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Martine Vosmaer

    7 Days
    Shalimar the Clown
    Trackers
    Skin privilege
    Cobra, English edition
    Thirteen Hours
    • The Woman in the Blue Cloak

      • 160 páginas
      • 6 horas de lectura

      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.

      The Woman in the Blue Cloak2017
      3,0
    • Cobra, English edition

      • 376 páginas
      • 14 horas de lectura

      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.

      Cobra, English edition2014
      4,2
    • Trackers

      • 512 páginas
      • 18 horas de lectura

      AWARD-WINNING CRIME FICTION WITH SOUTH AFRICAN SOULShortlisted for the 2012 CWA International Dagger Award for Best Translated Crime Novel of the Year

      Trackers2013
      4,0
    • 7 Days

      • 352 páginas
      • 13 horas de lectura

      A police officer is shot dead. The next day, one of his colleagues is as well. Then the South African police receive an email threatening an additional cop killed each day until a cold case is solved.

      7 Days2013
      3,8
    • Thirteen Hours

      • 412 páginas
      • 15 horas de lectura

      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

      Thirteen Hours2012
      4,5
    • 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.

      Blood Safari2012
      3,7
    • Lorsque le correspondant de presse Eléazard von Wogau reçoit la biographie inédite d'Athanase Kircher, célèbre savant jésuite de l'époque baroque, il se lance sur ses traces, entraînant avec lui maints personnages aussi surprenants qu'extravagants. Véritable épopée, grand roman d'aventures, fresque étrange et flamboyante, où de minuscules intrigues se répondent et tissent une histoire du Brésil à l'aube du XXIe siècle.

      Là où les tigres sont chez eux2010
      3,8
    • Skin privilege

      • 576 páginas
      • 21 horas de lectura

      Lena Adams has spent her life struggling to forget her childhood in 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. But can they discover the truth before the killer strikes again? 'No one does American small-town evil more chillingly ... Slaughter tells a dark story that grips and doesn't let go' The Times 'Thoroughly gripping' Daily Mirror 'Beautifully paced, appropriately grisly, and terrifyingly plausible' Time Out Fiction www.rbooks.co.uk www.karinslaughter.com

      Skin privilege2008
      4,1
    • The Enchantress of Florence

      • 455 páginas
      • 16 horas de lectura

      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.

      The Enchantress of Florence2008
      3,6
    • A national best-seller that was featured on such lists as The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, the San Francisco Chronicle, The Boston Globe, and Publishers Weekly, The Sexual Life of Catherine M. was the controversial sleeper hit of the year. Since her youth, Catherine Millet, the eminent editor of Art Press, has led an extraordinarily active and free sexual life -- from al fresco encounters in Italy to a gang bang on the edge of the Bois du Boulogne to a high-class orgy at a chichi Parisian restaurant. A graphic account of sex stripped of sentiment, of a life of physical gratification and a relentlessly honest look at the consequences -- both liberating and otherwise -- have created this candid, powerful, and deeply intelligent depiction of unfettered sexuality.

      La Vida sexual de Catherine M.2006
      2,9
    • Shalimar the Clown

      • 416 páginas
      • 15 horas de lectura

      Blending genres seamlessly, this book weaves together elements of a modern thriller, courtroom drama, and wartime adventure, while also incorporating slapstick comedy and political satire. It draws on the rich tapestry of the Ramayan epic and village legends, creating a vibrant narrative that captivates with its dazzling storytelling and multifaceted themes.

      Shalimar the Clown2005
      3,9