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Money isn't always the motive. In this high-stakes case, if Detective Kubu doesn’t get his history and his facts right, he—and the kidnapped 15-year-old boy he's trying to save—could end up dead wrong.
Days after the abduction, and still no ransom demand. What does this kidnapper want?!
When a fifteen-year-old student is lured to captivity by a man he met at a video arcade in Gaborone, Botswana in 2005, the boy's strict, politically connected father appears to obstruct and assist the police in equal measure while Detective David "Kubu" Bengu and company must delve deep into the region's tumultuous history to understand what they're up against and save the child. But with time running out, and so many lies and deceptions to sort through, if they don’t hurry, they could all end up dead wrong.
Detective David ‘Kubu’ Bengu is a wonderful creation, complex and beguiling. The exotic smells and sounds of Botswana fill the pages as well as the changes and struggles of a country brimming with modern technology yet fiercely clinging to old traditions. Compelling and deceptively written…” — New York Journal of Books
“A wonderful, original voice—McCall Smith with a dark edge and even darker underbelly.” — Peter James, #1 UK bestseller
Detective David ‘Kubu’ Bengu is a wonderful creation, complex and beguiling. The exotic smells and sounds of Botswana fill the pages as well as the changes and struggles of a country brimming with modern technology yet fiercely clinging to old traditions. Compelling and deceptively written…” — New York Journal of Books
“A wonderful, original voice—McCall Smith with a dark edge and even darker underbelly.” — Peter James, #1 UK bestseller
“My favourite writing duo since Ellery Queen.” — Ragnar Jónasson, bestselling author of the Dark Iceland series.
“Great African crime fiction.” — Deon Meyer, author of the Benny Griessel novels
Michael Stanley is the crime thriller writing duo made up of retired professors Michael Sears and Stanley Trollip. Dead Wrong is the 9th Michael Stanley police procedural novel featuring the legendary Detective David "Kubu" Bengu. All nine international thrillers are set in Botswana, where Michael and Stanley have both been involved in thick plots–such as fighting fires and accidentally scattering maps over the Kalahari Desert from a moving plane. Botswana fed their love for the bush, whetting their writerly imaginations and spawning the acclaimed Detective Kubu mystery series. Visit https://michaelstanleybooks.com/ to learn more about the books, and Michael, who lives in Knysna in the Western Cape of South Africa, and Stanley who splits his time between Minneapolis, Denmark, and Cape Town.