THE LIBRARY OF THE DEAD, Edinburgh Nights, Book One

329pp., paperback, London, 2021

Fantasy novel. Winner of Ilube Nommo Award 2022 for Best Novel

Ropa dropped out of school to become a ghostalker and speaks to Edinburgh's dead, bringing messages to the living.

“Alluring, shadowy Edinburgh with its hints of sophisticated academic magic will draw you in, but it’s Ropa - a hard knocks ghostalker on her paranormal grind to pay the rent - who grabs hold. The moment you meet her, you’ll follow wherever she goes. Olivie Blake, author of The Atlas Six

Zimbabwean writer Tendai Huchu is the author of The Hairdresser of Harare and The Maestro, The Magistrate & The Mathematician.