Title: Children of the Cape - Michèle Rowe - book
Summary :
A new voice in South African crime fiction, Michéle Rowe immediately placed herself at the top of a genre of which Deon Meyer is today the most emblematic figure.
Persy Jonas, a young Black detective from the townships, is tasked with investigating a murder that brings her back to her own history. So it's with reluctance that she agrees to collaborate with Marge Labuschagne, a retired criminal psychologist, whom she considers an incorrigible racist. But Marge also has reasons to want to forget the past. Bound by more than they realize, the two women will eventually understand that the darkest secrets are those we hide from ourselves...
Racial tensions, prejudice, corruption, violence... In this first investigation by Persy Jonas, crowned by a Debut Dagger Award, Michéle Rowe dissects the social reality of a post-apartheid South Africa that has not given up its old demons.
