Those Who Love Night
A Novel
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Publisher Description
When Abigail Bukula, a young lawyer in the South African Justice Department, learns that the secret son of her aunt, who died in a massacre years ago, has been arrested by the Zimbabwean government, she races to his aid. She's as determined as ever but perhaps a bit naive as well. Accused of being a part of the so-called Harare Seven, her cousin is being held as a political prisoner in the country's most brutal prison.
With only an eager young lawyer as an ally and a director of the country's intelligence agency either helping her or setting her up, Bukula will not leave without winning her cousin's freedom and learning what really happened to her aunt so many years ago. By cunning, by bribery, by sheer audacity—and with the help of her friend prison psychologist Yudel Gordon—Abigail is determined to prevail in Those Who Love Night, Wessel Ebersohn's explosive follow-up to his critically acclaimed series debut.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
In Ebersohn's pulse-pounding second crime novel starring South African public prosecutor Abigail Bukula (after 2011's The October Killings), Abigail travels to neighboring Zimbabwe to represent seven political prisoners arrested by the repressive government, one of whom is a male cousin she'd never heard of before. The authorities, in no hurry to grant her a date in court, refuse to even confirm that the inmates are in their custody. A tragic shooting, which makes clear that her own safety is far from guaranteed, ups the ante. Evidence that Abigail's beloved husband may have a wandering eye complicates her relationship with Jonas Chunga, a high-level official in the Central Intelligence Organization, Zimbabwe's secret police. Yudel Gordon, a prison psychologist who shares her commitment to justice, again lends his support. Ebersohn clearly conveys the uncertainties of life under Mugabe's capricious dictatorship while also illuminating the complex inner life of his flawed but admirable protagonist.
