Mystery on Safari

"Amboseli, Kilaguni, Manyara, Serengeti -the places on the itinerary meant nothing to seventeen-year-old Kim Kimberly when she started out on safari in East Africa. Before she was to leave, however, the strange names would haunt her like the beat of drums rolling over the vast country.

At first her grandmother's passive traveling companion, Kim finds herself becoming a passionate champion of wildlife as the trip progresses. She is concerned especially by the plight of the leopard, which is gradually being exterminated by poachers and Masai warriors. Despite the advice of the professional guide, who tells her to keep out of danger, Kim persists in playing amateur detective. How she exposes a mixed bag of characters involved in the illegal sale of leopard skins, with millions of dollars at stake, makes this colorful adventure another treat for Betty Cavanna's mystery fans.

Miss Cavanna, who has traveled in Kenya and Tanzania, has captured the awesome brooding grandeur of East Africa in her fast-moving novel, and her description of its wildlife will leave a lasting impression."