Sibanda and the Black Sparrow Hawk

Fans of Alexander McCall Smith will love Scotty Elliott’s Sibanda series … They have the same dry humour and warmth as the No1 Ladies’ Detective Agency stories, the same palpable affection for the people and the landscape, and detectives who solve crimes more by hunch and legwork than with forensics and technology * Sunday Times (SA) *Her plot keeps readers guessing right to the end, when the monster meets a truly satisfying fate … Elliott’s skill as a writer lies in her ability to create and flesh out characters that are so lifelike, they thrum in your head for days after finishing her books * Business Live *C.M. Elliott has created a lively cast of characters and an intricate, clever plot – Margaret von Klemperer * The Witness *A thrilling detective yarn and a finely-drawn picture of the counterpoint between the gentle music of the bush and the harsher notes of poachers’ deadly gunfire * The Citizen *Will have you hooked * The Gremlin *

C.M. Elliott was born in England. At 27, she moved to Zimbabwe in the middle of the civil war and, with her game ranger husband, pioneered a tourism business in the newly independent country, based in and around Hwange National Park. Elliott began writing seriously about three years ago - short stories to begin with and then moving on to what would eventually become Sibanda and the Rainbird. She now writes fulltime.