Strange Gods: Vera & Tolliver #1

It s 1911, and young Vera McIntosh is in love and out of place. Pale and Scottish, a missionary s daughter, she no longer fits in with the Kikuyu with whom she grew up. But she is too African, too native to be welcomed by Kenya s ex-pat community. It s only in Justin Tolliver s arms that Vera feels [...]
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It s 1911, and young Vera McIntosh is in love and out of place. Pale and Scottish, a missionary s daughter, she no longer fits in with the Kikuyu with whom she grew up. But she is too African, too native to be welcomed by Kenya s ex-pat community. It s only in Justin Tolliver s arms that Vera feels truly at home. Tolliver, too, is neither fish nor fowl. True, he s the son of an English earl, but critically he s a younger son, with no money, no prospects, and no options beyond a job with the much scorned colonial police force. Worse, he s begun to have serious doubts about the policies of the government he represents doubts that only multiply when Vera s rakish uncle is killed and Tolliver s superiors make it clear they d like an African to take the blame."