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Benny Griessel, Fiction, Crime & mystery, Thriller / suspense, Fiction in translation
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Hodder & Stoughton
- Paperback Sep 13, 2016 | 9781473614406 | RRP $24.99 Buy Now
- Hardback Aug 25, 2015 | 9781473614383 | RRP $49.99 Buy Now
- e-Book Aug 27, 2015 | 9781473614376 | RRP $11.99 Buy Now
- Audiobook Aug 27, 2015 | 9781473614789 | RRP $35.99 Buy Now
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Imprint
Hodder & Stoughton
- Paperback Sep 13, 2016 | 9781473614406 | RRP $24.99 Buy Now
- Hardback Aug 25, 2015 | 9781473614383 | RRP $49.99 Buy Now
- e-Book Aug 27, 2015 | 9781473614376 | RRP $11.99 Buy Now
- Audiobook Aug 27, 2015 | 9781473614789 | RRP $35.99 Buy Now
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Imprint
Hodder & Stoughton
- Paperback Sep 13, 2016 | 9781473614406 | RRP $24.99 Buy Now
- Hardback Aug 25, 2015 | 9781473614383 | RRP $49.99 Buy Now
- e-Book Aug 27, 2015 | 9781473614376 | RRP $11.99 Buy Now
- Audiobook Aug 27, 2015 | 9781473614789 | RRP $35.99 Buy Now
-
Imprint
Hodder & Stoughton
- Paperback Sep 13, 2016 | 9781473614406 | RRP $24.99 Buy Now
- Hardback Aug 25, 2015 | 9781473614383 | RRP $49.99 Buy Now
- e-Book Aug 27, 2015 | 9781473614376 | RRP $11.99 Buy Now
- Audiobook Aug 27, 2015 | 9781473614789 | RRP $35.99 Buy Now
A gripping thriller from the leading crime writer in South Africa, now with a best-selling international reputation featuring his much loved detective Benny Griessel.
After 602 days dry, Captain Benny Griessel of the South African police services can't take any more tragedy.
So when Benny is called in to investigate a multiple homicide, it pushes him close to breaking point - a former friend and detective colleague has shot his wife and two daughters, then killed himself. Benny wants out - out of his job, his home and his relationship with his singer girlfriend, Alexa. He moves into a hotel and starts drinking. Again.
But Benny's unique talent is urgently required to help investigate another crime - the high profile murder of Ernst Richter, MD of a new tech startup, Alibi, whose body is discovered buried in the sand dunes north of Cape Town. Alibi is a service that creates false appointments, documents and phone calls to enable people to cheat on their partners. It has made Richter one of the most notorious people in South Africa. Can Benny pull together the strands of his life in time to catch the killer?
Praise for Icarus
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Praise for Deon Meyer - :
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The narrative is well-plotted, and the novel brings to life the rich and volatile diversity of contemporary South Africa. There's nothing flashy here, just a good story, very well told. Would there were more like it. - Spectator
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Deon Meyer is a top notch plotter and has created one of the best ensemble (and multi-racial) casts of any modern police procedural series. - Shots magazine
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Deon Meyer's gritty crime novels [are] part police procedural, part political thriller . . . What makes Meyer such a national treasure - and as good as anyone in the world - is that even if you have no knowledge or interest in South Africa's history or present, his books are compelling page-turners. Politics and race are just part of the intricately crafted superstructure bolted onto the rock-solid chassis of a top-quality crime thriller, driven by a writer with deceptive skill. - Books Live
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Crime fiction with real texture and intelligence. - Independent
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Tells a cracking story and captures the criminal kaleidoscope of a nation. - Times Literary Supplement
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This year's great discovery: classy, edgy writing, subtly plotted and beautifully balanced between fast-paced action, pungent social comment and the process of investigation. - Weekend Australian
Deon Meyer
Born in South Africa in 1958, Deon Meyer was a journalist, advertising copywriter, Internet manager and brand strategist before he became a novelist. Meyer has published fifteen novels and two short story collections. His books have been translated into 28 languages in more than 40 countries worldwide.
Meyer has written several series for television, six screenplays for feature films, and produced and directed movies. Dead Before Dying and Trackers have both been made into TV series in South Africa, and in 2023 the Benny Griessel series premiered under the name Devil's Peak on M-Net. Heart of the Hunter was released worldwide as a Netflix Original in March 2024 and was Netflix's number one streamed film for two consecutive weeks, with 25 million views globally in the first three weeks.
Meyer was knighted by France in 2021 as Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres. He lives with his family in Stellenbosch, South Africa.
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