The Constant Gardener

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Tessa Quayle has been horribly murdered on the shores of Lake Turkana in Northern Kenya the birthplace of mankind Her putative African lover a doctor with one of the aid agencies has disappeared Her husband Justin a career diplomat and amateur gardener at the British High Commission in Nairobi sets out on a personal odyssey in pursuit of the killers and their motive His quest takes him to the Foreign Office in London across Europe and Canada and back to Africa to the depths of South Sudan and finally to the very spot where Tessa died On his way Justin meets terror violence laughter conspiracy and knowledge But his greatest discovery is the woman he barely had time to love