Stay-Alive Runs Away — Bob Hyslop

1954 Kenya Jonas Forbes in the colonial police battles vs. Mau Mau.. Askari Stay-Alive Johnson witnesses a massacre but deserts rather than give evidence. Jonas has to bring him back but the tale isn't over by a long way, especially when love and jealousy play their parts.
A thriller set against the violence of the Mau Mau Emergency in Kenya