The Safari

“A must-read” (Heather Gudenkauf,New York Times bestselling author) from the acclaimed author of The Main Character about a wealthy family drawn together on a South African safarionly for a series of shocking murders to rock their exclusive compound. Odelia BabelCEO of a sustainable fashion empireis about to marry for the second time—to a man twenty-five years her junior. Asher Bach is the thirty-something designer of Odelia’s luxury clothing linethe darling of every high-fashion journalistand madly in love with Odelia. Eager to celebrate her nuptials with her nearest and dearestOdelia invites her adult childrenher daughter-in-lawher grandchildand her best friend/assistant to an all-expenses-paid luxury safari at Leopard Sands in South Africathe Babel family’s favorite vacation spot. It seems like the perfect tripbut not everyone is thrilled for the happy couple. Amid game drives in the bush and bonfires beneath the desert starstensions among the family threaten to boil over. And thenthe morning after a big fight with her son Sam—and hours before the wedding—Odelia is found murdered. Sam is immediately the prime suspectbut he claims he has an ironclad alibi—he was with his twin sisterBailey. Only Bailey is nowhere to be found… As the heat roils in this “cleverly constructed puzzler that brings all the delights of classic Golden Age mysteries into the 21st century” (Library Journalstarred review)desperate poachers and ferocious animals lurkand dark motives festerit becomes clear that whoever killed Odelia isn’t quite finished yetand the rest of the Babel family is their prey.