The mysteries I have that are set overseas but intended for American and l'anglospheric audiences are not any longer than the ones set in countries the average reader can be expected to be familiar with. The ones set in Botswana are actually kind of short.
As I recall, Janwillem van de Wetering's [1] Grijpstra and de Gier books used canned footnotes explaining the ranks used by the Dutch and I think McClure just assumed anyone who wanted to read about South African cops would pick up on the peculiarites of Apartheid South Africa's legal system on the fly.
1: He died last summer and I managed to miss the news.
Huh. There's a Dutch TV adaptation of the Grijpstra and de Gier books. I wonder if it is any good?
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As I recall, Janwillem van de Wetering's [1] Grijpstra and de Gier books used canned footnotes explaining the ranks used by the Dutch and I think McClure just assumed anyone who wanted to read about South African cops would pick up on the peculiarites of Apartheid South Africa's legal system on the fly.
1: He died last summer and I managed to miss the news.
Huh. There's a Dutch TV adaptation of the Grijpstra and de Gier books. I wonder if it is any good?