Deon Meyer – författare

**WINNER OF THE AKTV PRIZE FOR BEST AFRIKAANS THRILLER OF 2024**GRIESSEL AND CUPIDO ARE EXPECTING A QUIET LIFEDetectives Benny Griessel and Vaughn Cupido remain on duty in beautiful Stellenbosch, but run-of-the-mill police work in a leafy university town famed for its vineyards is a far cry from their previous life in Cape Town fighting crime at the highest level. For now, Benny has more pressing things to worry about - it's the countdown to his wedding day on 12 June.BUT THE PEACE IS ABOUT TO BE SHATTEREDWhen a student is found dead on a mountain trail, and the key suspect, a local businessman, is found murdered in what looks like a professional hit delivering a message - suffocated by fast-action filler foam sprayed down his throat - Griessel and Cupido both know this the work of professionals. Benny also knows he needs a cool head to untangle this web of deceit, and to manage the incessant pressure. He needs to stay calm, focused - and sober. And it all needs to be wrapped up by 12 June.THE CLOCK IS TICKING. AND CHAOS IS COMING...Praise for Deon Meyer:'One of the best crime writers on the planet' Mail on Sunday'Storytelling at its best' Michael Connelly 'One of the giants of crime fiction' El Mundo 'Crime writing at its best' Tess Gerritsen'Up there with the best in the world' The TimesReader reviews:'A commendable book, in a fantastic setting, by an excellent author''You can always depend on Deon for a good read and this is tough, raw and exciting''Simply brilliant!

Krugerparken är en av Sydafrikas största attraktioner. Men det försvinner folk bland de vilda djuren. Emma le Roux har inte hört av sin bror på tjugo år. Hon hyr in Lemmer, en frilansande livvakt, för att leta reda på honom. Han är en bitter och besviken man, längst ner på skalan över de bittra och besvikna. Någon vill att Emma och Lemmer ska misslyckas. Någon vill ha mer av Krugerparken. »The action is as exciting as any reader of thrillers has a right to demand As Meyer writes, money and poverty and greed do not lie well together. But they make a hell of a thriller.« (The Guardian) »Sakta men säkert väver författaren en både spännande och intressant väv av personliga tragedier och samhälleliga tillkortakommanden i ett Sydafrika efter apartheid.« (Corren)

From the author of Thirteen Hours - A Sunday Times '100 best crime novels and thrillers since 1945' pickLEMMER is a professional bodyguard. Silent and invisible, he never gets involved. EMMA LE ROUX believed her brother died twenty years ago, until she sees him on the news as the prime suspect in the brutal killing of four poachers.As Lemmer and Emma join forces in pursuit of the truth, it soon becomes clear that someone is willing to do whatever it takes to stop them.When that someone tries to murder them both, Lemmer is forced to step out of the shadows for the first time in his life.

From the author of Thirteen Hours - A Sunday Times '100 best crime novels and thrillers since 1945' pickThe former freedom fighter known as 'Tiny' has finally achieved his dream of a peaceful life. But then his beloved son is taken away from him. In that moment, he unleashes himself upon a corrupt South Africa. His victims are those guilty of crimes against children.He goes by the name of Artemis.Benny Griessel, a fading policeman on the brink of losing his job, family and self-respect, is assigned the case. Benny knows that this is his last chance - both his career and the safety of Cape Town are on the line.But then Benny meets Christine, a young mother working as a prostitute, and something happens that is so terrifying that the world will never be the same again for Benny, for Christine, or for Tiny.

Klockan 18.45 i går sköt jag en polis utanför Claremonts polisstation. Klockan 11.50 i förmiddags sköt jag en polis vid polisstationen i Green Point. Den okände avsändaren av mejlet tänker fortsätta om inte utredningen av mordet på en ung, vacker och framgångsrik advokat öppnas igen, och löses. Fallet är endast fyrtio dagar gammalt, men spåren har redan kallnat. Bara några nakenbilder, en komplicerad affärstransaktion och ett enormt tryck från medierna. Bennie Griessel, som har lika stora problem med att få ordning på sitt privatliv som med detta oförklarliga mord, har inget att gå på. Nya hot och trycket ökar. Sju dagars helvete. Deon Meyers kriminalromaner, varav idag nio stycken finns på svenska med Ikaros från 2016 som den senaste, utspelas alltid mot en bakgrund av politik och våld i Kapprovinsen. De möter ett mycket stort intresse från en ständigt växande läsekrets runt hela världen.

**WINNER OF THE AKTV PRIZE FOR BEST AFRIKAANS THRILLER OF 2024**GRIESSEL AND CUPIDO ARE EXPECTING A QUIET LIFEDetectives Benny Griessel and Vaughn Cupido remain on duty in beautiful Stellenbosch, but run-of-the-mill police work in a leafy university town famed for its vineyards is a far cry from their previous life in Cape Town fighting crime at the highest level. For now, Benny has more pressing things to worry about - it's the countdown to his wedding day on 12 June.BUT THE PEACE IS ABOUT TO BE SHATTEREDWhen a student is found dead on a mountain trail, and the key suspect, a local businessman, is found murdered in what looks like a professional hit delivering a message - suffocated by fast-action filler foam sprayed down his throat - Griessel and Cupido both know this the work of professionals. Benny also knows he needs a cool head to untangle this web of deceit, and to manage the incessant pressure. He needs to stay calm, focused - and sober. And it all needs to be wrapped up by 12 June.THE CLOCK IS TICKING. AND CHAOS IS COMING...Praise for Deon Meyer:'One of the best crime writers on the planet' Mail on Sunday'Storytelling at its best' Michael Connelly 'One of the giants of crime fiction' El Mundo 'Crime writing at its best' Tess Gerritsen'Up there with the best in the world' The TimesReader reviews:'A commendable book, in a fantastic setting, by an excellent author''You can always depend on Deon for a good read and this is tough, raw and exciting''Simply brilliant!

From the author of Thirteen Hours - A Sunday Times '100 best crime novels and thrillers since 1945' pickAn antiques dealer is burned with a blowtorch and executed with a single shot to the back of the head. The only clues at the scene are a scrap of paper and an unusual choice of gun.Ex-cop Zatopek 'Zed' van Heerden has just seven days to solve the case - an almost impossible task made even harder when he discovers that, until a few years ago, there was no proof that the victim even existed . . .

From the author of Thirteen Hours - A Sunday Times '100 best crime novels and thrillers since 1945' pickONE COP. ONE KILLER. TWO CAPTIVES OF THE PAST.Mat Joubert, once a rising star of the South African police force, had it all. Then his wife was murdered, and his hopes died with her. Alcoholic, depressed and overweight, he is a shadow of his former self.Then a new killer appears on the streets of Cape Town, murdering at random. Mat throws himself into the case, viewing it as his last chance for redemption.But, as their shared desire for revenge threatens to destroy both him and the mysterious killer he is hunting, Mat soon learns that he is not the only one with ghosts to lay to rest . . .

**WINNER OF THE AKTV PRIZE FOR BEST AFRIKAANS THRILLER OF 2024**GRIESSEL AND CUPIDO ARE EXPECTING A QUIET LIFEDetectives Benny Griessel and Vaughn Cupido remain on duty in beautiful Stellenbosch, but run-of-the-mill police work in a leafy university town famed for its vineyards is a far cry from their previous life in Cape Town fighting crime at the highest level. For now, Benny has more pressing things to worry about - it's the countdown to his wedding day on 12 June.BUT THE PEACE IS ABOUT TO BE SHATTEREDWhen a student is found dead on a mountain trail, and the key suspect, a local businessman, is found murdered in what looks like a professional hit delivering a message - suffocated by fast-action filler foam sprayed down his throat - Griessel and Cupido both know this the work of professionals. Benny also knows he needs a cool head to untangle this web of deceit, and to manage the incessant pressure. He needs to stay calm, focused - and sober. And it all needs to be wrapped up by 12 June.THE CLOCK IS TICKING. AND CHAOS IS COMING...Praise for Deon Meyer:'One of the best crime writers on the planet' Mail on Sunday'Storytelling at its best' Michael Connelly 'One of the giants of crime fiction' El Mundo 'Crime writing at its best' Tess Gerritsen'Up there with the best in the world' The TimesReader reviews:'A commendable book, in a fantastic setting, by an excellent author''You can always depend on Deon for a good read and this is tough, raw and exciting''Simply brilliant!

A Sunday Times '100 best crime novels and thrillers since 1945' pick!Shortlisted for the CWA International Dagger Award 2010They killed her best friend. Now they are chasing Rachel Anderson through the streets of Cape Town. The young tourist doesn't dare trust anyone - except her father, back home in America. When he puts pressure on the politicians, they know that to protect their country's image, they must find Rachel's hiding place before the killers.So Benny Griessel - detective, maverick and father of teenagers himself - has just 13 hours to crack open a conspiracy which threatens the whole country.

By 'n boekeveiling sien Ragel Bergh vir Dirk Buchner raak. Na 'n naweek op Houwhoek weet sy sy is nog nooit so volledig bemin nie. Weens populere aanvraag, die heruitgawe van Deon Meyer se heel eerste spanningsroman!

Op 'n verlate grondpad in Limpopo druk hulle die reuse Smith & Wesson Model 500 teen Lemmer die lyfwag se kop en vra: 'Waar is dit?' Hy weet nie. Hulle belieg en bedrieg hom, steel sy Glock, die een met sy vingerafdrukke daarop. Hulle ken hom nie; hulle gaan betaal. Hulle gaan 'n spoor trap wat wyd sal loop: 'n Bloedspoor deur die eerste dossier van Mat Joubert, deesdae privaat ondersoeker, wat moet soek na Danie Flint, 'n 'goeie man' wat reg langs die Table View-polisiestasie verdwyn het. 'n Geweldspoor deur die bestaan van Milla Strachan, verloopte huisvrou, eers so salig onbewus van die newelwereld van georganiseerde misdaad en terrorisme om haar. 'n Doodspoor, van die Chizarira tot by die Kaapse Waterkant. En aan die einde daarvan sal niemand meer dieselfde wees nie.

Kaptein Mat Joubert moet 'n sjarmante rower vastrek wat die een bank na die ander teister, en terselfdertyd moet hy ook die bloedspoor vat van 'n laksman. Maar op 34 is Mat oorgewig en hy rook en drink te veel. Bart de Wit, Moord en Roof se nuwe politiek korrekte bevelvoerder, pas terug uit exile, plaas druk op hom. Daar is nog hierdie een kans om homself te bewys en weer voor te begin ...

Tobela "Tiny" Mpayipheli, oud-KGB-sluipmoordenaar, ook bekend as "Umzingeli" (Die Jagter), het gedink hy het sy vorige lewe agtergelaat. Hy het vrede gevind, maar bevind hom skielik in 'n onmoontlike situasie. Want lojaliteit is belangrik - en hy moet nou binne 72 uur in Lusaka uitkom, anders sterf 'n ou vriend, 'n medestryder wat gyselaar gehou word. Maar die "losprys" wat hy saam met hom moet neem, is gevaarlik - 'n hardeskyf met "sensitiewe" inligting. Die plaaslike intelligensiediens gaan alles in hul vermoe doen om hom te keer. En nou word jagter die prooi. Op 'n "geleende" BMW-motorfiets vat hy die lang pad. Maar hoe verder hy vorder, hoe stywer span die net om hom. Spanning uit die boonste rakke; 'n boek wat geen leser sal kan neersit nie.

'n Heruitgawe met 'n pragtige nuwe omslag. 'n Middelklas-meubelhandelaar is in sy voorstedelike middelklashuis met 'n blaasvlam gemartel en toe met 'n M16 doodgeskiet. Een skoot; agterkant van die kop. Laksmanstyl. Oudpolisieman Zatopek van Heerden het sewe dae om die moord op te los en 'n testament te vind. En die moord het boonop al tien maande tevore plaasgevind, die spore is vaag, die enigste leidraad 'n stukkie papier waarmee hulle te lank gelede dollars toegedraai het. Miskien baie dollars ...En wanneer alles skielik ontvlam, is daar snaakse gediertes wat uit die vuurlig probeer skarrel: Militere Intelligensie, die CIA, Moord en Roof, georganiseerde misdaad op die Kaapse Vlakte. Hoe dieper hy delf, hoe meer lae hy van die ding afkrap, hoe meer smeer hulle toe.

Bennie Griessel is eerste op die toneel: 'n bloedbad in 'n luukse gastehuis op 'n Franschhoek-wynplaas. Drie slagoffers van 'n geheimsinnige, blitsige, meedoenlose huurmoordenaar genaamd Die Kobra. Kan Griessel hom keer voordat hy weer toeslaan? Want daar was boonop 'n ontvoering ...Ene Paul Anthony Morris, Britse burger met 'n splinternuwe paspoort. Maar wie is die man werklik? Voeg hierby 'n grypdief wat onwetend iets steel wat aan die Kobra behoort, en 'n intelligensiediens wat hul neus in Griessel se sake wil steek. Spanning en intrige uit die boonste rakke, soos net Suid-Afrika se misdaadverhaal-koning dit kan skryf!

Om 05:36 hardloop die vrou teen die hang van Leeukop. Sy is jonk, beeldskoon, Amerikaans - en beangs. Sy word soos 'n dier gejag deur mans wat net ure gelede haar beste vriendin se keel afgesny het. Om 05:43 bel hulle vir speurder-inspekteur Bennie Griessel wakker. Hy moet kom, 'n jong meisie se lyk le langs St. Martini, die Lutherse kerk bo in Langstraat. Die vorige aand nog het hy gedink dit gaan vir hom 'n spesiale dag wees: Die begin van 'n nuwe era in sy loopbaan, as mentor van 'n groep jong swart en bruin speurders. En hy verwag nuus oor sy bevordering. 'Kaptein Bennie Griessel'. Dit klink vir hom reg. Behoort 'n redelik normale dag te wees. Tot sy jong span polisiemense begin stry, baklei, struikel. Met die kerkmoord. Met die middeljarige, alkoholis-vrou wat haar man, 'n groot gees in die Afrikaanse musiekbedryf, twee keer met sy eie pistool deur die hart geboor het. Met die soektog na die Amerikaanse toeris. Terwyl die diplomatieke telefoonlyne vuurwarm gebel word en selfs die Minister begin druk toepas, sodat die hele mentor-ding soos mis voor die son verdwyn en Griessel self moet inklim om die gemors te probeer red. Om nie eens te praat van sy persoonlike probleme nie.Sy bankrekening lyk sleg, hy stoei nog met die dranklus, sy vervreemde vrou Anna bel uit die bloute en se vanaand is die aand dat hulle oor die toekoms moet gesels. Weet sy van die 26-jarige rekenaartegnikus met die aansienlike borste wat hy gisteraand, in 'n oomblik van swakheid, op sy sitkamerbank beetgekry het? Boonop kondig sy vriend en kollega Mat Joubert aan dat hy die SAPS gaan verlaat, en dan bel sy seun Fritz met die nuus dat hy klaar is met skool, hy gaan kitaarspeler word in 'n rock-groep met die naam van 'Wet & Orde'. En dan, net wanneer hy op die punt staan om die Amerikaanse meisie te red, skiet hulle vir Bennie Griessel. Reg in die hart. Redelik normale dag, jou tipiese dertien uur van Suid-Afrikaanse wetstoepassing.

Lemmer is 'n vryskut-lywag, maar hy's laag af op die pryslys. Hy's die een met die kriminele rekord, die gebrekkige sosiale vaardighede en die baie kort humeur.

Die Koors het byna almal gevat. Maar nie 13 jaar oue Nico Storm en sy pa nie. Wanneer hulle 'n nuwe samelewing vestig met 'n groep swerflinge - en dit Amanzi doop - is die dorpsmense gou verdeeld, en verdediging teen die plunderende motorfietsbendes raak al moeiliker. Dis nie lank nie, of moord kom inderdaad ook na Amanzi ... In Koors vertel die volwasse Nico Storm die verhaal van die moord op sy pa. 'n Aksiebelaaide nuwe rigting vir Deon Meyer!

Daar ver onder in die Kaapse nag steel iemand skilderye waarop vroue in blou geklee is. En kaptein Bennie Griessel droom van verloofringe, en sy kollega Vaughn Cupido bekommer hom oor commitment. En die private eye Billy de Palma, "narcissist, psycho, real arsehole", is besig met sy gewone onheilighede. Maar hier bo in Sir Lowryspas le 'n vrou wat dit alles gaan verander. Sy is heeltemal kaal, uitgestrek by die groot uitkykpunt, haar kop na die noorde, haar voete na die suide. Iemand het haar liggaam mooi gerangskik en met bleikmiddel gewas om al die forensiese spore uit te vee.