Bait (Jake and Jouma, #1)

Posted on 02 June 2017 by Nick Brownlee

Ex Flying Squad cop Jake Moore runs a game fishing business, but when Mombasa detective Daniel Jouma asks for his help in solving a baffling murder case, he cannot help but become involved The mangled body of a street criminal has been washed up on the beach and a fishing boat skipper and his bait boy have blown up in the water. Download Bait (Jake and Jouma, #1) – kino-fada.fr welcome to kenya where crime rules over the police force there is blood in the water jake was a flying squad cop where he took a bullet and ten years later he runs a game fishing business with his partner harry, but they r in bad financial straits dennis also runs the same business and it appears that his boat has blown but that does not appear with the information that he had just paid 10k on the pipes and where did the money come from added to that the mangled body of a street criminal ...Lots of deaths, but only a few are anything but tangential to the central mystery, which is the death of a fisherman and his bait boy in a mysterious boating accident Brownlee brings to the forefront how violent the society of modern Africa can be This is the first of a series featuring the Ken...Marked down for the language and the extreme violence I loved this book otherwise The suspense was really suspenseful lol The story kept going and there was never a dull moment I didn t see the ending coming and this made the book evenenjoyable The plo...The latest it in crime fiction can be pretty common Sometimes it s a plot elements, sometimes it s locations for books, sometimes it s the home location of the author themselves The it thing I m coming across a lot at the moment is books set in Africa Not that you could possibly complain if the books are the standard of BAIT.BAIT is set in Kenya, and whilst the setting is used to good effect the scenery, the animals, the weather, what is really used well is the society emerging build The latest it in crime fiction can be pretty common Sometimes it s a plot elements, sometimes it s locations for books, sometimes it s the home location of the author themselves The it thing I m coming across a lot at the moment is books set in Africa Not that you could possibly ...The story didn t get good til about the middle towards the ending chapters It did make me think about the time of the apartheid in South Africa Now, the story give some insights as to what can go on in a country like South Africa Corrupt police force with international misdeeds by ex military men from old South Africa government creates a good story One character is very interesting is Jake Moore The author can havestories with the character Moore could be a Blaine McCracken like cha The story didn t get good til about the middle towards the ending chapters It did make me think about the time of the apartheid in South Africa Now, the story give some insights as to what can go on ...I heard about this book on BBC 5Live s Book Reviews with Simon Mayo a staple of my long list of podcast listens They raved about it so I added it to my list of Book Club buys I wasn t especially impressed They give away the average twist about three quarters of the way thru It s not particularly fast paced either I was looking forward to it as I do enjoy things set locally Kenya, bein...I was pleasantly surprised by this book I ve read one too many macho thrillers in which the main character is a super hero who ends up saving everyone and getting the girl , so I am pleased to say that this was not the case the characters seem real, just normal people who end up in difficult situations for one reason or another.Also, the story is modern and entertaining, and explains brilliantly the ex pat atmosphere in Africa, with its positive sides and, specially, the negative.The short I was pleasantly surprised by this book I ve read one too many macho thrillers in which the main character is a super hero who ends up saving everyone an...I had read Book 2 of the Jouma Moore series, and had to go back and read 1, Bait This was just as amazing and I m go glad I discovered this author and this series of characters This is the one where it all began with these two and once you discover them, you...Hardboiled crime novel, featuring two soft hearted good guys Mombasa Detective Daniel Jouma and ex Scotland Yard policeman Jake Moore.Set in modern day Kenya Some of the coincidences in the story seem far fetched, but isn t that...BAIT is the first novel by journalist Nick Brownlee and it s a ripper of a debut novel Take one honest detective with a dash of street gangster, vigorously beat in a plenty of psychotic South African ex army officer with a penchant for inflicting ...

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02 June 2017

Nick Brownlee