A bitter feud. A spiral of violence. A fight for justice.

Human rights defender Patrice Le Congo is a man who'll leave no stone unturned in search of the truth.

When the death of a park ranger in a Cameroonian rainforest is reported as a freak mishap, he has his doubts.

The authorities say the matter is closed. The ranger’s old friend seems to know something but is obsessed with the young football team he coaches. Even the reporter who broke the news says it’s not important and is more interested in the memoirs of an old king.

But Patrice discovers the ranger was murdered because of something he saw, and that the killing is linked to a conflict between displaced farmers and a multinational oil palm plantation.

As more bloodshed follows, Patrice begins to suspect a hidden hand is at work, stirring up trouble. With Cameroon’s colonial past catching up with the present, it’s down to him to prevent a catastrophe.

Pala Pala Killer is the second novel chronicling The Investigations of Patrice Le Congo, a series of crime stories from Africa with a global political dimension.