Room 9

The ambitious young police officer Alice Kunene arrives in Room 9, and is immediately thrown into the deep end with the case of a mystery death of a domestic worker, whose killer is suspected to be the Tokoloshe. Dubious about the methods of her fellow ‘Zombie Cops’, the level-headed Kunene tries to direct the investigation away from the supernatural and towards the rational. But gradually it dawns on her, that a leap of faith is needed to get to the bottom of Room 9’s special cases – everything bizarre, past, present, unsolved and unwanted.

Residents in Zamampilo are living in fear… as soon as the sun goes down; a werewolf is on the prowl. The screams of the victims and the snarl of the perpetrator fill the night, and sure enough, the mangled body of yet another victim is found at dawn. Can the Room 9 detectives get to the bottom of this?

The severed body parts of a young girl are uncovered in a desolate village on the outskirts of New Azania. This devoutly Christian town is devastated, and the Room 9 detectives are called in to investigate. Could this be a Muti murder…?

Terror strikes a local community when the legend of the African Mermaid rears its ugly head and the drowned bodies of young boys are found in a swimming pool. Is the mermaid luring her victims into the water with an eerie lullaby of doom? Room 9 investigates, but will they be able to overcome her Siren-like seduction…?

When an ancient Yoruba Orisha Mask made in the image of Ogun is confiscated by Border Patrol and sent to Room 9 for investigation, Solomon is forced to confront his chequered past. Can he protect those most in danger from the Mask’s powers?

In a hospital maternity ward, pregnant women are being kidnapped. Following a mysterious series of ritual sacrifices, their attackers become immortal. The Room 9 detectives are sent in to investigate, but their misunderstanding of these rituals puts them in grave danger…

The lost, the forgotten and forsaken take refuge in Aurum Hotel, a rundown apartment block slum in the heart of Sector 1 (New Azania’s equivalent to Hillbrow). If the residents cannot deliver enough stolen goods, a bloody death awaits them…