A classic country house murder on safari. American wildlife expert Jazz Jasper's new business running a safari company in Kenya looks short-lived when a rich client is murdered. Jazz teams up with city-slicker cop Inspector Omondi, who doesn't know the bush, but knows human nature. The duo track down the murderer amidst the teaming wildlife of the Serengetti Plains.

Praise for Karin McQuillan’s African Mysteries

Deadly Safari

Karin McQuillan has written a brilliant first novel. I read Deadly Safari through in a sitting and loved it. I can't wait for her next.
--Robert B. Parker

"Everything everyone can want--suspense, real people as characters, and real, untamed Africa out there in the darkness."
--Tony Hillerman

I like the setting and the sound of your writing. You obviously know what you're doing."
--Elmore Leonard

One of the best mystery novels I have read in a long time. It has everything--good plotting with pace and action, high-quality writing, good characterization and dialogue, and of course, the wonderful descriptions of wildlife. What more can I say? It is a page-turner to the end.
--Dorothy Simpson

I really loved Deadly Safari. It is absolutely remarkable for a first mystery novel. Karin McQuillan's obviously expert love of Africa and its animals gives it a special quality and an extra dimension of enjoyment."
--Patricia Moyes

Reading the quotes from praising authors regarding Ms. McQuillans first novel is like paging through a list of who's who in the mystery genre. . . I haven't heard a discouraging word about this book. I was skeptical. It couldn't be THAT good, could it? Well, it IS that good! Try as I might to remain aloof, I was quickly drawn into the sensuous and exciting world of Jazz Jasper. The Kenyan wilderness comes alive...the characters engaging and the plot well developed...you (won't) be able to figure out whodunnit.
--Over My Dead Body


With her first novel, Deadly Safari, Karin McQuillan establishes herself as an excellent writer with the expertise of a seasoned novelist....(Inspector Omondi) is charming, witty and sexy....(Jazz) is a fully realized and likeable woman...McQuillan uses the first-person narrative to excellent effect and one senses her genuine love, respect and admiration for the people, the land and the animals of Kenya....a most propitious debut."
--Washington Post

(Jazz) provides expert and enthusiastic leadership on the novel's thrilling wild animal hunts. Ms. McQuillan, a former Peace Corps volunteer, writes about Kenya with informed affection. So intense is the sensory detail on this safari that the scenes of hunting lions, charging rhinos and cavorting baboons linger long after.
--New York Times

"The jacket of Deadly Safari...contains so much fulsome praise from well-known writers that you know it can't possibly be that good. It is. McQuillan...keeps the suspense going for nearly 300 pages, teasing the reader into agreeing with safari company owner Jazz Jasper as she suspects each of her clients in turn...hard to put down...you will be halfway to booking your own safari...before the spell wears off."
--UPI
McQuillan's evident love for the African countryside, animals and people set this...mystery apart, as does a sensitively handled love affair. Her fine eye for detail and a deft touch with characterization promise much for the future.
--Publisher's Weekly



Intriguing plot in the richest of settings, and every page of this 293-page mystery is a delight. We are struck by the wildlife and lifestyle in Kenya, by the depth and honesty of the characters--particularly Jazz Jasper, the heroine, and by the well crafted mystery itself.
--North Shore Magazine

A treat for anyone who gets a charge out of fantasizing about safaris, or might even be planning an actual one. Peace Corps Writers
A tight, classic closed-group mystery. Drood Review
A first rate mystery.