![]() ![]() She in turn, and somewhat reluctantly, hires Van Heerden, whose attitude does not impress. Why? That, and another big question, pull the reader through the story.Ī secretive Cape Town antiques dealer, Johannes Smit, is tortured and murdered, and his live-in partner, Wilna van As, hires lovely attorney Hope Beneke to locate the will. Then Nagel died, Zet quit the police and his life slid downhill. He went back to school and, after a stint in academia, joined forces with veteran Williem Nagel in a very successful Murder and Robbery partnership. ![]() An early encounter with the authorities as well as feelings of guilt over the murder of a neighbor, led him into the police force. ![]() His miner father died young and the boy was raised by his artist mother, Joan, a strong character in her own right. It's rather symmetrical, since Zet Van Heerden (who helped Tiny out of his difficulties) has star billing this time around, and needs Tiny's assistance.įlashbacks show Van Heerden's early life, alternating with later events. Like his previous novel, this prequel, Dead at Daybreak, is set in South Africa, and Thobela ' Tiny' Mpayipheli (the Hunter) has a significant part in this story also. Deon Meyer, author of Heart of the Hunter, writes an intelligent thriller. ![]()
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