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Author Michael Stanley Michael Stanley is the writing team of Michael Sears and Stanley Trollip. Michael Stanley is the author of the Detective Kubu Mystery series, including A Death in the Family and Dying to Live.

Both are retired professors who have worked in academia and business. Sears is a mathematician, specializing in geological remote sensing. Trollip is an educational psychologist, specializing in the application of computers to teaching and learning, and a pilot. They were both born in South Africa.

They have been on a number of flying safaris to Botswana and Zimbabwe, where it was always exciting to buzz a dirt airstrip to shoo the elephants off. They have had many adventures on these trips including tracking lions at night, fighting bush fires on the Savuti plains in northern Botswana, being charged by an elephant, and having their plane's door pop open over the Kalahari, scattering navigation maps over the desert.. These trips have fed their love both for the bush, and for Botswana.

It was on one of these trips that the idea surfaced for a novel set in Botswana.

A Carrion Death was their first novel.

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Their website: www.detectivekubu.com
Similar authors: Tony Hillerman, Malla Nunn, Alexander McCall Smith, Tarquin Hall
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Dying to Live

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Dying to Live by Michael Stanley

Death in the Family

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Death in the Family by Michael Stanley

Carrion Death

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Carrion Death by Michael Stanley
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Carrion Death, A | Stanley, Michael | Double-Signed 1st Edition Stanley, Michael | Carrion Death, A | Double-Signed 1st Edition

Signed Hardcover Book.  April 2008 NY: HarperCollins     First edition, first printing, fine in a fine dust jacket, signed by the authors.  This is a collectible book free from material defects.  Jacket covering services are available for a small fee.  This is a collectible book free from material defects.  Jacket covering services are available for a small fee.

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Death in the Family, A | Stanley, Michael | Double-Signed First Edition Book Stanley, Michael | Death in the Family, A | Double-Signed First Edition Copy

Author Signed Hardcover Book October 2015 NY: Minotaur      First edition, first printing, fine in a fine dust jacket, signed by both authors, remainder marked.

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Death in the Family, A | Stanley, Michael | Double-Signed 1st Edition Stanley, Michael | Death in the Family, A | Double-Signed 1st Edition

Author Signed Hardcover Book October 2015 NY: Minotaur      First edition, first printing, fine in a fine dust jacket, signed by the authors.  This is a collectible book free from material defects.  Jacket covering services are available for a small fee.  This is a collectible book free from material defects.  Jacket covering services are available for a small fee.

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Dying to Live | Stanley, Michael | Double-Signed First Edition Book Stanley, Michael | Dying to Live | Double-Signed First Edition Copy

Author Signed Hardcover Book. October 2017 NY: Minotaur Books First edition, first printing, fine in a fine dust jacket, signed by the authors.  This is a collectible book free from material defects.  Jacket covering services are available for a small fee.  This is a collectible book free from material defects.  Jacket covering services are available for a small fee.

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Michael Stanley Bibliography


Detective Kubu Series

  1. A Carrion Death - 2008
  2. The Second Death of Goodluck Tinubu - 2009
  3. Death of the Mantis - 2011
  4. Deadly Harvest - 2013
  5. A Death in the Family - 2015
  6. Dying to Live - October 2017
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