James McClure Books
October 9, 1939 – June 17, 2006
James McClure was a British author and journalist, most celebrated for his Kramer and Zondi mystery series set in South Africa. Drawing from his background as a reporter and photographer in Pietermaritzburg, McClure's writing authentically captures the social and political tensions of the era. He masterfully blends thrilling plots with a profound understanding of human nature and societal issues. His novels offer not just gripping detective stories, but also incisive portraits of time and place, immersing readers in the complex worlds of his characters and their dilemmas.
Resurrection
- 343 pages
- 13 hours of reading
A half-dead man crashes his car at the Iraqi border. He is found to have suffered a rare reaction to the smallpox vaccine. But why are the Iraqi's innoculating their population against a disease which has been wiped out for twenty years? Soon after this, a young Iraqi student at the Institute of Molecular Science in Edinburgh kills himself for no apparent reason. At first there seems to be no connection. But then medical investigator Adam Dewar stumbles on the horrific possibility that the Iraqis could have asked the student to reconstruct the virus from the fragments he had been working on. And then smallpox breaks out on the Muirhouse Estate. The priority is to contain the virus, but with riots breaking out on the estate, and the death toll rising, Dewar is in a race against time to discover the source of the disease and prevent it falling into the hands of a hostile nation. A nation which would be only too willing to hold the world to ransom...
Snake
- 224 pages
- 8 hours of reading
The investigation led by Lieutenant Kramer and Sergeant Zondi unfolds as they tackle two seemingly unrelated murders: an adult entertainer found strangled and a candy shop owner shot during a robbery. As they dig deeper, they uncover complexities that suggest these crimes may not be straightforward robberies. With a string of neighborhood incidents under scrutiny, the detectives must unravel the true motives behind the killings and identify the elusive killer before more lives are lost.
A fascinating look at Policing in Liverpool in the early 1980s
Song Dog
Südafrika-Thriller. Kramer & Zondi ermitteln (1)
Lieutenant Tromp Kramer vom Morddezernat Trekkersburg untersucht in Zululand ein Sprengstoffattentat, bei dem eine junge weiße Frau und ein Polizist ums Leben gekommen sind. Seine Ermittlungen werden jedoch permanent von inkompetenten Kollegen und korrupten Ärzten behindert, dazu kreuzt der Zulu Detective Sergeant Michael Zondi seinen Weg. Kramer heuert ihn für seine eigenen Untersuchungen an, und sie beginnen die gemeinsamen Ermittlungen. Je tiefer sie in den Fall einsteigen, desto rätselhafter wird er – bald schon machen Kramer und Zondi eine Entdeckung, die für beide zur tödlichen Gefahr wird.
