Richard Kunzmann (born 1976) is a Namibian born novelist, predominantly of crime fiction. He grew up in South Africa.[1] His first novel, Bloody Harvests,[2] in a murder mystery set in South Africa and features SAPS detectives Harry Mason and Jacob Tsahbalala. It was first published in 2004, and features a conspiracy involving a grisly series of homicides in which the victims' bodies are used to make muti (traditional medicine.) Two other novels, Salamander Cotton[3] and Dead-End Road[4] feature the same characters.