A death in South Africa may be tied to a centuries-old painting: "Is it O.K. to call a murder mystery 'lovely'? That's the word that comes to mind."―Marilyn Stasio, The New York Times Book ReviewEarly on a May morning in the depth of South Africa's winter, a woman's naked body, washed in bleach, is discovered on a stone wall beside a highway some thirty-five miles from Cape Town. The local investigation stalls, so the case is re...

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, ...

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...

From the international bestseller: an Afrikaner boy and his father navigate post-Apocalyptic South Africa—"reminiscent of The Stand and The Passage" (Stephen King).Nico Storm and his father, Willem, drive a truck filled with essential supplies through a desolate land. They are among the few in the world, as far as they know, to have survived a devastating virus that has swept over the planet. In this new reality, Nico realizes that his superb mark...

"Deon Meyer's novels explore the complex reality of South Africa . . . they are exciting stories of crime, conflict, and revenge." — The Miami HeraldBlood Safari is a harrowing novel from internationally acclaimed thriller writer Deon Meyer, an expert storyteller whose wickedly fast narratives reveal the heart of his enthralling country.In Blood Safari, Emma le Roux, a beautiful young woman in Cape Town, sees her brother named on ...

A cold case reaches from Cape Town's shadowy past to bucolic Bordeaux, France, in this thriller by the Barry Award-winning author of Thirteen Hours.When a cold case dossier lands on Captain Benny Griessel's desk, he and his partner Vaughn Cupido, fellow member of the Hawks elite police unit in South Africa, reluctantly set to work reviewing the evidence. Did ex-cop Johnson Johnson simply disappear on the world's most luxurious train line—or was he murdered...

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...

“Deon Meyer is one of the unsung masters.”—Michael Connelly“Deon Meyer’s name on the cover is a guarantee of crime writing at its best.”—Tess GerritsenIn a corrupt South Africa, the criminals are as likely to be in government—or even in the police—as on the streets.Two decorated detectives must put their careers on the line to find the link between three seemingly-unrelated homicides in the thriller...

“Deon Meyer’s name on the cover is a guarantee of crime writing at its best.”—Tess GerritsenTwo impossible cases. One unstoppable team.When two seemingly disparate investigations collide, detectives Benny Griessel and Vaughn Cupido must race against time in the latest installment of the #1 internationally bestselling seriesAishah Fernandez, distinguished former Deputy Director General of South Africa’s nucl...

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...

This series featuring South African detective Benny Griessel "is one of the high points of contemporary crime fiction" and " Icarus is his best yet" ( The Guardian).When a plastic-wrapped corpse is found amidst the sand dunes north of Cape Town, it doesn't take long for the police to identify the body as Ernst Richter—the tech whiz behind MyAlibi, an Internet service that provides unfaithful partners with sophisticated cover stories to hide their ...