Crompton , a former journalist for the BBC , moved Kenya in 2005 with his wife , a human rights lawyer , who took up a job to prosecute the perpetrators of the Rwandan genocide . In 2007 Crompton covered the post-election violence in Kenya for CNBC . In 2010 Crompton won the Daily Telegraph ghost story competition with his short story inspired by Facebook titled '' Friends '' . In 2013 his first novel was published as '' The Honey Guide '' in the UK/Commonwealth and '' Hour of the Red God '' in US/Canada . The novel features Detective Mollel , a Maasai police detective with the Kenyan CID
Rwandan genocide
Rwandan genocide
Richard Crompton