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The Jade de Jong Investigations, Book 1

In this first book in the 'Jade de Jong' series, the private detective returns to South Africa after living in Britain for 10 years. ***** When apartheid ends in South Africa, many rich white people - fearing retribution and violence - protect their homes with fences and gates. This scheme isn't foolp......more

Lately there have been a number of crime novels set in South Africa and this is another. The protagonist is Jade de Jong, the daughter of a police commissioner. Jade's father was killed ten years earlier and in the wake of his death, Jade fled the country. Ten years later, the man convicted of killi......more

Really, I picked this to read because of a recent interest in South Africa, not because I was that interested in the specific story or really wanted to read a crime novel. I wanted something with a modern, urban setting, I didn't want it to be too difficult or distracting to read; but I also wanted......more

Read this book a second time, years later and like it very much more. Have huge respect for what Mackenzie managed to do. Will attempt to read everything she's written. She's that good. Here's the second review: Jassy Mackenzie is something else. Her main character is a woman, a South African private......more

RANDOM VIOLENCE Jassy Mackenzie With a main character named Jade, I expected this series to be light weight, a bit silly maybe. Instead, I was pleasantly surprised to find a tight, well-written, gritty crime novel set in Johannesburg, South Africa. Jade is a private investigator whose policeman father......more