Deon Meyer
1) Fever
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"Nico Storm and his father Willem drive a truck filled with essential supplies through a desolate land. They are among the few in South Africa -- and the world, as far as they know -- to have survived a devastating virus which has swept through the country. Their world turned upside down, Nico realizes that his superb marksmanship and cool head mean he is destined to be his father's protector, even though he is still only a boy. But Willem Storm,...
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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...
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"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 of the disappearance -- and possible murder -- of ex-cop Johnson Johnson on the world's most luxurious train line. Two fellow travelers might have the answers Griessel and Cupido need-but they too seem to have disappeared into thin air, and the...
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Benny Griessel novels volume 7
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"Having jeopardized their careers in an unauthorized investigation that threatened to reveal the corruption in South Africa's halls of power, Benny Griessel and Vaughn Cupido have been demoted from the elite Hawks police unit. While waiting to be transferred from Cape Town to seemingly mundane duty in Stellenbosch, Griessel receives a disturbing, anonymous letter: "I can only trust you and Captain Cupido. There is an adder in our bosom. Be careful...
5) Trackers
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Lemmer, a highly skilled bodyguard with a violent, criminal past, has settled into a quiet life in Loxton, South Africa, where the rural tranquility has helped to calm his explosive temper. When a wealthy farmer asks for his help in smuggling a pair of rare black rhinos out of Zimbabwe (where they are murdered for their horns), he has a hard time saying no. Before he knows it, Lemmer is on a small airplane, zipping across the border, an airsickness...
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Benny Griessel novels volume 2
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After a teenage American tourist has her throat slit in Cape Town, detective Benny Griessel must find her friend, Rachel Anderson, before she meets the same fate; and when he's also put on the case of a murdered music executive, he realizes he must solve both crimes for Rachel to survive.
7) Seven days
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Benny Griessel novels volume 3
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Homicide detective Bennie Griessel, investigating the murder of two police officers and communications from the killer about corruption and the cover up of a cold case concerning the death of a Cape Town attorney, has difficulty solving either of the crimes, while his colleague, Captain Mbali Kaleni, struggles to make a connection between the cases.
8) Cobra
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Benny Griessel novels volume 4
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Celebrated as the 'King of South African crime," Deon Meyer is a world-class writer whose page-turning thrillers probe the social and racial complexities of his native country. In Cobra, a famous English mathematician is kidnapped and his two bodyguards are killed at a guesthouse in the beautiful wine country outside Cape Town. It's clearly a professional hit, and the spent shell cases offer a chilling clue: Each is engraved with the head of a spitting...
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Benny Griessel novels volume 5
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Captain Benny Griessel takes on a high profile murder case after a young tech wiz and the founder of an Internet service for cheating spouses is discovered dead in Cape Town.
10) Blood Safari
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Blood 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 the television news as the prime suspect in the killing of four poachers and a witch doctor. But it can't be possible: Emma's brother is supposed to be dead, having...
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Benny Griessel novels volume 1
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In the aftermath of a gruesome child abuse case that has caught the attention of the media, Inspector Benny Griessel struggles to maintain his sobriety in order to bring down a vigilante killer who has won the sympathy of the public.
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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 violent former life. With his old friend Johnny being held hostage, Tiny agrees to do whatever it takes to get him back safely. But as he races...
15) Todsünde
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Gefährliche Gier. Bennie Griessel und sein Partner Vaughn Cupido sind in Schwierigkeiten. Aus disziplinarischen Gründen werden sie auf einen Posten ins vermeintlich ruhige Städtchen Stellenbosch abgeschoben. Doch kaum angekommen halten sie zwei Fälle in Atem. Ein Student, der sich bei ihren Nachforschungen als genialer Hacker erweist, verschwindet spurlos. Wenig später wird ein zweiter Vermisstenfall gemeldet. Der skrupellose Geschäftsmann Jasper...
16) Fever
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"Ich will vom Fieber erzählen, von unserer Stadt Amanzi - und von dem Mord an meinem Vater Willem."
Nicolaas Storm fährt mit seinem Vater Willem durch ein vollkommen verändertes Südafrika. Nach einem Fieber, das weltweit fünfundneunzig Prozent der Menschen getötet hat, versuchen die beiden, einen sicheren Platz zum Leben zu finden. Das Land ist in einem Zustand der Gesetzlosigkeit. Gangs ziehen schwerbewaffnet umher, wilde Tiere bedrohen die...
17) Beute
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Jäger oder Beute
Bennie Griessel plant zu heiraten - und muss sich dann um einen Fall kümmern, der eigentlich zu den Akten gelegt werden soll. Ein ehemaliger Polizist wurde in einem Luxuszug ermordet, und die geheimen Sicherheitsbehörden Südafrikas tun alles, um es nach einem Selbstmord aussehen zu lassen. Als ein zweiter Todesfall ebenfalls vertuscht werden soll, bekommt Griessel eine Ahnung davon, dass es um viel mehr geht als um Mord. Gewisse...
18) Icarus
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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,...
19) Hunting Emma
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Emma just wants to go home for the holidays. Gentle, beautiful, pacifist Emma has made the trip to her father's farm a thousand times. Piece of cake. But today, she witnesses six men from a violent drug syndicate killing a cop in cold blood. The men then hunt her like an animal.... But their clever prey soon becomes the hunter.