Margot Livesey, Author of the Flight of Gemma Hardy

In Chasing the Leopard Finding The Lion Julie Wakeman-Linn transports her lucky readers to Zimbabwe and Zambia in the late ‘90s. Her absorbing novel follows the friendship between two young men, one white, one black, as they flee their troubled homeland looking for work, love and safety. Wakeman-Linn writes with wonderful vividness about the landscapes, animals and people that she knows so well. A splendid debut. ...