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Nairobi Heat: Roman
By Mukoma wa Ngugi and Gudrun Fröba
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In einem reichen, weißen Vorort von Madison/Wisconsin wird eine junge blonde Frau tot aufgefunden. Das Haus, vor dem die Tote liegt, gehört einem afrikanischen Professor, der für seine Rettungstaten während des Völkermords in Ruanda weltweit als Held verehrt wird. Der schwarze Detective, der in dem Fall ermittelt, fliegt aufgrund eines mysteriösen Anrufs nach Nairobi, Kenia, wo er zusammen mit seinem afrikanischen Kollegen der Vergangenheit des Professors auf die Spur kommen will. Schnell wird klar, dass es hier um viel mehr geht als den Tod eines weißen Mädchens. Es entwickelt sich eine heiße Jagd in einem Sumpf von Korruption, Intrigen und Gewalt. Gleichzeitig ist es auch die Konfrontation des Detectives aus den reichen USA mit Afrika, seiner Geschichte und Kultur, und nicht zuletzt mit der eigenen Identität…
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Reviews for Nairobi Heat
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Fast, thoughtful and fun thrillerA dead white girl is found on the doorstep of a Rwandan Professor, revered as a hero for his actions during the genocide. A mix which has the media in a frenzy, the local KKK riled and a scapegoat desperately needed. Dead ends abound until a glimmer of light, far far away in Nairobi. Ishmael is going to have to go back to his ancestral home and face some truth about himself, about societyRacial tensions and corruption, colonialism and genocide mix in the heady culture clash of USA and Kenya. Mixed with the love, friendship & finding ones place in the world. It’s a heady (used heady twice)mix but stays a cool noir thriller throughout with car chases and internal conspiracies, whilst using the genre to look to explore how to right a terrible wrong, what lengths do you go. What does justice mean. It’s exactly the kind of thing Noir is for.“Do not commit crimes against white people because the state will not rest until you are caught.” I bought this for a non-western slant and to my inexperienced eye wasn't disappointed. The characters slowly grew on me and afterwards I find myself needing to read book 2. O and Ishmael make a good partnership and if women don't overload the text at least they aren’t wallflowers. The action’s good, I enjoyed the mystery, although parts of it do stretch the credibility.. suspension of disbelief I suspect required, I mean I had to overcome the oddity at a US cop flown to Nairobi to pursue a case when the obvious suspect is sitting right there (& they didn’t even search his house). My only other complaint is that the initial US bits felt a bit flat compared to Kenya. Still it makes a change.. ahem.Recommended, a fine Noir/hard boiled crime novel. However if you are extremely fixated on plots being 100% believable & perfect this may raise hackles.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Writing was a bit choppy at first. However, all in all not a bad book. I would read something else by this author.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Transplanting an African-American detective from Madison, WI to investigate a crime in Nairobi makes for an interesting crime thriller. The character is well-developed and the plot is keeps the reader turning the pages. I would recommend this to any reader who enjoys crime novels.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5There is a lot to like here. It is a page turner, and it is pretty well written. And it is a story I haven't read before. After a mysterious phone call, a black Madison, Wisconsin detective named Ishmael journeys to Kenya to delve into the past of a murder suspect, who happens to be a hero, having saved hundreds during the Rwandan genocide. Once in Kenya, the detective, who has never been to Africa and doesn't feel particularly African, is adopted by his Kenyan counterpart, known as "O" for short, and even stays in his house during the visit. Together, they follow up a series of clues, which leads them into the bars, slums, gated rich communities, and other nooks and crannies of greater Nairobi.To say that blood flows freely during their investigation would be an understatement. The mystery at the center of this book is well done and even has its moving moments, and the book is filled with memorable characters, including a beautiful woman that Ishmael immediately falls for. But in their violence, it is difficult to separate the good guys from the bad guys. Perhaps that is the author's point--but it is difficult to imagine an American police detective turning so coldblooded so fast--unless he was that way to begin with. But there is nothing in the early part of the book to indicate that. So while I found this book fascinating, I also found the moral universe it creates to be more than a little alien. I could understand, however, Ishmael's growing appreciation for the more "real" life that he discovers in Africa. I'm sure we are in store for sequels, and despite my misgivings about the detective, I might still come along for the next ride. This could make an excellent movie, by the way.Thanks to the fabulous netgalley.com for providing this book.