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
Hoe veranderde Steve Jobs de wereld en wat maakte hem zo bijzonder? Graphic novel over het leven van de oprichter van Apple.
Why would a mathematics professor from Cambridge University, renting a holiday home outside Cape Town, require a false identity and three bodyguards? And where is he, now that they are dead? The only clue to the bodyguards' murder is the snake engraved on the shell casings of the bullets that killed them. Investigating the massacre, Benny Griessel and his team find themselves being drawn into an international conspiracy with shocking implications. It seems it is not just the terrorists and criminals of Britain and South Africa who may fear the Professor's work, but the politicians too. As the body count begins to spiral viciously, Benny must put his new-found love life aside and focus on finding the one person who could give him a break in the case: a teenage pickpocket on the run in the city. But Benny is not the only person hunting for Tyrone Kleinbooi ...Relentlessly suspenseful, topical, hard-hitting and richly rewarding, COBRA is a superb novel from an author who is acclaimed around the world as a brilliant voice in crime fiction.
In de periode van de negende eeuw tot ongeveer de tweede eeuw voor Christus ontwikkelden vier afzonderlijke streken religieuze en filosofische tradities die de mensheid tot op de dag van vandaag beïnvloeden: confucianisme en daoïsme in China, hindoeïsme en boeddhisme in India, monotheïsme in Israël, en filosofisch rationalisme in Griekenland. Deze periode, bekend als de 'axiale eeuw', speelde een cruciale rol in de spirituele ontwikkeling van de mensheid. Karen Armstrong onderzoekt in haar nieuwe boek de bijdragen van invloedrijke figuren zoals Boeddha, Socrates, Confucius en Ezekiel. Ondanks de verschillen benadrukken deze tradities een opmerkelijke overeenkomst: de nadruk op compassie boven haat en geweld. De wijzen van deze tijd streefden er niet naar om doctrines van één geloof te omarmen, maar om een leven te leiden dat geworteld was in geweldloosheid en empathie. Armstrong toont aan wat deze gelijkenis zegt over de religieuze impuls van de mens. Ze gaat verder dan spirituele 'archeologie' door te onderzoeken hoe deze oude overtuigingen een uitdaging kunnen vormen voor onze huidige beleving van religie. Dit werk is een ontdekkingsreis naar de vroege ervaringen van de mensheid, hun verlangens, verantwoordelijkheden en inspirerende oplossingen, geschreven in een erudiete en toegankelijke stijl.
Lena Adams has spent her life struggling to escape her past. She has only unhappy memories of 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. A world which puts their own lives in jeopardy. Only Jeffrey and Sara can free Lena from the web of lies, betrayal and brutality that has trapped her. But can they discover the truth before the killer strikes again?
After 602 days dry, Captain Benny Griessel of the South African police services can't take any more tragedy. So when Benny is called in to investigate a multiple homicide, it pushes him close to breaking point - a former friend and detective colleague has shot his wife and two daughters, then killed himself. Benny wants out - out of his job, his home and his relationship with his singer girlfriend, Alexa. He moves into a hotel and starts drinking. Again. But Benny's unique talent is urgently required to help investigate another crime - the high profile murder of Ernst Richter, MD of a new tech startup, Alibi, whose body is discovered buried in the sand dunes north of Cape Town. Alibi is a service that creates false appointments, documents and phone calls to enable people to cheat on their partners. It has made Richter one of the most notorious people in South Africa. Can Benny pull together the strands of his life in time to catch the killer?
A pulse-pounding thriller which also gives the reader 'total immersion' in a foreign culture - just as the Scandinavians do.
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
'I'll shoot a policeman every day until you arrest the murderer of Hanneke Sloet'. Shortly after the South African Police Services receive this threatening email, a policeman is shot by a sniper and recovering alcoholic Benny Griessel is ordered to reopen the Sloet case.
Eléazard von Wogau, héros inquiet de cette incroyable forêt d’histoires, est correspondant de presse au fin fond du Nordeste brésilien. On lui laisse un jour un manuscrit, biographie inédite d’un célèbre jésuite de l’époque baroque. Commence alors une enquête à travers les savoirs et les fables qui n’est pas sans incidences sur sa vie privée. Comme si l’extraordinaire plongée dans l’univers d’Athanase Kircher se répercutait à travers les aventures croisées d’autres personnages, tels Elaine, archéologue en mission improbable dans la jungle du Mato Grosso, Moéma, étudiante à la dérive, ou bien Nelson, jeune gamin infirme des favelas de Pirambú qui hume le plomb fondu de la vengeance. Nous sommes au Brésil. Nous sommes aussi dans la terra incognita d’un roman monstre. On songe à Borges et Cortázar, à Italo Calvino ou Umberto Eco, ou encore Potocki et son Manuscrit trouvé à Saragosse, sans jamais épuiser la réjouissante singularité de ce roman palimpseste qui joue à merveille des mises en abyme et des vertiges spéculaires. « Umberto Eco revu par Indiana Jones chez Malcolm Lowry, avec un zest d’African Queen et de Lévi-Strauss chez les Nambikwara. » Patrick Grainville, Le Figaro littéraire.
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.
From the Orange Prize-winning author of We Need to Talk About Kevin 'Enjoyably abrasive... a compelling read... sardonic and elegant' Evening Standard 'Scabrously funny... few authors can be as entertainingly problematic as Shriver' Guardian
A tall, yellow-haired young European traveller calling himself 'Mogor dell'Amore', the Mughal of Love, arrives at the court of the real Grand Mughal, the Emperor Akbar, with a tale to tell that begins to obsess the whole imperial capital.
Thirty five year old Kate, fund manager at Edwin Foster, is a victim of time famine: she counts seconds like other women count calories. As she hurtles between appointments, through her head spools the crazy tap[e loop of the working mother's life: must remember client reports, bouncy castles, transatlantic phone call, nativity play, check the Dow Jones, cancel hygenist, squeeze that sagging pelvic floor, make time for sex. Factor in a manipulative nanny, an Australian boss who looks at Kate's breasts as if they're on special offer, a long suffering but definetly suffering husband, her quietly aghast in laws, her two bundles of joy, and an email lover, and you have a woman juggling so many balls that some day soon something's going to hit the ground.
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.
In de periode van de negende eeuw tot ongeveer de tweede eeuw voor Christus ontwikkelden vier afzonderlijke regio's religieuze en filosofische tradities die de mensheid tot op heden beïnvloeden: confucianisme en daoïsme in China, hindoeïsme en boeddhisme in India, monotheïsme in Israël, en filosofisch rationalisme in Griekenland. Historici verwijzen naar deze tijd als de 'axiale eeuw' vanwege de cruciale rol in de spirituele ontwikkeling van de mens. In haar nieuwe boek onderzoekt Karen Armstrong de bijdragen van belangrijke figuren zoals Boeddha, Socrates, Confucius en Ezekiel. Ze benadrukt de opmerkelijke overeenkomsten binnen deze tradities, waarbij de nadruk ligt op compassie boven haat en geweld. De wijzen uit deze periode streefden niet naar dogma's, maar naar een leven in harmonie met anderen. Religie was voor hen synoniem met compassie. Armstrong verkent wat deze overeenkomsten zeggen over de menselijke zoektocht naar spiritualiteit en gaat verder dan alleen historische analyse. Ze onderzoekt hoe deze oude overtuigingen ons kunnen uitdagen in onze huidige benadering van religie. Dit boek is een ontdekkingsreis naar de vroegste ervaringen, verlangens en oplossingen van de mensheid, geschreven in Armstrongs kenmerkende, toegankelijke stijl.
