Petals of Blood

"The puzzling murder of three African directors of a foreign-owned brewery sets the scene for this novel about disillusionment in independent Kenya. It is--on the surface--a suspenseful investigation of a triple murder. But as the intertwined stories of the four suspects unfold, a devastating picture emerges of a modern third-world nation whose frustrated people feel their leaders have failed them time after time"--P. [4] of cover.

Set in

• ★
  Ilmorog · Kenya

  fictional post-independence Kenyan town
  ★ primary
• Nairobi · Kenya

  characters journey to capital