Abigail Bukula was fifteen when her parents were killed in a massacre of antiapartheid activists by white security forces. Because a soldier spoke in her defense, she was spared. Now she's
a lawyer�with the new government, and while she has tried to put the tragedy behind her, she has never forgotten that soldier.�So when Leon Lourens walks into her office almost twenty years
later with a story of how someone is killing off members of the team who murdered her parents, she turns to�Yudel Gordon, an eccentric white prison psychologist, for help. To save Leon's
life�they must untangle the web of politics, identity, and history before the anniversary of the raid��nly days away.
The October Killings brings to life the new South Africa, and also Abigail Bukula��he most determined sleuth in international crime fiction.