Vera And Tolliver Trilogy - Annamaria Alfieri
Category: Mystery
Tags: Mystery, Anthology, Historical Fiction
Strange Gods Publishers Summary In early 20th century British East Africa, there are rules for the British and different ones for the Africans. Vera McIntosh, the daughter of Scottish missionaries, doesnt feel she belongs to either group; having grown up in Africa, she is not interested in being the well-bred Scottish woman her mother would like her to be. More than anything, she dreams of seeing again the handsome police officer shes danced with. But more grisly circumstances bring Justin Tolliver to her familys home., The body of Veras uncle, Dr. Josiah Pennyman, is found with a tribesmans spear in his back. Tolliver, an idealistic assistant district superintendent of police, is assigned to the case. He first focuses on Gichinga Mbura, a Kikuyu medicine man who has been known to hatefully condemn Pennyman because Pennymans cures are increasingly preferred over his. But the spear belonged to the Maasai tribe, not Kikuyu, and its doubtful Mbura would have used it to kill his enemy. Tol
