Dear Colleagues,
My novel, Nairobi Heat is being released in the US in two weeks (Sept 13) by Melville House Publishing and distributed by Random House. Both the paperback and kindle versions are available via Amazon.com. In the UK the kindle version will be available Sept. 13th and paperback October 20th. Please see below for more information about the novel.
Thank you - and with the hope you will get word out,
Mukoma Wa Ngugi
ABOUT NAIROBI HEAT:
In Madison, Wisconsin, it's a big deal when African peace activist Joshua Hakizimana—famous for saving hundreds of people from the Rwandan genocide—accepts a position at the university. When a young girl is found murdered on his doorstep. For local police Detective Ishmael—an African-American in an "extremely white" town—it seems like the kind of crime that happens in an area where the Ku Klux Klan still holds rallies. But then he gets a mysterious phone call: "If you want the truth, you must go to its source. The truth is in the past. Come to Nairobi." It's the beginning of a journey that will take Ishmael to a place still vibrating from the surrounding genocide, where NGO money rules and where the local cops shoot first and ask questions later. And although it's the land of his ancestors, it becomes a disorienting and terrifying quest through the slums of Nairobi, a place where knowing the truth about history can kill you.
PRAISE FOR THE BOOK:
"Ngugi , who was born in the U.S. but raised in Kenya, provides an engaging insider's view of the cultural divide between Americans and Africans."
—Publishers Weekly
"Ngugi's ability to weave a complex narrative, which connects crime and racial tensions in the US to an in-depth knowledge of Kenya and its nuances, to Rwanda and its genocide past within this African crime thriller, is nothing but the work of a genius craftsman and wordsmith."
—New African Magazine
"Nairobi Heat's biggest triumph is the way it forces us to re-examine accepted narratives and received truths."
—The Mail & Guardian
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