Deon Meyer

Early 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 the N2 highway at the top of Sir Lowry's Pass, some thirty-five miles from Cape Town. The local investigation stalls, so the case is referred to Captain Benny Griessel and his colorful partner Vaughn Cupido of the Hawks--the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigations. The woman proves to be Alicia Lewis, an...

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...

This brilliantly atmospheric suspense novel from a rising African thriller writer is about a detective racing to solve a terrifying series of murders. Film rights have been sold to Jungle Media for Heart of the Hunter and Dead at Daybreak.

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...

Lemmer is a professional bodyguard. Silent, invisible, he never gets involved. Emma le Roux is convinced she's seen her brother on the news as a suspect in the recent killing of four poachers. But her brother is supposed to have died twenty years ago. When le Roux hires Lemmer to watch her back while she goes looking for answers, it becomes clear someone wants to keep them in the dark. And when that someone tries to murder them both, for once in his...

Sieben Tage in der Hölle.Bennie Griessel ist zurück. Seine Beziehung zu seiner Frau ist endgültig gescheitert, doch er hat eine neue Liebe – Alexa Barnard, die ehemals erfolgreiche Sängerin. Alexa, die wie Benny dem Alkohol verfallen war, arbeitet an einem Comeback. Benny versucht an ihrer Seite zu sein – doch dann wird von einem Heckenschützen auf offener Straße ein Polizist ins Bein geschossen. Was soll dieses Attentat? Bald erhält die...

Wer hoch fliegt ... Bennie Griessel war ein trockener Alkoholiker - bis zu dem Tag vor Weihnachten, als ein Freund seine Familie und sich selbst erschießt. Er beginnt wieder zu trinken, und als seine Kollegen ihn suchen, sitzt er im Gefängnis. Dabei hat Bennie einen neuen, spektakulären Fall. Ein Mann wird stranguliert an einem Strand aufgefunden. Ernst Richter hatte ein besonderes Geschäftsmodell. Allen, die fremdgehen wollten, versprach er,...