Nairobi Heat

A young and beautiful white woman is murdered in the US, and the prime suspect is former Rwandan school headmaster Joshua a hero who had risked his life to save the innocent during Rwanda s genocide Ishmael, an African American detective, must investigate the case by plunging himself into Joshua s past He travels to Kenya, where Joshua once lived as a refugee, and fi nds himself unearthing his own African identity as he uncovers this violent crime Kenyan author Mukoma wa Ngugi s debut novel is a gripping and hard hitting detective thriller that questions race, identity and class. Best Read Nairobi Heat by Mũkoma wa Ngũgĩ For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr America meets AfricaI just love to travel around the world in my living room Ngugi takes us from Madison Wisconsin to Africa and back again Along the way he walks us through social problems in both places He does great job of providing a mini history and political culture lesson of the Rwandan genocide and its impact Racism and violence are highlighted but so is the energy of the African people and how deeply they care for one another despite the corruption When Ishmael, who is a black Amer America meets AfricaI just love to travel around the world in my living room Ngugi takes us from Madison Wisconsin to Africa and back again Along the way he walks us through social problems in both places He does great job of providing a mini history and political culture lesson of the Rwandan genocide and its impact Racism and violence are highlighted but so is the energy of the African people and how deeply they care for one another despite the corruption When Ishmael, who is a black American detective arrives in Kenya he s repeatedly called mzungu , which means white in Kishwahili, because he s not a native African He meets David Odhiambo his African counterpart and it takes Ishmael all of 10 minutes to step in a whole lot of doo doo when he comes upon a crime in progress he tries to stop And that s before even gets a chance to investigate the crime he s there to solve.Bac...I wanted to like this book, particularly as the author s father is Ngugi wa Thiong o, an incredible writer But this book is so bad, you guys SO bad.The writing is awkward and off putting, the story unconvincing and predictable, the main character terrible at his job, and the plot absurd A local police force in a small city decides to send its lead detective to Kenya because he received an anonymous phone call An entire nation goes totally bonkers over the murder of an unidentified woman beca I wanted to like this book, particularly as the author s father is Ngugi wa Thiong o, an incredible writer But this book is so bad, you guys SO bad.The writing is awkward and off putting, the story unconvincing and predictable, the main character terrible at his job, and the plot absurd A local police force in a small city decides to send its lead detective to Kenya because he received an anonymous phone call An entire nation goes totally bonkers over the murder of an unidentified woman because her killer MIGHT be a black man The KKK has a well known bunker in one of the most liberal cities in the Midwest, and goes completely unbothered by either law enforcement or the community A police officer kills multiple people and doesn t face so much as a review board,...Heading Greed, Trickery, and JusticeThe call came at 2 AM from the police chief of Madison, Wisconsin a murder had been committed in the wealthy exclusive enclave of Maple Bluff Detective Ishmael Fofona, an African American on the mostly white police force in an extremely white town, knew that if the call came directly from the police chief there had to be a political angle to the crime An unidentified beautiful blonde woman is found dead on the front steps of the home of Joshua Hakizim Heading Greed, Trickery, and JusticeThe call came at 2 AM from the police chief of Madison, Wisconsin a murder had been committed in the wealthy exclusive enclave of Maple Bluff Detective Ishmael Fofona, an African American on the mostly white police force in an extremely white town, knew that if the call came directly from the police chief there had to be a political angle to the crime An unidentified beautiful blonde woman is found dead on the front ste...The good news is that this is a quick paced, entertaining police procedural It only took me a few hours to read and I felt like I did not waste my time I enjoyed the crime and the very over the top action, but in the end, the things that I hold onto are the moral questions that are presented Should we feel guilty for not helping a person in need Can we buy our way out of this guilt The answers to these questions are not really answered in this novel, but they are important questions to brin The good news is that this is a quick paced, entertai...Concise but written with a craving intrigue, this crime thriller fiction investigates the past in Africa and connects it to the present from Africa to America with a salty suspense Leading the reader through the twists and turns of crime investigation punctuated with bloodshed, smoke and sex, the novelist presents issues relating to justice, race, power, genocide and self identity.Although the protagonist detective appears too lucky, making the story to appear a bit unrealistic, it is still i Concise but written with a craving intrigue, this crime thriller fiction investigates the past in Africa and connects it to the present from Africa to America with a salty suspense Leading the reader through the twists and turns of crime investigation punctuated with bloodshed, smoke and sex, the novelist presents issues relating to justice, race, power, genocide and self identity.Although the protagonist detective appears too lucky, making the story to appear a b...Most books are lifted from the realm of just good to great usually through the advancement or elevation of parts of the writers craft Story, plot, characters, pacing, structure, etc Think Raymond Chandler and his elegant use of language in a tough guy setting or James Ellroy and his staccato sentences and telegraphic prose style Others use original themes in the pacing James Patterson s short chapters for instance drawn almost as scenes from a film or Hemingway s short, declarative sent Most books are lifted from the realm of just good to great usually through the advancement or elevation of parts of the writers craft Story, plot, characters, pacing, structure, etc Think Raymond Chandler and his elegant use of language in a tough guy setting or James Ellroy and his staccato sentences and telegraphic prose style Others use original themes in the pacing James Patterson s short chapters for instance drawn almost as scenes from a film or Hemingway s short, declarative sentences Other great authors are able to achieve greatness through inventing plot devices the locked room mystery, creative use of the MacGuffin, the Deus ex machina Still others rise above the norm through using or revealing not just realism, but relevant story lines that shine the light of truth on society or current events Dashiell Hammett did this in his hardboiled stories by writing stories about corruption in small tow...I m always excited to read crime stories set in other cultures, and so I picked up this Kenyan set book with great anticipation The story actually opens in the American college town of Madison, Wisconsin, where a beautiful young white woman has been found dead on the doorstep of a visiting Rwandan professor A local African American police detective named Ishmael catches the case, and is soon sucked into a whirlpool of confusion involving the legacy of the genocide in Rwanda 15 years in the pas I m always excited to read crime stories set in other cultures, and so I picked up this Kenyan set book with great anticipation The story actually opens in the American college town of Madison, Wisconsin, where a beautiful young white woman has been found dead on the doorstep of a visiting Rwandan professor A local African American police detective named Ishmael catches the case, and is soon sucked into a whirlpool of confusion involving the legacy of the genocide in Rwanda 15 years in the past The professor is a hero of the genocide, referred to as a kind of Rwandan Schindler Paul Rusesabagina is purposefully not invoked , who used his school as a safe haven and waystation to smuggle people to safety Now he is one of the public faces of a international charity devoted to supporting the victims of the genocide.With no clues to go on, Ishmael and his chief are stuck until an anonymous phone call directs them to go to Nairobi to find the truth Ishmael hops on a plane, and soon enoug...A dead white girl in a cheerleader uniform lies on Joshua Hakizimana s front porch Hakizimana is a hero of the Rwandan massacre, responsible for saving hundreds of lives He is now a professor at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and involved with a large charitable foundation dedicated to victims of genocide Ishmael, a local African American police detective, is assigned to the case That cheerleader outfit turns out to be a school uniform from the Rwandan school Hakizimana was connected A dead white girl in a cheerleader uniform lies on Joshua Hakizimana s front porch Hakizimana is a hero of the Rwandan massacre, responsible for saving hundreds of lives He is now a professor at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and involved with a large charitable foundation dedicated to victims of genocide Ishmael, a local African American police detective, is assigned to the case That cheerleader outfit turns out to be a school uniform from the Rwandan school Hakizimana was connected to When Ishmael receives a phone call informing him that the answers lie in Nairobi, he boards a plane for Africa.Wa Ngugi s novel chronicles Ishmael s education in world politics, African culture, and the profound corruption that may lie at the heart of what society perceives as idealistic endeavors He is a stranger to this world, yet he still bridles when he hears black Kenyans refer to him as mzungu, the Kiswhahili w...There is a pretty good novel hiding in this book, if it edited and rewritten.The novel reads like a first draft There are many points at which you feel like an editor could have pushed an author to make changes For example, the author touches on issues of race being an African American in the US vs in Africa as well as the role of white in Africa colonial exploiters and others who appear to be well intentioned missionaries but these themes are not well developed and the character s discuss There is a pretty good novel hiding in this book, if it edited and rewritten.The novel reads like a first draft There are many points at ...A pulpy murder mystery, which takes place a little bit in Madison, WI, and a lot in Kenya I never figure out Who Does It, but it s nice to be along for the ride I liked the setting and the African tidbits even though it is not a part of Africa I ve spent much time in, much of it was familiar I grew to like the characters, flaws and all The backdrop of the Rwandan genocide cast a darker shadow over the whole plot...

• English
• 20 April 2017
Mũkoma wa Ngũgĩ
• Paperback
• 176 pages
• 0143026178
• Mũkoma wa Ngũgĩ
• Nairobi Heat