The Steam Pig [Paperback]

In the debut mystery featuring Lieutenant Kramer and Detective Sergeant Mickey Zondi set in South Africa, a beautiful blonde has been killed by a bicycle spoke to the heart, Bantu gangster style. Why?Praise forThe Steam Pig:

“James McClure's first novel arrives like a slam in the kidneys . . . a gripping style, real characters, and an exotic locale. . . .The Steam Pigwill not only keep the reader's nose to the page, it will also make [him] think.”
—The New York Times Book Review

Praise for James McClure:

[McClure is] a distinguished crime novelist who has created in his Afrikaner Tromp Kramer and Bantu Sergeant Zondi two detectives who are as far from stereotypes as any in the genre.
—P. D. James

McClure's stories ... have been noteworthy in equal measure for their poignant evocation of [South Africa], their perception of partnership, and their acute sense of sexual obsession.
—Time Magazine

The pace is fast, the solution ingenious. Above all, however, is the author's extraordinary naturalistic style. He is that rarity—a sensitive writer who can carry his point without forcing.
—The New York Times Book Review 

Soho completes its reprinting of one of the finest police series to begin in the 1970s, James McClure's eight books about Tromp Kramer and Mickey Zondi, a South African biracial detective team in the days of Apartheid.
—Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine James McClurewas born in Johannesburg. Je published eight wildly successful books in the Kramer and Zondi series. He died on June 17, 2006.US