Truth Is a Flightless Bird
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In a city choking on inequality, truth is elusive, love is dangerous--and escape is never simple. Customer-Facing Description A pregnant aid worker swallows narcotics to escape Somalia--and vanishes into Nairobi's slums. In this Nairobi crime thriller of African noir and psychological thrillers, a disillusioned missionary pastor races the city's underworld to save her and the unborn child she'll protect at any cost. Caught between a ruthless Somali dealer, a corrupt cop, and Ciru--a healer who wields ancient power with modern violence--Duncan must navigate police corruption, postcolonial power...
In a city choking on inequality, truth is elusive, love is dangerous--and escape is never simple. Customer-Facing Description A pregnant aid worker swallows narcotics to escape Somalia--and vanishes into Nairobi's slums. In this Nairobi crime thriller of African noir and psychological thrillers, a disillusioned missionary pastor races the city's underworld to save her and the unborn child she'll protect at any cost. Caught between a ruthless Somali dealer, a corrupt cop, and Ciru--a healer who wields ancient power with modern violence--Duncan must navigate police corruption, postcolonial power, and his own moral collapse. Set in modern Kenya, this women's survival thriller blends medical thrillers intensity with the moral weight of postcolonial African fiction. From fetid underground safe houses to neon-lit streets where marabou storks circle like omens, the story explores motherhood, faith, and the brutal calculus of survival. For readers of The Last House on Needless Street and Look Closer (David Ellis), with the atmosphere of Local Woman Missing, We Have Always Lived in the Castle, No Longer at Ease, and the systemic rot of Slow Horses. Ideal if you browse best thriller books, police procedural mysteries, African noir, and Kenya crime thrillers. You'll enjoy this if you're searching for: *psychological thrillers and medical thrillers with high stakes and heart *African noir / Kenya crime thriller / Nairobi thriller set in today's Nairobi *women's survival thriller with maternal stakes and moral ambiguity *postcolonial African fiction that confronts power, faith, and corruption *police corruption stories with elements of police procedural mysteries,
