Fly Catcher

<p><strong>Longlisted for the Bridport First Novel Prize</strong></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>West Africa and an unknown boy is killed on the vast palm oil plantation of the powerful corporation </span><em style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Arranoil</em><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>. Nobody knows his name where he came from or who brought him to work on the estate.</span></p><p><br></p><p><em style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Karen Hamm</em><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> has travelled to the country to investigate corruption. She's on a mission to find millions of dollars in missing aid but her enquiries are met by a wall of silence.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>A chance meeting draws Karen into the dangerous world of local politics and the struggle for better working conditions on the plantations.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>After the murder of her friend Songola a young activist Karen heads to the remote estate of Arranoil to find out why she was killed and what it had to do with the millions of dollars in missing aid - a corrupt and treacherous path leading all the way back to her own government.</span></p><p><br></p><p><strong>'An engrossing book'</strong></p><p><strong>'I was captivated from the beginning'</strong></p><p><strong>'A sensory assault of the tropics'</strong></p><p><strong>'A compelling tale of human resistance'</strong></p>