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When Captain Benny Griessel 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. After 602 days dry, he can't take any more tragedy. 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?
Info autore
Deon Meyer wurde 1958 in Südafrika geboren. Zunächst arbeitete er als Reporter in Bloemfontein. 1994 erschien sein erster Roman. Mittlerweile ist er der erfolgreichste Krimiautor Südafrikas. Zudem erhielt er den Deutschen Krimipreis. Deon Meyer schreibt auf Afrikaans, übersetzt werden in der Regel seine autorisierten englischen Übersetzungen. Er lebt mit seiner Frau und vier Kindern in Melkbosstrand.
Riassunto
A gripping thriller from the leading crime writer in South Africa, now with a best-selling international reputation featuring his much loved detective Benny Griessel.
