Dead Before Dying

This year I'm doing a Reading Challenge; so I have 26 books with specific subjects that I need to read. Book 11:A book set in your hometown/region I couldn't find a book set in my home town, so I chose my home away form home - Cape Town. We vacation in the Cape every year, and if given a choice I would......more

I am a big Deon Meyer fan and I try to read his books in order of publication, and his is one of his earlier efforts and brings us two characters, one who has faded and one who has become a star of his books. This book features Captain Mat Joubert who is still reeling more than 2 years after his wif......more

I thought that I had read all of Deon Meyer’s novels, but when I read the summaries, I realized that I never had read the first book that was translated into English. DEAD BEFORE DYING is an outstanding psychological study, and at the same time, a good mystery. It would not qualify as a “thriller” b......more

A rite-of-passage for the crime writer: the serial-killer thriller. Unique setting aside, South Africa, this is unexceptional stuff. Meyer seems to recognize the thinness of the story and the need for padding: apart from the hunt for a serial murderer, the police additionally have to deal with a ser......more

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