Thirteen Hours: Deon Meyer (Benny Griessel) - Softcover

Meyer, Deon

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0340953616 ISBN 13: 9780340953617

Publisher: Hodder Paperbacks, 2011

Synopsis

A Sunday Times '100 best crime novels and thrillers since 1945' pick!

Shortlisted for the CWA International Dagger Award 2010

They 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.

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Review:

This terrific, action-packed thriller has superbly drawn characters and an enthralling setting. Deon Meyer is one of the best crime writers on the planet. (Mail on Sunday)

What makes Deon Meyer's novel so outstanding is its setting - the new South Africa, where jaded white detectives are still getting use to working with black and coloured (in the country's parlance) colleagues . . . Meyer gives rare insights into the texture of everyday life in a country still troubled 20 years after the release of Nelson Mandela. (The Sunday Times)

Deon Meyer is the undisputed king of South African crime fiction, and THIRTEEN HOURS demonstrates why. (The Times)

South African thrillers arrive with racial baggage, and it's a mark of Meyer's talent to see just how well the issues are balanced with a smashing story. Imposing a strict time limit and a tight location on his plot, he ramps up the suspense to an unbearable degree. Best of all, his sharply drawn characters really feel part of the new South Africa, where loyalties and beliefs must always be questioned. (Financial Times)

What makes this novel so outstanding is its setting... and Meyer's superlative talent for suspense... This is a vigorous, exciting novel that combines memorable characters and plot with edge-of-the-seat suspense. (The Sunday Times)

Far and away South Africa's best crime writer (The Times)

gripping and suspenseful crime novel set in a violent, post-apartheid South Africa (Culture Magazine (The Sunday Times))

A cracking read from one of Africa's finest (Shots ezine)

One of the sharpest and most perceptive thriller writers around (Peter Millar, The Times, on DEVIL'S PEAK)

Far and away the best crime writer in South Africa (Matthew Lewin, Guardian, on BLOOD SAFARI)

Book Description:

AWARD-WINNING CRIME FICTION WITH SOUTH AFRICAN SOUL

Winner of the 2011 Boeke Prize in South Africa and shortlisted for the 2010 CWA International Dagger for Best Translated Crime Novel of the Year.

About this edition

• Publisher: Hodder Paperbacks
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0340953616
• ISBN 13: 9780340953617
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 416