A beautiful blonde has been killed by a bicycle spoke to the heart, Bantu gangster style. Why?
Set in Apartheid-era South Africa, The Steam Pig is the first in the outstanding mystery series featuring the biracial police team duo of Lieutenant Kramer and Detective Sergeant Mickey Zondi.
“James McClure's novel arrives like a slam in the kidneys . . . a gripping style, real characters, and an exotic locale. . . . The Steam Pig will not only keep the reader's nose to the page, it will also make [him] think.” —The NY Times Book Review
“This well-plotted, well-written murder mystery is exceptional ... sometimes grim, sometimes sourly comic, always shocking.” —The Atlantic
“That it takes place in the apartheid setting of South Africa, that it has a black and white police team so artfully conceived as to engender cheers, that it uses the power of subtlety over brash bias to make its points, sets it up as a memorable mystery.” —LA Times
“More than a good mystery story, which it is, The Steam Pig is also a revealing picture of the hate and sickness of apartheid society.” —The Washington Post