When Trouble Sleeps
Published on 25. September 2018
Book
Paperback/Softback
336 pages
978-1-911115-63-2 (ISBN)
Description
Amaka returns in this gripping sequel to Easy Motion Tourist, and finds herself in more trouble than ever. When a plane crash kills the state gubernatorial candidate, Chief Ojo is picked to replace him. The same Chief Ojo who beat up a girl in The Harem, a secret sex club, and left her for dead. The same Chief Ojo who Amaka caught with pictures and videos of underage sex acts on his phone. Amaka is the only person standing between him and election victory, and Ojo sends hired guns Malik and Shehu after her. Chief Balogun, his powerful father in-law also hires a gang of thugs for the job. Amaka must outwit them all to survive.
Reviews / Votes
"Spectacular - Adenle is crime fiction's best new voice for years." - Lee Child; "Leye Adenle has my vote for crown prince of crime writers in the UK." - James Ellroy "Complex, fast-paced and utterly gripping." - The Guardian; "If all Naija Noir is this good - bring it on... When Trouble Sleeps is terrifying and thrilling in equal measure." - Nudge BooksMore details
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 128 mm
Thickness: 32 mm
Weight
320 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-911115-63-2 (9781911115632)
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Leye Adenle has written a number of short stories and flash fiction pieces. His short story `The Assassin' has been shortlisted for the CWA Short Story Dagger 2017. Leye is from a family of writers, the most famous of whom was his grandfather, Oba Adeleye Adenle I, a former king of Oshogbo in South West Nigeria. Leye lives in London.