THE GHOST OF SAM WEBSTER

420pp., paperback, Johannesburg, 2023

Daniel Hawthorne hears about the disappearance of Sam Webster, the daughter of his friend historian Bruce Webster, he travels to the Websters' luxury lodge in Zululand. Daniel starts to investigate the reasons for Sam’s disappearance, under the guise of researching a new novel about an ancestor who fought in the Battle of iSandlwana, 

Playwright and novelist Craig Higginson was born in Zimbabwe in 1971 and grew up in Johannesburg. He is the author of The Book of Gifts, Last Summer, The Landscape Painter (UJ Award), The Dream House and The White Room. His plays include Dream of the Dog, The Girl in the Yellow Dress and The Imagined Land.