01664cam a2200301 4500 607496380 TxAuBib 20090120120000.0 080610s2009||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2008025858 9781416586203 alk. paper 1416586202 alk. paper DLC DLC TxAuBib Nunn, Malla. A beautiful place to die : a novel / / Malla Nunn. 1st Atria Books hardcover ed. New York : Atria Books, 2009. 375p. When Detective Emmanuel Cooper, an Englishman, begins investigating the murder, his mission is preempted by the powerful police Security Branch, who are dedicated to their campaign to flush out black communist radicals. But Detective Cooper isn't interested in political expediency and has never been one for making friends. He may be modest, but he radiates intelligence and certainly won't be getting on his knees before those in power. Instead, he strikes out on his own, following a trail of clues that lead him to uncover a shocking forbidden love and the imperfect life of Captain Pretorius, a man whose relationships with the black and coloured residents of the town he ruled were more complicated and more human than anyone could have imagined. 20090120. Police South Africa Fiction. Murder Investigation Fiction. South Africa Fiction. South Africa History 1909-1961 Fiction. Detective and mystery stories. Mystery fiction. TXMIT