Icarus is an absorbing police procedural, with qualities unique to the South African locale. The multi-racial make-up of the police force is fun. Interactions are liberally spiced with lively Afrikaner and tribal slang. Deon Meyer's characters are always vividly realistic and draw us /5(). · “Deon Meyer’s name on the cover is a guarantee of crime writing at its best.”—Tess Gerritsen, New York Times bestselling author of Playing with Fire “South African author Deon Meyer’s Benny Griessel series is one of the high points of contemporary crime fiction, and the fifth title, Icarus, is his best yet [An] expertly engineered tale of sex, lies, and fraud.”Brand: Grove/Atlantic, Inc. · “Icarus” by South African author Deon Meyer, has a complex storyline cleverly interweaving three threads. On 17 December a storm moving in from the Atlantic uncovers a body buried in soft sand at Blouberg, north of Cape Town, bound by plastic sheeting and twine/5.
Icarus. Deon Meyer. Hodder Stoughton, - Cape Town (South Africa) - pages. 0 Reviews. Icarus. South African author Deon Meyer's Benny Griessel series is one of the high points of contemporary crime fiction, and the fifth title, Icarus, is his best yet [An] expertly engineered tale of sex, lies, and fraud. — Laura Wilson, Guardian (Best Recent Crime Fiction Novels) The Reviews. The world of the novel - the research photos. DEON MEYER lives in Durbanville in South Africa with his wife and four children. Other than his family, Deon's big passions are motorcycling, music, reading, cooking and rugby. In January he retired from his day job as a consultant on brand strategy for BMW Motorrad, and is now a full time author.
“Icarus” by South African author Deon Meyer, has a complex storyline cleverly interweaving three threads. On 17 December a storm moving in from the Atlantic uncovers a body buried in soft sand at Blouberg, north of Cape Town, bound by plastic sheeting and twine. Icarus by Deon Meyer. Deon Meyer is South Africa’s preeminent mystery/thriller writer and something of a wonder. His books have a richness and specificity that bring South Africa (and crimes committed there) vividly to life. This installment of the Benny Greissel series braids several strands of mystery into a single blood-red cord of baling twine from the wine country of Stellenbosch. “South African author Deon Meyer’s Benny Griessel series is one of the high points of contemporary crime fiction, and the fifth title, Icarus, is his best yet [An] expertly engineered tale of sex, lies, and fraud.” —Laura Wilson, Guardian (Best Recent Crime Fiction Novels).
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