It doesn’t bother me, and besides, you can’t go around beating up little kids. I told her to tell me their names, but she just said, They don’t mean anything by it, Tina. Half-sister. Like half a person.īut there’s no hiding that Kiki’s dad, unlike mine, is white. Once she let it slip that the other girls call her “Point-five,” as in, point-five black, point-five white. You can still see that we’re sisters I just wish it wasn’t so obvious that we’re half-sisters. He’s most obvious in her lighter skin and eyes, in her loose curls. I see more and more of our mother in Kiki every time I come here, which hurts sometimes, but still, better Mama than him. Kiki’s doing that thing where her brow pinches, and she looks like Mama. “Tina,” she blurts, “you can’t just live on the streets for the rest of your life.” But finally uncovering the incredible truth about who killed her mother-and why-keeps her holding on in this fast-paced nail-biting thriller.I step back, leaving the gifts on the windowsill.
But as soon as she steps inside the lavish home, she’s overtaken by the pain of old wounds and the pull of past friendships, setting into motion a dangerous cascade of events that could, at any moment, cost Tina her life. It’s a job for the Goondas that finally brings Tina back to the Greyhill estate, giving her the chance for vengeance she’s been waiting for. With revenge always on her mind, Tina spends the next four years surviving on the streets alone, working as a master thief for the Goondas, Sangui City’s local gang. Greyhill's personal study, she knows exactly who’s behind it. So when her mother is found shot to death in Mr. But Tina soon learns that the Greyhill fortune was made from a life of corruption and crime. Her mother quickly found work as a maid for a prominent family, headed by Roland Greyhill, one of the city’s most respected business leaders. After fleeing the Congo as refugees, Tina and her mother arrived in Kenya looking for the chance to build a new life and home. In the shadows of Sangui City, there lives a girl who doesn't exist. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo meets Gone Girl in this enthralling murder mystery set in Kenya.
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