by Anthony BidulkaMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
One of the reasons I read this series is to figure out what the titles mean and I enjoy the mysteries as well.. Each one so far has been a little trip to an interesting place. Russell Quant is an amusing fellow with a tongue-in-cheek approach to life and he takes on the case of a missing person that eventually takes him to South Africa, then to Botswana and finally Zambia with dragging footsteps following him all the way. The reader makes some connections long before Russell does in this particular case and I for one was less forgiving at the end. 
The dragging footsteps belong to a vicious person who had no remorse as he brutally went about damaging people and needed more retribution that psychological help. Russel got in the way of this and some of the retribution fell on his own head. This was because of unbuntu.
UNBUNTU - the Africans believe that a community must live harmoniously together, with out the care and watchfulness of their neighbors they are nothing. If a young foolish boy steals something the community cannot let him get away with it, because that would be like stealing from every one, so the thing is always returned. If a bad thing is done to one person in the community by another a retribution is exacted in some way - unbuntu. In short the community takes care of itself.
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| Amuse Bouche |
The first book in this series Amuse Bouche
These are special appestizers that are intended to amuse the mouth
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| Aquavit |
The Second Flight of Aquavit
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| Tapas |
The Third Tapas on the Ramblas
Spanish Appetizers eaten on a special street
The Fourth Stain of the Berry
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