Rhino smugglers, international espionage, and a missing person investigation collide in this "powerhouse read" from the acclaimed South African author ( Publishers Weekly, starred review).Lemmer's first rule is "Don't get involved." A highly skilled bodyguard with a violent, criminal past, he has settled into a quiet life in Loxton, South Africa. But when a wealthy farmer asks him to help save a pair of rare black rhinos by smuggling them out of Zimbabwe, ...

'I love Deon Meyer novels' Michael ConnellyNo. 1 internationally bestselling author Deon Meyer's most thrilling novel to date, Scorpio Rising features Detectives Benny Griessel and Vaughn Cupido scrambling to solve seemingly unrelated cases in a race against time to avoid catastrophe...Two impossible cases. One unstoppable team.When Detective Benny Griessel is assigned the case of a private eye crushed under a BMW in his ga...

From the author of Thirteen Hours - A Sunday Times '100 best crime novels and thrillers since 1945' pick***Why would a mathematics professor from Cambridge University, renting a holiday home outside Cape Town, require a false identity and three bodyguards? And where is he, now that they are dead? The only clue to the bodyguards' murder is the snake engraved on the shell casings of the bullets that killed t...

A former assassin in post-apartheid South Africa is drawn back into his former profession in this "rip-roaring adventure" ( The Washington Post).Six-foot five-inch Thobela "Tiny" Mpayipheli was once a feared freedom fighter, trained by the Stasi and KGB. Now, he's a family man working in a garage in post-apartheid South Africa. But when the daughter of one of Tiny's former associates comes to him with a desperate plea, he finds himself returning to his vio...

'The undisputed champion of South African crime. Meyer grabs you but the throat and never lets you go' Wilbur Smith**'**From its startling opening to its tense and thrilling conclusion, Deon Meyer's The Last Hunt takes you on a whirlwind safari across two continents. In the whole of the Benny Griessel series so far, the stakes have never been higher or the odds so much against' Peter Robinson***

South African detective Benny Griessel has one day to solve two murders in the award winning, #1 bestselling thriller—"This book is great!" (Michael Connelly).Winner of the Barry Award for Best ThrillerAs morning dawns in Cape Town, Det. Capt. Benny Griessel finds himself facing a difficult day. A South African music executive has been shot dead. An American teenager's body has been found on the street, her throat cut. And her friend Rachel...

**WINNER OF THE AKTV PRIZE FOR BEST AFRIKAANS THRILLER OF 2024**GRIESSEL AND CUPIDO ARE EXPECTING A QUIET LIFEDetectives Benny Griessel and Vaughn Cupido remain on duty in beautiful Stellenbosch, but run-of-the-mill police work in a leafy university town famed for its vineyards is a far cry from their previous life in Cape Town fighting crime at the highest level. For now, Benny has more pressing things to worry about - it's the countdown t...

From the author of Thirteen Hours - A Sunday Times '100 best crime novels and thrillers since 1945' pickI'll shoot a policeman every day until you arrest the murderer of Hanneke Sloet.Shortly after the South African Police Services receive this threatening email, a policeman is shot by a sniper and recovering alcoholic Benny Griessel is ordered to reopen the Sloet case.Hanneke Sloet was a sensual and ambit...

**'**UK readers, you have a nice surprise coming. No, not Brexit, FEVER, by Deon Meyer. Reminiscent of THE STAND and THE PASSAGE. Great stuff' STEPHEN KINGI want to tell you about my Father's murder.I want to tell you who killed him and why.This is the story of my life.And the story of your life and your world too, as you will see.Nico Storm and his ...

From the author of Thirteen Hours - A Sunday Times '100 best crime novels and thrillers since 1945' pickONE COP. ONE KILLER. TWO CAPTIVES OF THE PAST.Mat Joubert, once a rising star of the South African police force, had it all. Then his wife was murdered, and his hopes died with her. Alcoholic, depressed and overweight, he is a shadow of his former self.Then a new killer appears on the streets of Cape Town, murder...

A South African detective races to catch a vigilante killer preying on dangerous criminals in this gripping thriller."One of the sharpest and most perceptive thriller writers around." — The Times (UK)A young woman makes a terrible confession to a priest. An honorable man takes his own revenge for an unspeakable tragedy. An aging inspector tries to get himself sober while taking on the most difficu...

Detective Griessel must solve a cold case to stop a shooter in this thriller from the acclaimed South African author.Two police officers have been shot, and the Cape Town homicide department has received emails from the shooter alleging the cover-up of an unsolved murder. If the cold case isn't reopened immediately, the shooter's carnage will continue.Now Det. Capt. Benny Griessel is out to solve the crime in question: the murder of an ambitious lawyer stab...