{"product_id":"nairobi-heat-melville-international-crime-9781935554646","title":"Nairobi Heat (Melville International Crime)","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNairobi Heat (Melville International Crime)\u003c\/strong\u003e by Ngugi, Mukoma Wa. paperback edition. ISBN: 9781935554646.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA cop from Wisconsin pursues a killer through the terrifying slums of Nairobi and the memories of genocide\n\nIN MADISON, WISCONSIN, it’s a big deal when African peace activist Joshua Hakizimana—who saved hundreds of people from the Rwandan genocide—accepts a position at the university to teach about “genocide and testimony.” Then a young woman is found murdered on his doorstep.\n\nLocal police Detective Ishmael—an African-American in an “extremely white” town—suspects the crime is racially motivated; the Ku Klux Klan still holds rallies there, after all. 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.”\n\nIt’s the beginning of a journey that will take him to a place still vibrating from the genocide that happened around its borders, where violence is a part of everyday life, where big-oil money rules and where the local cops shoot first and ask questions later—a place, in short, where knowing the truth about history can get you killed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Melville House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44946289885237,"sku":"ByrdShop_1935554646","price":90.22,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781935554646_a55ac07f-ba1c-477f-a12d-e98b2b60c3f3.jpg?v=1778885755","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/nairobi-heat-melville-international-crime-9781935554646","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}