created a fast-past exciting crime story set in Durban, South Africa. This is the 2nd in a series (there are now 4) featuring Inspector Emmanuel Cooper struggling in the early stages of an emerging apartheid world. Nunn handles a multiplicity of characters deftly, without confusing the reader, and her ability to sustain an action sequence is impressive. Many of the characters could be (and probably are) continued in subsequent novels.

Nunn's questions for discussion and her own interview at the back of the book reflect her seriousness about South African issues which she seamlessly integrates into her novel without a smidgeon of preachiness.

My wife and I met Malla last week at the Key West Literary Seminar and she is personally outgoing and charming. She is a bright new light in the genre of historical crime fiction.

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