ISBN: 1472131193 9781472131195

Category: Fiction / Thrillers / Crime

Page count: 272

<p>'<b>Shocking and perceptive'<i> Guardian</i></b><br><br><b>'It</b><b> was easy to stay up well past lights out to read just one more chapter - and then one more...' James Oswald</b><br><br><b>'Engaging' </b><i><b>Sunday Times</b></i><br><br><b>LONGLISTED FOR THE CWA GOLD DAGGER</b><br><br>Meet <b>Weston Kogi</b>, a London supermarket store detective. He returns home to his West African home country for his aunt's funeral. He sees his family, his ex-girlfriend <b>Nana</b>, his old school mate Church. Food is good, beer is plentiful, and telling people he works as a homicide detective seems like harmless hyperbole, until he wakes up in hell.<br><br>He is kidnapped and forced by two separate rebel factions to investigate the murder of a local hero, Papa Busi. The solution may tip a country on the brink into civil war. <br><br><b><i>Ma</i><i>king Wolf</i> is the outrageous, frightening, violent and sometimes surreal homecoming experience of a lifetime.</b><br><br><b></b><b>Praise for Tade Thompson:</b><br><br><b>'Breathtaking landscapes and intoxicating food and drink . . . endemic corruption, sultry sexuality and casual, slapdash violence . . . A rock-and-roll edge' </b><i>The Financial Times</i><br><br><b>'Brutal, uncompromising and thought-provoking . . . superb' </b>M. W. Craven<br><br><b>'A magnificent tour de force' </b>Adrian Tchaikovsky<br><br><b>'Smart. Gripping. Fabulous!'</b> Ann Leckie<br><br><b>'Mesmerising' </b>M. R. Carey</p>