African Crime Fiction Written in English, Authors A-E

African Crime Fiction consists of crime, detective, and mystery novels that are set in Africa, feature African characters, or are authored by African writers. Further information regarding the scope of this project is available on the main page of the African Crime Fiction Project.

Author	Title
Achebe, Chunua	Things Fall Apart
Ajaegbo, Ifeanyi	Sarah House
Akombi, Wilfred Ndum	A Dirty Game
Alily, Valentine	Mark of the Cobra
Amis, Rob, ed.	Africa Fresh: New Voices from the First Continent
Anderson, John	Death in the Greenhouse
Andersson, Muff	Bite of the Banshee
Asong, Linus	A Legend of the Dead
Asong, Linus	The Crown of Thorns
Asong, Linus	No Way to Die
Atoyebi, Muda	Countdown to Perdition
Badal, Sean	The Ice on Mars
Badoe, Yaba	True Murder
Beeck, Oliver	The Brass Go-Between
Bennett, Jack	Ocean Road
Beukes, Lauren	Zoo City
Bilal, Parker	The Golden Scales: A Makana Mystery
Blackburn, John	Deep Among Dead Men
Bosman, Herman Charles	Willemsdorp
Brechin, David	Nic Barber I.D.B.
Brechin, David	Uncut Diamonds
Brown, Andrew	Refuge
Brown, Andrew	Coldsleep Lullaby
Brown, Andrew	Solace
Brown, Guy	Hijack!: Cracking one of South Africa's Most Violent Carjacking Syndicates
Brownlee, Nick	Bait
Brownlee, Nick	Blood and Fire
Brownlee, Nick	Machete
Brownlee, Nick	Snakepit
Bulbring, Edyth	The Club
Butler, K.R.	A Fall of Rock
Carsten, Brandon	Project  H
Casley, Dennis	Death Under Par
Casley, Dennis	Death Underfoot
Casley, Dennis	Death Understates
Casley, Dennis	Death Undertow
Caulfield, John	In All My Sad Dreaming
Caulfield, John	The Atom Heart Murders
Chapman, Michel, ed.	The Drum Decade: Stories from the 1950s
Chase, James H.	The Vulture is a Patient Bird
Chislett, Dave, ed.	Urban One
Chraibi, Driss	Flutes of Death
Chraibi, Driss	Mother Spring
Chraibi, Driss	Birth at Dawn
Christie, Agatha	Death on the Nile
Chuka II, Ulysses	For the Fairest
Church, Peter	Dark Video
Church, Peter	Bitter Pill: A Novel
Cleeve, Brian Talbot	Portrait of My City
Cleeve, Brian Talbot	Dark Blood, Dark Terror
Coetzee, Amanda	Bad Blood
Coetzee, Amanda	Redemption Song
Corbett, Trevor	An Ordinary Day
Corbett, Trevor	Allegiance
Couto, Mia	The Last Flight of the Flamingos
Creasey, John	Call the Toff
Creasey, John	Murder, London-South Africa
Creasey, John (as Ashe, Gordon)	A Promise of Diamonds
Croudace, Glynn	The Scarlet Bikini
Croudace, Glynn	Blackadder
Croudace, Glynn	Motives for Murder
Desmond, Hugh	The Jacaranda Murders
Diki, Basil	Two Hangmen, One Scaffold [two volumes]
Dison, David	Death in the New Republic
Dlovu, Aanoi	Angle of Death
Diovu, Aanoi	Race Against Rats
Doherty, Paul (and various pen names)	Various series and novels
Dow, Unity	Far and Beyond
Dow, Unity	The Screaming of the Innocent
Dow, Unity	Juggling Truths
Dow, Unity	The Heavens May Fall
Dow, Unity	Saturday is for Funerals
Drin, Michael	Signpost to Fear
Driscoll, Peter	The Barboza Credentials
Driscoll, Peter	The Wilby Conspiracy
Driscoll, Peter	Heritage
Driscoll, Peter	Spearhead
Drummond, June	The Black Unicorn
Drummond, June	Farewell Party
Drummond, June	Welcome, Proud Lady
Drury, Allen	A God Against the Gods
Drury, Allen	Return to Thebes
Du Camp, Alwyn	Twana
Dube, Hope	State Secret
Duchi, David	Assassins on Safari
Earle, Peter	The Barros Pwans
Earle, Peter	Purgatory Road
Eaton, Tom	The De Villiers Code
Ebersohn, Wessel	The Top Prisoner of C-Max
Ebersohn, Wessel	A Lonely Place to Die
Ebersohn, Wessel	The Centurion
Ebersohn, Wessel	Store Up the Anger
Ebersohn, Wessel	Divide the Night
Ebersohn, Wessel	Closed Circle
Ebersohn, Wessel	The October Killings
Ebersohn, Wessel	Those Who Love Night
Ekwensi, Cyprian	Yaba Round-About Murder
Eland, Charles	The Desperate Search
Emecheta, Buchi	Naira Power
Erasmus, Barbara	Chameleon
Erasmus, Barbara	Below Luck Level
Eyo, Harry	The Dawn of Time
Ezeani, Geo'Ben	Died in Exile: Murdered for His Honesty

Prepared by Sarah Keil, August 2011. Updated August 2012.