David Beckler's new Antonia Conti thriller is A Stolen Memory.
In the Guardian he writes:
When I wrote the first of the Antonia Conti novels, A Long Shadow, in 2013, I believed most readers didn’t think we had a problem with corruption in the UK. Some early feedback I got from publishers and agents mentioned it was a bit “far-fetched”. By the time it came out last year, public opinion had changed.One of the author's top ten books about corruption:
It’s Our Turn to Eat by Michela WrongRead about the other entries on the list at the Guardian.
Wrong, an experienced Africa journalist, had a unique opportunity to understand Kenyan corruption when John Githongo came to stay in her London flat. Githongo was a high-profile journalist and outspoken critic of the corrupt regime of Daniel arap Moi who had been in power in Kenya for 24 years. When Mwai Kibaki beat him in 2002, it felt like a momentous change and was celebrated across Africa. Kibaki promised to end the corruption endemic under his predecessor, and he appointed Githongo to help. Within two years, Githongo had resigned and was in hiding in London. This account, which reads like a thriller, explains what happened.
--Marshal Zeringue
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