Blood Safari

'Meyer, who writes in Afrikaans, is far and away the best crime writer in South Africa. The action is as exciting as any reader of thrillers has a right to demand. The writing is fluent and coherent and full of insight into the problems of South Africa. As Meyer writes, money and poverty and greed do not lie well together. But they make a hell of a thriller.' -- Matthew Lewin, Guardian, on BLOOD SAFARI 20090418 'Pulsating and gripping' -- The Sunday Times 20090418 'Blood Safari is my first exposure to the man billed by his publishers as the "king of South African crime thrillers". For once the publicity spinners are not guilty of hyperbole -- Meyer is simply excellent.' -- Business Day 20090418 'Meyer is a serious writer who richly deserves the international reputation he has built. BLOOD SAFARI manages to be both an exciting read and an eye-opening portrait of a nation with problems perhaps even more complex and agonizing than our own.' -- Washington Post 20090418 'Top-notch' -- Kirkus Reviews 20090418 'The action comes fast and furious ... a terrific and unusual thriller, the fifth of Meyer's novels ... each of which has been better than the last' -- Mary Whipple, Seeing the World Through Books 20090418 'A big, sexy novel ... two compelling characters, Lemmer and Emma le Roux - but there's another character and that's contemporary South Africa itself. You've got race, reconciliation, resentment, environment, tourism - they're all propelling this novel along' -- The World, NPR 20090418 'Meyer's stellar stand-alone thriller delivers muscular prose with a hero to match' -- Publishers Weekly (starred review) 20090418 'South African bestseller Deon Meyer's greatest strength lies in his keen ability to create flawed characters clawing their way towards personal redemption ... Deon Meyer is hot property ... exotic locales, searing prose, and a protagonist who flies off the pages' -- Madison County Herald 20090418 'In his signature style, Meyer delivers a stinging critique of contemporary South African society by vivifying the tensions between native Africans, conservationists, and corporate profiteers...the crisp action scenes are never less than thrilling. A solid addition to the prizewinning crime novelist's growing body of work.' -- Booklist 20090418 'Deon Meyer's novels explore the complex reality of South Africa, a world little known to many of us. At the most obvious level, they are exciting stories of crime, conflict and revenge, but they are more than that: ambitious attempts to show us the pain and greatness of a troubled nation that is still being born.' -- Miami Herald 20090418 'Moving, expertly constructed story of a broken man's redemption' -- The Sunday Times on DEVIL'S PEAK 20070701 'Out of post-apartheid South Africa comes a thriller good enough to nip at the heels of le Carre' -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review) on HEART OF THE HUNTER 20070701 A Christmas Choice for best thrillers in 2007 -- The Times on DEVIL'S PEAK 20070701 'A glimpse of the soul of the new South Africa in all its glory, and with all the gory details of its problems and corruption...I marvelled at the intricacy of the plotting, I smiled at Christine's cheeky ingenuity, I felt Thobela's pain and Benny's desperation, and I was stunned by a denouement of awesome power and accomplishment' -- Guardian on DEVIL'S PEAK 20070721 'I rushed through it like one of Meyer's beloved BMW motorbikes in overdrive. A fantastic read. I know Cape Town well and he did glorious justice to the city's mosaic; the Atlantic view penthouse pads rubbing up against the faded white trash apartment blocks and the booze-clogged coloured townships...I will be a loud advocate for Meyer.' -- Tim Butcher, author of Richard & Judy bestseller Blood River, on DEVIL'S PEAK 20080923 'My favourite South African thriller writer' -- James Mitchell, Tonight, South Africa, on DEVIL'S PEAK 20080923 'Meyer is a gifted writer...believable and disturbing' -- Tangled Web on DEVIL'S P

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Deon Meyer lives in Durbanville in South Africa with his wife and four children. Other than his family, Deon's big passions are motorcycling, music, reading, cooking and rugby. In January 2008 he retired from his day job as a consultant on brand strategy for BMW Motorrad, and is now a full time author. Deon Meyer's books have attracted worldwide critical acclaim and a growing international fanbase. Originally written in Afrikaans, they have now been translated into several languages, including English, French, German, Dutch, Italian, Spanish, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, Russian, Finnish, Czech, Romanian, Slovakian and Bulgarian.

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