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Author
Series
Benny Griessel novels volume 1
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
In the aftermath of a gruesome child abuse case that has caught the attention of the media, Inspector Benny Griessel struggles to maintain his sobriety in order to bring down a vigilante killer who has won the sympathy of the public.
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Author
Series
Benny Griessel novels volume 4
Publisher
Atlantic Monthly Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"At a guest house in the beautiful Franschhoek wine valley, a famous English mathematician is kidnapped and his two bodyguards are killed. It's clearly a professional hit, and the spent shell cases offer a chilling clue: Each is engraved with the head of a spitting cobra. Meanwhile, in Cape Town, a skilled young thief is using his talents to put his sister through college. Then one day he picks the wrong pocket, grabbing the wallet of a young American...
Author
Series
Publisher
Atlantic Monthly Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Early on a May morning in the depth of South Africa's winter, a woman's naked body, washed in bleach, is discovered on a stone wall beside the N2 highway at the top of Sir Lowry's Pass, some thirty-five miles from Cape Town. The local investigation stalls, so the case is referred to Captain Benny Griessel and his colorful partner Vaughn Cupido of the Hawks--the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigations. The woman proves to be Alicia Lewis, an...
Author
Series
Benny Griessel novels volume 5
Publisher
Atlantic Monthly Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"But not in the Cape of Storms. On 17 December, a freak flood uncovers the body of Ernst Richter in the dunes near Parklands -- the Ernst Richter, notorious Internet entrepreneur, owner of the controversial Alibi.co.za. Ernst Richter, who disappeared so mysteriously a month ago. Nobody wants the case. Not the SAPS in Table View or Stellenbosch, because they know trouble when they see it, thank you very much. Media trouble. Manpower trouble. Cold,...
Author
Series
Benny Griessel novels volume 6
Publisher
Atlantic Monthly Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"When a cold case dossier lands on Captain Benny Griessel's desk, he and his partner Vaughn Cupido, fellow member of the Hawks elite police unit in South Africa, reluctantly set to work reviewing the evidence of the disappearance -- and possible murder -- of ex-cop Johnson Johnson on the world's most luxurious train line. Two fellow travelers might have the answers Griessel and Cupido need-but they too seem to have disappeared into thin air, and the...
Author
Series
Benny Griessel novels volume 7
Publisher
Atlantic Monthly Press, an imprint of Grove Atlantic
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Having jeopardized their careers in an unauthorized investigation that threatened to reveal the corruption in South Africa's halls of power, Benny Griessel and Vaughn Cupido have been demoted from the elite Hawks police unit. While waiting to be transferred from Cape Town to seemingly mundane duty in Stellenbosch, Griessel receives a disturbing, anonymous letter: "I can only trust you and Captain Cupido. There is an adder in our bosom. Be careful...
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