`Gripping, explosive . . . crafts a close sense of place that rivals the work of Katherine Boo' New York Times `Beautifully written and carefully observed ... a Truman Capote-style detective story in which Van der Leun rummages for clues through the detritus of modern South Africa' Financial Times `A total page-turner, a gripping ... Read moreSerial-like true-crime story' Vogue `Deeply researched and thought-provoking . . . an engaging take on a murder that might have derailed democracy' Economist 'Unforgettable. A gripping narrative that examines the messiness of truth, the illusory nature of reconciliation, the all too often false promise of justice' Boston Globe `Extraordinary. A dense and nuanced portrait of a country whose confounding, convoluted past is never quite history' Entertainment Weekly `Moving . . . necessary . . . A story of frustrated expectations, broken dreams, endemic greed and corruption, but also indomitable human spirit' Minneapolis Star Tribune `A murder story told with the dramatic tension of Truman Capote's In Cold Blood and the precision of the very best non-fiction reporting. Each page bursts with fresh insights' Barbara Demick, author of Nothing to Envy `Fascinating. Shatters convenient narratives about the end of apartheid and the nature of justice, and takes readers on a headlong chase for deeper truths' Jill Leovy, author of Ghettoside `Suspenseful and engrossing. Van der Leun shows how a powerful desire for reconciliation can in fact obscure the truth, a truth we need in order to establish real equity and the justice that all people deserve' Piper Kerman, author of Orange is the New Black `A book I kept returning to. Van der Leun has a compassionate but admirably clear eye' Michela Wrong, Spectator Books of the Year Show Less