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
Lena Adams has spent her life struggling to forget her childhood in Reece, the small town which nearly destroyed her. She's made a new life for herself as a police detective in Heartsdale, a hundred miles away - but nothing could prepare her for the violence which explodes when she is forced to return. A vicious murder leaves a young woman incinerated beyond recognition. And Lena is the only suspect. When Heartsdale police chief Jeffrey Tolliver, Lena's boss, receives word that his detective has been arrested, he has no choice but to go to Lena's aid - taking with him his wife, medical examiner Sara Linton. But soon after their arrival, a second victim is found. The town closes ranks. And both Jeffrey and Sara find themselves entangled in a horrifying underground world of bigotry and rage - a violent world which shocks even them. But can they discover the truth before the killer strikes again? 'No one does American small-town evil more chillingly ... Slaughter tells a dark story that grips and doesn't let go' The Times 'Thoroughly gripping' Daily Mirror 'Beautifully paced, appropriately grisly, and terrifyingly plausible' Time Out Fiction www.rbooks.co.uk www.karinslaughter.com
In een luxe gastenverblijf op een wijndomein in Fransschoek is een bloedbad aangericht. Bennie Griessel is een van de eerste aanwezigen op de plaats delict, waar hij de lichamen aantreft van een van de werknemers van het domein plus twee types die eruitzien als militairen. Alle drie de mannen zijn gedood met een enkel schot in het hoofd – duidelijk het werk van een professional. In de slaapkamer van het verblijf zien Griessel en zijn team sporen van een worsteling. Het lichaam van een mogelijk vierde slachtoffer wordt echter niet gevonden. Griessel ontdekt dat de militairen professionele lijfwachten waren en nader onderzoek wijst uit dat de naam van de vermiste man Paul Anthony Morris is, een Brits staatsburger met een gloednieuw paspoort, een nieuwe koffer, nieuwe kleren en een volledig blanco levensverhaal. De enige aanwijzing is te vinden op de gevonden kogelhulzen: de gegraveerde afbeelding van de kop van een spugende cobra.
AWARD-WINNING CRIME FICTION WITH SOUTH AFRICAN SOULShortlisted for the 2012 CWA International Dagger Award for Best Translated Crime Novel of the Year
Los Angeles, 1991. Maximilian Ophuls, one of the makers of the modern world, is knifed to death in broad daylight on the doorstep of his illegitimate daughter India, slaughtered by his Kashmiri driver, a mysterious figure who calls himself Shalimar the Cl
A police officer is shot dead. The next day, one of his colleagues is as well. Then the South African police receive an email threatening an additional cop killed each day until a cold case is solved.
When the rich and famous visit South Africa, their first port of call is often Body Armor, the personal security company offering two types of protection: the big and intimidating muscle men called Gorillas or the lean and hungry former government body guards, referred to as Invisibles. Lemmer is a freelance Invisible. The tiny and beautiful Emma le Roux, a brand consultant from Cape Town, wants to hire him. He needs the money, so he listens to her story. Lemmer’s First General Law is: Don’t get involved. But he has never failed as a body guard and he’s also grown a little too fond of Emma. He uncovers simmering racial and political tensions, greed, corruption, and a network of eco-terrorists. He follows the leads until he finds what he’s after: The people who attacked Emma. Getting to them will be extremely dangerous, and exposing them could have international political implications. If he fails, both he and Emma will end up dead. But Lemmer is sick and tired of being invisible. He goes after them, against all odds.
Un misterioso viaggiatore dai capelli biondi arriva a Sikri, sede della corte Mogol, e chiede udienza al sovrano Jalalluddin Muhammed Akbar, detto Akbar il Grande. Lo straniero afferma di venire da una sconosciuta, remotissima città di nome Firenze e di avere una storia tanto meravigliosa quanto veritiera da raccontare: una storia che lega i destini della misteriosa capitale d'Occidente da cui proviene a quelli della discendenza del monarca indiano. Inizia così un racconto che, unendo una pirotecnica inventiva a una minuziosissima documentazione, si snoda tra figure storiche gigantesche, una fra tutte Machiavelli, e vede tra i protagonisti l'enigmatica Qara Köz, Madama Occhi Neri, principessa destinata a sconvolgere con la sua esotica e rara bellezza la raffinata corte medicea. Quanto c'è di vero nel racconto del viaggiatore, il quale afferma di non essere altri che il figlio di Qara Köz? E se ciò che racconta è vero, che ne è stato della principessa? Non si tratterà invece di un bugiardo che, in quanto tale, merita solo la morte? Dopo il successo di Shalimar il clown, torna uno dei massimi autori angloindiani viventi con un romanzo che indaga con magistrale sapienza i mille, inesplorati legami che uniscono una delle massime stagioni storiche europee, il Rinascimento florentino, a una delle corti più splendide d'Asia, immortalata all'apice della sua fioritura.
Lorsque le correspondant de presse Eléazard von Wogau reçoit la biographie inédite d'Athanase Kircher, célèbre savant jésuite de l'époque baroque, il se lance sur ses traces, entraînant avec lui maints personnages aussi surprenants qu'extravagants. Véritable épopée, grand roman d'aventures, fresque étrange et flamboyante, où de minuscules intrigues se répondent et tissent une histoire du Brésil à l'aube du XXIe siècle.
The Woman in the Blue Cloak is a brilliant investigation which will thrill and entertain fans of Deon Meyer's much-loved detective Benny Griessel.
Una donna libera si guarda, si rivela, si espone. E racconta con chiarezza sconvolgente la sua vita sessuale dall'adolescenza in poi. Spregiudicata, disinibita e sicura di sé, sottomessa solo alla ricerca del piacere che trova nell'offrirsi completamente, nell'usare il suo corpo senza gerarchie, né nella sfera morale né in quella fisica, Catherine Millet offre una riflessione cruda, profonda e intelligente sulla propria sessualità. Catherine M. non è una «donna in cerca di avventure» e tantomeno una dominatrice, ma una donna che cerca il piacere nel rinnovare incessantemente l'esperienza, nel mettersi ogni volta di fronte a qualcosa di inatteso. Libro scandalo che ha scatenato violente polemiche in Francia, La vita sessuale di Catherine M. è il frutto di un prodigioso sguardo su di sé che non provoca né vergogna né imbarazzi, e s'impone per la "leggerezza", la precisione e l'eleganza con cui è scritto.
