Two Times Murder has not only received a starred review from Kirkus, which described it as, “Not to be missed,” it has also received the accolade of Best Mystery and Detective of 2024.
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Hi, there! I’m Adam Oyebanji, author of the critically acclaimed, Canopus-Award-shortlisted and BSFA-longlisted SF novel, Braking Day. This is the same Adam Oyebanji who recently gave himself a literary identity crisis by also penning the very earthbound (and also critically acclaimed) murder mystery, A Quiet Teacher. I’m a paid-up member of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association, the British Science Fiction Association, and the Crime Writers’ Association.
Two Times Murder Makes Kirkus's Best of 2024 List!
Two Times Murder To Be Released on November 5, 2024!
Two Times Murder To Be Released on November 5, 2024!
Two Times Murder, the second in Adam Oyebanji’s critically acclaimed A Quiet Teacher series, is set for release on November 5.
Greg Abimbola is many things. He’s Black, British and fluent in Russian. He’s a snappy dresser, a reasonable teacher, and an unenthusiastic sports fan. But most of all, he’s exceptional at keeping secrets. Like, who he really is, and the things he’s done.
Determined to keep his head down after helping solve a murder in the school basement, Greg fears a trap when Sergeant Rachel Lev of the Pittsburgh police corners him in his apartment. Because his refusal to take credit isn’t modesty, it’s a survival tactic.
But Rachel is here on another matter entirely. She needs his help. She’s lead detective on the homicide of an unidentified man fished from the Allegheny River. With clues scant, and surrounded by colleagues who’d love to see her side-lined, Greg is her final roll of the dice.
Greg has no choice. He knows more than he’s saying about Rachel’s mysterious corpse. To add to his troubles, a school trustee plunges to his demise after a heated board meeting. Both deaths come with potentially lethal consequences. If he doesn’t find answers, and soon, Greg Abimbola might be the third man on the autopsy table.
With its razor sharp themes of identity, diversity and culture wars, Two Times Murder is not just a pitch-perfect spy mystery, but also an incisive examination of contemporary America, written by a Black author who’s lived on both sides of the pond.