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Ben Kella is the aofia (the leader) of his people in the #SolomonIslands and a police sergeant working for the Brits as they are slowing turning the Islands over to independence. Sister Conchita is the new nun posted to his island, some of whose people are Catholic but many remain true to their mystical roots. A series of murders and other illegal activities lead the sergeant and the nun on the hunt to unravel this complex web and do their ⬇️

I feel so fortunate. I have a few hours to read tonight with my reading buddy. I‘m about to finish the tagged ebook, then I‘ll pick up my IRL book again, Beasts of a Little Land. 😌

How are you spending your Sunday evening?

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This sure makes me want to look up these two books!!

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Hmmm. We humans are “long pigs.” Quite a history of cannibalism in Oceania.

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Maps always appreciated. #SolomonIslands #readingOceania @Librarybelle @BarbaraBB

I‘ve picked my next ebook for #SolomonIslands #readingOceania @Librarybelle @BarbaraBB

This is such a tiny little volume that I almost feel like I cheated, but it does contain #ownvoices poetry from the #SolomonIslands. Is it good poetry? I don‘t really know, as I‘m not a poetry reader, but it‘s interesting and gave me a little flavor of what people from there might think about. There are also 2 poems in both pidgin and English, which I really liked.

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I bailed. Bother.

I think if I‘d read this all in one gulp, it would have been fine. I loved the Solomon Islands setting and learning a little about the cultures there. It‘s a potentially fun not-quite-cosy, with a local policeman/traditional peace-keeper and an English nun.

But I never particularly warmed to the main characters and, having set it aside for a few weeks, I found I wasn‘t that fussed about the story. Ho hum. Moving on…

#readaroundtheworld #solomonislands Although not fantastic literature and unfortunately not written by an islander, I did find this Solomon Island detective noir in the tropics to be a delightful read. The plot includes a Catholic nun, a native Sargent holy man and a host of natives and ex-pats ruled by forces that do not strictly align with western logic. There is action, sex and the required number of twists and turns that the genre demands.