Neighbours

In Lília Momplé thrilling novel, Neighbours, a group of strangers find their futures forever intertwined as, over the course of just a few short hours, they are pulled into the heart of an unimaginable - and violent - tragedy.

On the eve of Eid al-Fitr, three families quietly prepare for the night's celebrations, preoccupied with the drama of their own separate lives.

Narguiss cooks food with her daughters, anxiously waiting for her husband to come home.

Leia and Januário take joy in the fact they finally have a roof over their heads, especially after the birth of their young daughter.

And Mena overhears her husband plotting murder...

Before dawn, these innocent people are thrown together in a vicious conspiracy - a secret plot to infiltrate and destabilise Mozambique's government.