Just a Dead Man

By Margaret von Klemperer

Laura Marsh, an art teacher and single mother, is horrified when a visiting friend--a Zimbabwean refugee and an artist--finds a corpse in the plantations near her home. When the friend, Daniel, is arrested for the murder, Laura assumes he has been pegged due to his being a foreigner. However, a connection between Daniel and the dead man emerges, and the situation becomes even more complicated as some politically well-connected people are lurking in the background of the case. Resenting the police's unwillingness to look beyond Daniel for a suspect, Laura puts her own life at risk. The story of a woman trying to move on following her divorce, this crime novel also touches upon the issues of xenophobia and racism in South Africa.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1431405043
• ISBN13: 9781431405046
• Release Date: September 2012
• Publisher: Jacana Media
• Length: 249 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"