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Botswana: Love in the Shadows

Posted 18 April 2012 17:20 GMT

Written byNdesanjo Macha

Countries	Botswana
Topics	Arts & Culture, Literature
Languages	English

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· Botswana: Amor en las sombras

Love in the Shadows is a new book by Lauri, a writer and blogger living in Botswana: “For the first time I'm trying my hand at a thriller/romance. Here's the blurb: Songbird Kedi Taukobong is living her dream. Enormously successful as an Afro-pop musician, she travels the continent performing to adoring crowds. However, fame comes at a price – a sinister stalker is watching her, intent on making her his. Kedi’s management team is determined to hire the best private investigator in the business, her ex, Sefhemo Phaladi.”

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