Reviews

White Leopard by Sophie Weiner, Laurent Guillaume

constantreader471's review

4.0

I enjoyed reading this murder mystery about Soulemayne Camara, a disgraced ex French cop now living in Maili, Africa. Solo(his nickname) is hired by Farah Tebessi to bribe a judge to release her sister, Bahia, in jail in a drugs charge. Such things are common in Mali. He accepts the job, but then Bahia is killed and when he tries to find out why, thugs attack him and threaten to kill him. He does find out who killed her in this fast paced mystery with a lot of local information about life in Mali. There is a fair amount of blood and gore if you are squeamish. I give it 4 out 5 stars.
I received this ebook for free from the publisher, Le French Book, through NetGalley.com

I will count this book for Mali in UN Mystery challenge

howjessicareads's review

3.0

To review for Shelf Awareness. Some gratuitous sex & violence, but fascinating Malian setting.

ninachachu's review

3.0

I have to admit that I lost the plot several times in this book, but I really liked the Malian setting, though I suspect some readers might not be too happy about the amount of corruption which was described.