Detective David "Kubu" Bengu of Botswana returns for a second outing in The Second Death of Goodluck Tinubu. Bengu is an endearing and charming character whose nickname, Kubu, is the Setswana word for "hippopotamus." It is a nickname that, considering his large size, fits him perfectly.

This time, two men were murdered at a tourist bush camp called Jackalberry. One of them was beaten to death and mutilated in the style of revenge killing common in the Rhodesian War. He was a native of Zimbabwe, named Goodluck Tinubu. His occupation was listed at the camp as salesman. According to his records in Zimbabwe, including matching fingerprints, his name was George Tinubu, a dedicated schoolteacher and dissident who had died in the war twenty-nine years ago. However, this man had been very much alive the morning before.

The other victim was a man named Sipho Langa, a native of South Africa. A background check revealed that he was a police officer assigned to follow a large amount of cash thought to be going for drugs. The money was given to Goodluck Tinubu, who took it to Jackalberry Camp. Langa followed, though he hadn't obtained permission from either government to cross the border.

A third guest at the camp was missing. Though he gave his name as Zondo, he was actually Peter Jabulani, also a dissident from Zimbabwe. Also missing were the contents of Tinubu's briefcase. If he had been buying drugs, they were gone along with the cash, with the killer.

Kubu has a young protege named Tatwa who is very tall, as slim as Kubu is rotund, and quiet and alert. Together, they make a charmingly brilliant team. The book is well written in spite of the profanity. The plot is wonderfully convoluted, tricky to unravel and impossible to put down. Read The Second Death of Goodluck Tinubu. Also read Kubu's first story, A Carrion Death. This character looks promising for a long career.