Product Description
The First Byline
Author(s): Roni Mabasa
Format: Paperback
Fleeing a shattered past, Nandipha Khoza stakes her future on a forgotten dream. She arrives in Johannesburg with only fifty rands and a fierce drive to reclaim her journalism career.
Her trial at the prestigious Daily News becomes a baptism by fire: on day one, a senior archivist is found murdered in the building’s shadowy basement. Tasked with unmasking the killer, Nandipha plunges into a labyrinth of cryptic clues and hushed warnings, unearthing secrets that fester deep within the newsroom’s walls.
A strange chemical scent and a forgotten tunnel become her most potent clues, hinting at a conspiracy far darker than she imagined. As danger tightens its grip, Nandipha races against time to expose the corruption before it consumes her, a quest testing her journalistic mettle and the very limits of her spirit.
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