Cover Crop: A Paul Smart Novel

By Stephen G Castle

COVER CROP Corruption Grows Best Under Cover - A Paul Smart Novel
A noir thriller set in the harshness of Africa. Paul Smart, a fifty-something ex-special forces soldier posing as an agricultural consultant in Zambia, uncovers a diamond-smuggling conspiracy that ties rural buying syndicates to the top of the country's Special Crimes Unit. As he hunts for proof, Paul and his allies are drawn into a brutal web of deception, violence, and political immunity where exposing the truth could mean vanishing into the same silence that keeps the powerful safe.

On Zambian soil, the crops may be growing-but something darker is being cultivated.

If you love Deon Meyer or Tony Spark, Stephen Castle is your next addiction.

Fast-paced, atmospheric, and rooted in the complex realities of modern Africa, Cover Crop is a gripping noir crime-action thriller perfect for fans of Tony Park, Michael Stanley, and the international suspense genre.

Corruption grows best where no one is looking.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0G525NK54
• ISBN13: 9798276459288
• Release Date: December 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 0.99 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"