State Secret by Hope Dube

In this neatly structured and exciting story, John Talubva goes to the republic of Malambia. Briefed by the President, who fears a coup attempt, Talubva comes up against dangerous men: an ambitious vice-president; a corrupt chief of police. There is a beautiful girl who is not what she seems. And why should a South African millionaire pay a secret visit to Malambia on the eve of the coup? John Talubva finds himself the central character in a dramatic story of treason and treachery.