Inventive and original, Kayode's Nigeria-set thriller focuses on the why rather than the whodunit as it sets a criminal psychologist on a mission for the truth behind a multiple killing.
Waterstones Thriller of the Month for July 2022
Longlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger 2022
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Winner of the 2019 UEA Crime Writing Prize, Lightseekers is the start of a major new crime series introducing investigative psychologist Dr Philip Taiwo.
When three young students are brutally murdered in a Nigerian university town, their killings - and their killers - are caught on social media. The world knows who murdered them; what no one knows is why.
As the legal trial begins, investigative psychologist Philip Taiwo is contacted by the father of one of the boys, desperate for some answers to his son's murder. But Philip is an expert in crowd behaviour and violence, not a detective, and after travelling to the sleepy university town that bore witness to the killings, he soon feels dramatically out of his depth.
Will he finally be able to uncover the truth of what happened to the Okiri Three?
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN: 9781526657718
Number of pages: 432
Dimensions: 198 x 129 mm
Kayode crafts a wonderfully evocative sense of people and place, immersing readers in the physical and societal landscapes. The Namibia-based author finely balances exciting action and rising tension with thoughtful... More
The "Lightseekers" by Femi Kayode is a unique, tense thriller with a multilayered plot that really hits the mark!
The story takes place in Nigeria, mostly in the town of Okriki where three students were...
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Thank you to the author, publisher Raven Books and The Pigeonhole for access to read this for free. This is an honest and voluntary review.
I absolutely loved this. It’s quite a densely-packed read. Lots happening...
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