Synopsis: Hugo Swart, faithful churchgoer and respected citizen, Is found stabbed to death on the floor of his kitchen just before Christmas, on the hottest night of the year. The murder is most likely a robbery gone ugly, and the chief suspect is Swart's black servant, Shabalala, who has fled to the countryside. But Lieutenant Kramer suspects that not everything is as it seems. While Zondi pursues Shabalala in a treacherous tour of miserable Bantu villages, Kramer tries to wring the truth out of some of Swart's acquaintances in Trekkersburg and Cape Town. Danger lies at every turn–what will this investigation cost the duo?
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