African sky

an epic wartime adventure in the heart of africa. rhodesia, 1943: paul bryant hasn't been able to get back in an aircraft since a fatal bombing mission over germany. instead, the squadron leader is flying a desk at a pilot training school in africa when one of his trainees is reported missing. pip lovejoy, a volunteer policewoman, is also trying to suppress painful memories. when felicity langham, a high profile waaf from the air base, is found raped and murdered, pip and bryant's paths cross. suspicion immediately falls on the local black community, but pip's investigations unearth a link between the squadron leader, the controversial heiress catherine de beers and the dead woman, which throws the case in a new, disturbing direction. what pip thinks is a singular crime of passion soon escalates into a crisis that could change the course of the war. african sky is the first instalment in tony park's acclaimed story of zimbabwe series.