Author
About C.M. Elliott
C.M. Elliott is the author of the Detective Sibanda novels: Sibanda and the Rainbird, Sibanda and the Death's Head Moth, Sibanda and the Black Sparrow Hawk, and Sibanda and the Night Adder. Born in England and long based in Zimbabwe, she writes literary crime fiction set around Gubu, Hwange country, and the Matabele bush, with DI Jabulani Sibanda, Sergeant Ncube, and Miss Daisy at its wry, observant centre.
Author note
About C.M. Elliott
C.M. Elliott was born in England and made her life in Zimbabwe. Years around Hwange National Park and the safari industry gave her an ear for bush roads, wildlife, practical mishaps, and the comedy of people under pressure. Those details run through the Detective Sibanda novels: murder, yes, but also weather, spoor, bureaucracy, friendship, and the long drive back to Gubu.
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Where Sibanda comes from
The Sibanda books do not use Zimbabwe as scenery. Their world is practical: dusty roads, reluctant vehicles, vultures, heat, police-station politics, safari work, and the small calculations people make when help is far away. Elliott knows that country well enough to treat it plainly.