Malla Nunn

Set in the corrupt, unforgiving world of apartheid South Africa, this novel in the Detective Emmanuel Cooper series follows Cooper as he faces a test of loyalty and friendship.Five days before Christmas, Detective Sergeant Emmanuel Cooper sits at his desk at the Johannesburg major crimes squad, ready for his holiday in Mozambique. A call comes in: a respectable white couple has been assaulted and left for dead in their bedroom. The couples teenage daughter identifies the attacker as Aaron Shabalala the youngest son of Zulu Detective Constable Samuel ShabalalaCoopers best friend and a man to whom he owes his life. The Detective Branch isnt interested in evidence that might contradict their star witnesss story, especially so close to the holidays. Determined to ensure justice for Aaron, Cooper, Shabalala, and their trusted friend Dr. Daniel Zweigman hunt for the truth. Their investigation uncovers a violent world of Sophiatown gangs, thieves, and corrupt government officials who will do anything to keep their dark world intact.

The second in a crime series set in 1950s South Africa when apartheid laws were first introduced, Detective Emmanuel Cooper now returns to face murder, passion, and corrupt South African politics.Emmanuel Coopers life has an ex through it: ex-soldier, ex-detective sergeant, and ex-white man. He now works undercover surveillance on the seedy Durban docks to make a living, documenting police corruption for his old boss. All of that changes when he discovers the body of a brutally murdered young errand boy, forcing Emmanuel out of the shadows. He decides that he has no choice but to elude the police in order to conduct his own unofficial investigation.But after two more identical murders, Emmanuel becomes the police departments prime suspect. Finding the serial killer is even more urgent than before. He dives into the Durban underworld for answers and finds the murders are part of something bigger than he could have imagined, and is soon deep into the politics within South Africa. Under the pressure of new racial segregation laws Emmanuel must find the killer before the Durban police pin the crimes on him.Full of suspense and an unraveling mystery, Nunn offers a glimpse into South African politics during the 1950s and living under the racial segregation laws enforced by the National Party.

From award-winning author and filmmaker Malla Nunn, a collection of three riveting crime novels set in 1950s apartheid South Africa.A Beautiful Place to DieA stunning and darkly romantic crime novel set in 1950s apartheid South Africa, featuring Detective Sergeant Emmanuel Coopera man caught up in a time and place where racial tensions and the raw hunger for power make life very dangerous indeed.Let the Dead LieWhen a young boy is brutally murdered, Detective Cooper is forced out of the shadows and back into service, eluding the Afrikaner police as he conducts his own covert investigation. As the murders continue to pile up, with Cooper perilously close to the scenes, he becomes the police departments prime suspect.Blessed Are the DeadDetective Cooper returns in this powerful, atmospheric novel about two communities forced to confront each other after a murder that exposes their secret ties and forbidden desires in apartheid South Africa.

Award-winning screenwriter Malla Nunn delivers a stunning and darkly romantic crime novel set in 1950s apartheid South Africa, featuring Detective Emmanuel Coopera man caught up in a time and place where racial tensions and the raw hunger for power make life very dangerous indeed.In a morally complex tale rich with authenticity, Nunn takes readers to Jacobs Rest, a tiny town on the border between South Africa and Mozambique. It is 1952, and new apartheid laws have recently gone into effect, dividing a nation into black and white while supposedly healing the political rifts between the Afrikaners and the English. Tensions simmer as the fault line between the oppressed and the oppressors cuts deeper, but its not until an Afrikaner police officer is found dead that emotions more dangerous than anyone thought possible boil to the surface.When Detective Emmanuel Cooper, an Englishman, begins investigating the murder, his mission is preempted by the powerful police Security Branch, who are dedicated to their campaign to flush out black communist radicals. But Detective Cooper isnt interested in political expediency and has never been one for making friends. He may be modest, but he radiates intelligence and certainly wont be getting on his knees before those in power. Instead, he strikes out on his own, following a trail of clues that lead him to uncover a shocking forbidden love and the imperfect life of Captain Pretorius, a man whose relationships with the black and coloured residents of the town he ruled were more complicated and more human than anyone could have imagined.The first in her Detective Emmanuel Cooper series, A Beautiful Place to Die marks the debut of a talented writer who reads like a brilliant combination of Raymond Chandler and Graham Greene. It is a tale of murder, passion, corruption, and the corrosive double standard that defined an apartheid nation.

Detective Sergeant Emmanuel Cooper returns in this powerful, atmospheric novel about two communities forced to confront each other after a murder that exposes their secret ties and forbidden desires in apartheid South Africa, by award-winning author Malla Nunn. The body of a beautiful seventeen-year-old Zulu girl, Amahle, is found covered in wildflowers on a hillside in the Drakensberg Mountains, halfway between her fathers compound and the enormous white-owned farm where she worked. Detective Sergeant Cooper and Detective Constable Samuel Shabalala are sent to the desolate landscape to investigate. They soon discover that Amahles life was woven into both the black and white communities in ways they could never have imagined. Cooper and Shabalala must enter the guarded worlds of a traditional Zulu clan and a divided white farming community to gather up the secrets she left behind and bring her murderer to justice. In a country deeply divided by apartheid, where the law is bent as often as it is broken, Emmanuel Cooper fights against all odds to deliver justice and bring together two seemingly disparate and irreconcilable worlds despite the danger that is arising.

Premio American Library Association 2010 al mejor libro de misterio.Con el telón de fondo del apartheid en Sudáfrica, comienza la serie del detective Emmanuel Cooper.«No se desperdicia ni una palabra

«Absorbente. Soberbia.»Publishers WeeklyRegresa el detective Emmanuel Cooper con esta poderosa novela sobre dos comunidades forzadas a enfrentarse entre sí después de un asesinato que deja al descubi

Un hermoso lugar para morir transcurre en la Sudáfrica de los años 1950, con las nuevas leyes del apartheid recién entradas en vigor. En estas condiciones que hacen que hacen enormemente más peligros

La palabra "ex" marca la vida de Emmanuel íCooper: ex soldado, ex oficial de la policía judicial, ex hombre blanco. Para ganarse la vida, Cooper se dedica a vigilar en secreto el sórdido puerto de Durban. Pero todo cambia cuando el brutal asesinato de un niño lo obligue a salir de entre las sombras y deba esquivar a la policia para llevar a cabo su propia investigacion extraoficial. En poco tiempo se producen otros dos asesinatos similares y Cooper se convierte en el principal sospechoso. Se sumerge en los bajos fondos de Durban en busca de respuestas y descubre que los asesinatos son parte de una conspiracion internacional por el control politico de Sudafrica. Con la presion de las nuevas leyes de isegregacion racial, debera encontrar al asesino antes de que la policia de Durban le cargue a el con la culpa de esos crimenes.

« Épique et explosive ! » ElleLe livre : Un capitaine de police blanc ayant été abattu dans une ville de la province sud-africaine au cours des années cinquante, l’inspecteur Cooper arrive de Johanne

From Los Angeles Times Book Prize Award winner and Edgar Award nominee Malla Nunn comes a stunning portrait of a family divided and a powerful story of how friendship saves and heals.When Amandla wakes up on her fifteenth birthday, she knows its going to be one of her mothers difficult days. Her mother has had another vision. This one involves Amandla wearing a bedsheet loosely stitched as a dress. An outfit, her mother says, is certain to bring Amandlas father back home, as if he were the prince and this was the fairytale ending their family was destined for. But in truth, Amandlas father has long been gone--since before Amandla was born--and even her mothers memory of him is hazy. In fact, many of her mothers memories from before Amandla was born are hazy. Its just one of the many reasons people in Sugar Town give them strange looks--that and the fact her mother is white and Amandla is Black.When Amandla finds a mysterious address in the bottom of her mothers handbag along with a large amount of cash, she decides its finally time to get answers about her mothers life. What she discovers will change the shape and size of her family forever. But with her best friends at her side, Amandla is ready to take on family secrets and the devil himself. These Sugar Town queens are ready to take over the world to expose the hard truths of their lives.

Edgar Award nominee stuns in this heartrending tale set in a Swaziland boarding school where two girls of different castes bond over a shared copy of Jane Eyre.A Kirkus Reviews Best Young Adult Book of the CenturyAdele Joubert loves being one of the popular girls at Keziah Christian Academy. She knows the upcoming semester at school is going to be great with her best friend Delia at her side. Then Delia dumps her for a new girl with more money, and Adele is forced to share a room with Lottie, the school pariah, who doesnt pray and defies teachers orders. But as they share a copy of Jane Eyre, Lotties gruff exterior and honesty grow on Adele, and Lottie learns to be a little sweeter. Together, they take on bullies and protect each other from the vindictive and prejudiced teachers. Then a boy goes missing on campus and Adele and Lottie must rely on each other to solve the mystery and maybe learn the true meaning of friendship.

South Africa, 1953. The National Partys rigid race laws have split the nation and a gruelling poverty grips many on the edges of its society. When former Detective Sergeant Emmanuel Cooper stumbles across the body of a child, Jolly Marks, at the Durban docks, he can little imagine what the discovery will lead him to. Soon Cooper finds himself under suspicion for not only Jollys murder, but others as well. The only way he can clear his name is to find out who the real killer was and hes got 48 hours in which to do it. His investigations will lead him into Durbans murky underworld of pimps, prostitutes, strange and sinister preachers, and those on the wrong side of the race laws. For there is more to Jollys barbaric murder than Cooper could ever have realized . . .One reads this superior sequel to an outstanding debut feeling moral outrage and genuine excitement, which makes it an unusually intense experience Daily Telegraph

When an Afrikaans police captain is murdered in a small South African country town, Detective Emmanuel Cooper must navigate his way through the labyrinthine racial and social divisions that split the community. And as the National Party introduces the laws to support the system of apartheid, Emmanuel struggles much like Martin Cruz Smiths Arkady Renko to remain a good man in the face of astonishing power. In a considered but very commercial novel, Malla Nunn combines a compelling plot with a thoughtful and complex portrayal of a fascinating period of history, illustrating the human desires that drive us all, regardless of race, colour or creed.A Beautiful Place To Die is the first of a planned series of novels featuring Detective Emmanuel Cooper. A terrific page-turning debut. Clever and multi-layered in its portrayal of the people and landscape of apartheid South Africa. I loved it Minette Walters Remarkable Literary ReviewA first crime novel of considerable power Sydney Morning Herald

LAfrique du Sud, les années cinquante. Un voyage périlleux au coeur des ténébres...Le livre : Durban, Afrique du Sud, 1953. Alors que l’inspecteur Emmanuel Cooper gagne sa vie en surveillant les dock