When a young woman is found dead on the doorstep of a Rwandan professor in Madison, USA, Ishmael Fofona, an African-American detective soon finds himself chasing shadows in the Nairobi underworld. Here, violence is a part of daily life, money can put you above the law and the police shoots first and asks questions later.
As Ishmael comes to quickly learn, in Nairobi, knowing truth may set you free.
-if it doesn’t get you killed first.