The Silent Valley |
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| Author:
| Nunn, Malla |
| Read by:
| Bower, Humphrey |
| Series title: | Emmanuel Cooper Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-74311-922-8 |
| Publication Date: | Aug 2012 |
| Publisher: | Bolinda Publishing Pty, Limited
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| Imprint: | Bolinda Audio |
| Book Format: | Audio disc |
| List Price: | AUD $34.95 |
Book Description:
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A remote town. A girl of rare and exquisite beauty. A murder that silences a whole community.The body of a seventeen-year-old girl has been found covered in wildflowers on a hillside in the Drakensberg Mountains, near Durban. She is the daughter of a Zulu chief, destined to fetch a high bride price. Was Amahle as innocent as her family claims, or is her murder a sign that she lived a secret life?Detective Sergeant Emmanuel Cooper is sent to investigate. He must enter the guarded worlds...
More DescriptionA remote town. A girl of rare and exquisite beauty. A murder that silences a whole community.The body of a seventeen-year-old girl has been found covered in wildflowers on a hillside in the Drakensberg Mountains, near Durban. She is the daughter of a Zulu chief, destined to fetch a high bride price. Was Amahle as innocent as her family claims, or is her murder a sign that she lived a secret life?Detective Sergeant Emmanuel Cooper is sent to investigate. He must enter the guarded worlds of a traditional Zulu clan and a white farming community to gather up the clues Amahle left behind and bring her murderer to justice. But the silence in the valley is deafening, and it seems that everyone - from the uncooperative local police officer, to the white farm boy who seems obsessed with the dead girl - has something to hide.With no cause of death and no motive, Cooper's investigation is blocked at each turn. Can he tough it out, or will the small-town politics that stir up his feelings about the past be more than he can bear?In this tale of murder and mystery, Nunn entangles us in a rich and complex web of witchcraft, tribalism, taboo relationships... and plain old-fashioned greed.