Crackerjack, Peter Church
Crackerjack, Peter Church
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Crackerjack

Author: Peter Church

Narrator: Peter Noble

Unabridged: 12 hr 8 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/16/2019

Synopsis

Young, bright and sexy, Carla Vitale has been handpicked to run Supertech, Africa’s leading independent Engineering firm. Then one Friday afternoon in Cape Town, her dream is shattered. Her boss and mentor, Nial Townley, disappears, his luxury vehicle is found in a crevice at the bottom of Chapman’s Peak and $USD 20m is missing from the Supertech’s overseas accounts. Three months later and the police are no closer to solving the riddle.No job, no car, no phone, Carla turns to the one person she believes can help: software hacker turned day-trader, Daniel Le Fleur. But Le Fleur’s maintaining a low profile in Bantry Bay and he’s in no mood to ruin the serendipity.After a successful career in Information Technology, Peter Church’s first crime novel, Dark Video, was published in South Africa and Australia in 2008. He has since published Bitter Pill, a crime thriller, and Blue Cow Sky, “a novella of sexual proportions,” both in South Africa. Church is a member of SA PEN. He lives in Cape Town with his wife, the artist Paula Church, and three children. Crackerjack is his debut in North America.

About Peter Church

Peter Church is a South African fiction novelist renowned for the dark and racy nature of his writing. His debut novel, Dark Video, was published by Random House in South Africa and Australia in 2008, and delved into a sordid world of online video sharing. The was followed up in 2011 with Bitter Pill, a thriller dealing with the scourge of drink spiking on the local club scene. Bitter Pill was long listed for the Sunday Times Fiction Prize in the same year. Church lives in Cape Town with his wife, the artist Paula Church, and three children. He is a member of SA’s PEN association of writers and his short stories have been published in a number of local anthologies. His latest novel, Crackerjack, is due for release in January 2019 and will be his North American debut.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Christopher on May 05, 2019

A fast-paced, clever and dark thriller with a complex plot that leaves the reader unable to forsee the twists and turns right until the very end and leaves them sweating. Whilst not my traditional read (thriller and/or fiction), Crackerjack peaked my interests in particular as it it dealt with theme......more

Goodreads review by Jud on October 28, 2018

Having barely escaped going to prison, Daniel De Fleur is doing his best not to attract the attention of the world. That said, he is naturally reluctant to get involved when Carla Vitale shows up and asks for his help in determining what happened to her boss and mentor, Nial Townley, CEO of engineer......more

Goodreads review by Kathleen on February 22, 2019

A South African setting and an intriguing "hero" make this an interesting read. Daniel Le Fleur is a hacker, a hacker without a lot of good things in his life and he's bored. Then Carla shows up and asks him to help her find out what happened to Nial, because his disappearance has basically totalled......more

Goodreads review by Madri on June 20, 2019

When Dark Video was first published in 2008 I thought Peter Church is one to keep your eye on. And Crackerjack doesn't disappoint. Dark, twisted plot. Fast past. Believable, strong characters. A dip into the sordid world of online video's and the dark web. Peter Church write such vivid scenes and pu......more

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