Sunset Barabara

Yes, this is Sunset Barabara. Funzi Keys, Kenya. It’s about ten o’clock in the morning. A murder has been reported from one of those mansion-sized cottages down the path. You’ll not read all about it in the late editions, I’m sure. You’ll not get it over your radio nor see it on television — even though a small-time bit player is involved. One of the smallest. But before you hear it all distorted and blown out of proportion, before those A-list bloggers get there hands on it, maybe you’d like to hear the facts, the whole truth …

If so, you’ve come to the right party. You see, the body of a not-so-young man was found floating the pool of the mansion, a sunburn on his back and two shots of vodka and passionfruit juice in his stomach. Nobody important really. Just a blog writer with a charity book and couple of American soap opera under-fives to his credit. The poor dope. He always wanted a pool, only the price turned out to be a little high …

Let’s go back about a week and find the day when it all started.