Death on The Limpopo

TITLE: Death on The Limpopo
AUTHOR: Sally Andrew
PUBLISHER: :Umuzi
REVIEWER: Beryl Eichenberger
Ah Tannie Maria – you had me at the first page. Everyone’s favourite Karoo agony aunt and cook of note is back in another murder mystery set in the small Karoo town of Ladismith. It brings some wonderful new characters and a journey fraught with adventure and baggage from the past.Sally Andrew’s ‘Death on the Limpopo’ is the third in the series that has taken readers in five continents by storm. 

​Tannie Maria, her beau Henk and the team from the local newspaper embark on a rollicking journey that only requires a tin of buttermilk risks to chew through as you turn the pages (and the recipe is at the back ) so what more could you want?
Love, murder and some surprising revelations romp through this story. Andrew introduces us to the tall dark stranger Zabanguni Kani who arrives with a flourish on a Ducati motorbike. A journalist whose political exposés have put her in mortal danger she seeks refuge with Tannie Maria and then takes her on a journey to the country’s northern parts where a past that Maria has tried to forget is finally unravelled – with surprising consequences.
Andrew’s special brand of writing conjures up a wonderful picture of a Karoo road trip, the emotions that run with family connections and how food can be a saviour in all situations. This is a story that is deliciously addictive and you’ll be hooked from the start.