491 days Michael Connelly Why should a book tell

Why should a book tell a tale in a dull straight line

overhanging threat

women with seemingly perfect lives - and their own secrets behind closed doors

A luxury retreat cut off from the outside world

491 days Michael Connelly Why should a book tellOn a freezing winter's night, a few hours before dawn on 12 May 1969, security police stormed the Soweto home of Winnie Mandela and detained her in the presence of her two young daughters, then aged eight and ten. Rounded up in a group of other anti apartheid activists under Section 6 of the Terrorism Act, designed for the security police to hold and interrogate people for as long as they wanted, she was taken away. This was the start for Winnie