IF THE DEAD COULD TALK

286pp., paperback, Kwela Books, Cape Town, 2025

ISBN: 9780795711084

Azania Sethosa never knew her father. After his death she hears that she is the sole heir to his estate. She travels to Knysna to find out more about his life and the reason for his death. While she is there she becomes involved in detective Florian Welter's investigation. 

Juliette Mnqeta works as a legal transcriptionist and isiXhosa translator, and lives in Knysna. If the dead could talk is her debut novel.