The Book of Secrets

Author's Name: M.G. Vasanji

Retired teacher Pius Fernandez receives an old notebook from one of his students, found in the back room of a shop in East Africa. It turns out to be the diary of a British officer who lived seven decades earlier in the small town of Kikunu. Captivated by the notebook, the teacher attempts to recreate the world it contains and bring to life the spirits trapped there. He uncovers a dark, burning secret: the secret of a simple man named Pippa, whose life, after marrying Mariamu, has become painfully intertwined with the life of the British officer. As Fernandez follows the notebook's trail, he eventually becomes one of the tales of the Book of Secrets.