A Dubious Alliance

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The Dubious Pair

Mandisa Xaba was born and raised in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal before the family moved to KwaZulu Union Bay City. After the unfortunate passing of her mother, Mandisa wanted to become a police officer, pledging to make it her life’s work to clean the streets of KwaZulu Union Bay City.

Mpho Seme grew up in a family of overachievers – doctors, businessmen and women, lawyers, and politicians. While he tried to pursue law, he remained unsatisfied by it after 5 years, so he became an investigative journalist, where he felt he found his calling.

A Dubious Alliance

In the technologically advanced city-state of KwaZulu Union Bay City, peace and prosperity governed.

However, tragedy strikes when Mandisa Xaba – a Detective known to be partially militant – becomes the prime suspect of the murder of the city’s most feared crime boss hours after she was taken off an undercover operation surrounding his cartel.

Detective Xaba is forced to go rogue to prove her innocence when the only person who believes her is an amateur investigative journalist, Mpho Seme.

The pair find themselves in a cat and mouse chase with a vicious killer who claims to be uncovering a conspiracy theory surrounding some of the city’s most influential people.

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KwaZulu Union Police Services Bay Station is known as the most reliable and best responsive station in the city, with the highest clearance rate in the city.
The bullpen of Union Bay City News, where all the research and writing happens.
Yellowfield South, the least favourable part of KwaZulu Union Bay City, with it’s spark blend of residential and industrial area separated by a river.

Reviews

"Dumo Xaba is an amazing writer. I enjoyed reading this book [A Dubious Alliance] - very mysterious and it keeps you on edge. Once you start reading it you cannot put it down!"
-Mantoa Hlophe, Author
"I loved the book [A Dubious Alliance], you could feel the tension in every chapter. Goosebumps from beginning till the end."
-Basiphile Nkomonde, Actress