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  • Bibliography:
    6 Books (1 Series)
  • First Book:
    January 2009
  • Latest Book:
    August 2021
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Full Series List in Order

Emmanuel Cooper

1 - A Beautiful Place to Die (Jan-2009)
2 - Let the Dead Lie (Apr-2010)
3 - Blessed Are the Dead (Jun-2012)
4 - Present Darkness (Apr-2014)

Book List in Order: 6 titles



  • Award-winning screenwriter Malla Nunn delivers a stunning and darkly romantic crime novel set in 1950s apartheid South Africa, featuring Detective Emmanuel Cooper -- a man caught up in a time and place where racial tensions and the raw hunger for pow...



  • The second in a crime series set in 1950's South Africa when apartheid laws were first introduced. ...



  • Detective Sergeant Emmanuel Cooper returns in this powerful, atmospheric novel about two communities forced to confront each other after a murder that exposes their secret ties and forbidden desires in apartheid South Africa, by award-winning author ...



  • Set in the corrupt, unforgiving world of apartheid South Africa, this novel in the Detective Emmanuel Cooper series follows Cooper as he faces a test of loyalty and friendship. Five days before Christmas, Detective Sergeant Emmanuel Cooper sits a...



  • In this stunning and heartrending tale set in a Swaziland boarding school, two girls of different castes bond over a shared copy of Jane Eyre. Adele Joubert loves being one of the popular girls at Keziah Christian Academy. She knows the upcoming s...



  • From Los Angeles Times Book Prize Award winner and Edgar Award nominee Malla Nunn comes a stunning portrait of a family divided and a powerful story of how friendship saves and heals.When Amandla wakes up on her fifteenth birthday, she knows it's goi...




Award-Winning Books by Malla Nunn

When the Ground Is Hard
2019 L.A. Times Book Prize -- Young Adult Literature


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Malla Nunn has published 6 books.

Malla Nunn does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Sugar Town Queens, was published in August 2021.

The first book by Malla Nunn, A Beautiful Place to Die, was published in January 2009.

Yes. Malla Nunn has 1 series.