A man has been murdered. Jimmy Pibble has been called in to solve the mystery, but he's up against a strange set of people. They're a relocated tribe from New Guinea, and they aren't very forthcoming about what's been going on in the house. There are other people related to the tribe's past that may also be involved in the murder, but Pibble is having trouble getting anywhere with the case.
This book is a strange one. The chapters are excessively long and only change when one specific character has a flashback. And those don't seem to be relevant. The tribespeople are referred to with derogatory terms throughout the entire book, and I wasn't overly fond of the style of writing. The end also bothered me. It wasn't coherent and didn't make a lot of sense to me.
I didn't really like this book. I think I would've quit reading it had I not wanted to find out who the murderer was. And even then, I wasn't really happy I'd read it. Sadly, this book just wasn't for me.
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