African intrigue and adventure
African Sky
Tony Park
Pan Macmillan
400 pages, $32.95

Volume 11, No. 52, September 21, 2006

TONY Park is back with another African adventure book – this one’s called African Sky. It’s set in Rhodesia, in 1943. Royal Air Force officer Paul Bryant is a flying guru, in the late 20s he’s had plenty of operational experience. His last mission has scarred him for life so he’s posted to a flying school in Rhodesia.

When an airwoman is found dead in a bad part of the black township, the police look to the Air Force base for a killer. It turns out she’s not the sweet girl the police think she was.
On top of the murder, Bryant has to investigate an emergency landing by one of the trainees, way off course on a wealthy woman’s property. And, to top things off, a trainee pilot is found dead under suspicious circumstances in the desert – his plane has gone.

Are the incidents connected or is it a coincidence? Bryant must get to the bottom of it. And get to the bottom of it he does, one step at a time.
Tony Park, a Reserve Public Relations Officer, spends much of his time in Africa, gaining first hand experience of the continent. So with a military background in air dispatch and PR, when he talks about the military in his books, it’s a bit more credible than authors with no personal experience.

His passion for Africa is reflected in his books, giving them a good solid background.

If you enjoy murder mystery fiction with a bit a military history in an amazing environment, you’ll be hooked on Tony’s books. You can check out reviews of his other titles on his website www.tonypark.net

– LT Simone Heyer