Icarus (Benny Griessel, #5) View Online By Deon Meyer
| Title | : | Icarus (Benny Griessel, #5) |
| Author | : | Deon Meyer |
| Format | : | Hardcover |
| Page | : | 352 pages |
| ISBN | : | 0802124003 |
South Africa s preeminent crime fiction writer, Deon Meyer is internationally acclaimed for his razor s edge thrillers, unforgettable characters, and nuanced portrayals of contemporary life in his native country The fifth pulse pounder starring Captain Benny Griessel, a lead detective in South Africa s priority crimes unit, delves into the country s burgeoning tech and wi South Africa s preeminent crime fiction writer, Deon Meyer is internationally acclaimed for his razor s edge thrillers, unforgettable characters, and nuanced portrayals of contemporary life in his native country The fifth pulse pounder starring Captain Benny Griessel, a lead detective in South Africa s priority crimes unit, delves into the country s burgeoning tech and wine industries.A week before Christmas, a young photographer discovers a plastic wrapped corpse amidst the sand dunes north of Cape Town The only thing found on the corpse is a dead iPhone, but it doesn t take long for the police to identify the body as that of Ernst Richter the tech whiz behind MyAlibi, an internet service that provides unfaithful partners with sophisticated cover stories to hide an affair Meanwhile, Benny Griessel is called to the scene of a multiple homicide involving a former colleague, and four years of sobriety are undone on the spot He emerges from his drunken haze determined to quit the force, but the take no sass Major Mbali Kaleni, now his boss, wants Griessel on the Richter case The high profile murder has already been the subject of fierce media speculation, with questions swirling about the potential for motive could the perpetrator be one of the countless jilted spouses An aggrieved client Before the week is out, an unexpected connection to a storied family winery comes to light, and Griessel s reputation is again on the line Mounting towards a startling conclusion, Icarus is another exceptional novel from the King of South African Crime
about Author
Deon Meyer was born in the South African town of Paarl in the winelands of the Western Cape in 1958, and grew up in Klerksdorp, in the gold mining region of Northwest Province.After military duty and studying at the Potchefstroom University, he joined Die Volksblad, a daily newspaper in Bloemfontein as a reporter Since then, he has worked as press liaison, advertising copywriter, creative directo Deon Meyer was born in the South African town of Paarl in the winelands of the Western Cape in 1958, and grew up in Klerksdorp, in the gold mining region of Northwest Province.After military duty and studying at the Potchefstroom University, he joined Die Volksblad, a daily newspaper in Bloemfontein as a reporter Since then, he has worked as press liaison, advertising copywriter, creative director, web manager, Internet strategist, and brand consultant.Deon wrote his first book when he was 14 years old, and bribed and blackmailed his two brothers into reading it They were not impressed hey, everybody is a critic Deon MeyerHeeding their wisdom, he did not write fiction again until he was in his early thirties, when he started publishing short stories in South African magazines I still believe that is the best way to learn the craft of writing Short stories teach you a lot about story structure and you have limited space to develop character and plot, says Deon.In 1994 he published his first Afrikaans novel, which has not been translated, simply because it was not good enough to compete on the international market However, it was a wonderful learning experience.All later novels have been translated into several languages, including English, French, German, Dutch, Italian, Spanish, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, Russian, Finnish, Czech, Romanian, Slovakian and Bulgarian.Deon lives in Melkbosstrand on the South African West Coast with his wife, Anita, and they have four children to keep them busy Lida, Liam, Johan and Konstanz.Other than his family, his big passions are motorcycling, music he is a Mozart fanatic, but loves rock n roll too , reading, cooking and rugby he unconditionally supports the national Springbok team and the Free State Cheetahs provincial team 
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South Africa s preeminent crime fiction writer, Deon Meyer is internationally acclaimed for his razor s edge thrillers, unforgettable characters, and
352 pagesDeon Meyer
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