Weeping Waters [Paperback]

LONGLISTED for the International Dagger AwardWinner of the University of Johannesburg Debut Prize, ATKV Literature Prize, and twice winner of the M-Net Literature Awards

Brooding. Riveting. Brilliant.  Deon Meyer, author ofBlood Safari

Inspector Albertus Beeslaar is a traumatized cop who has abandoned tough city policing and a broken relationship in Johannesburg for a backwater post on the edge of the Kalahari Desert. But his dream of rural peace is soon shattered by the repeated attacks of a brutally efficient crime syndicate, as he struggles to train and connect with rookie local cops, Ghaap and Pyl, who resent his brusqueness and his old-school ways.

A beautiful and eccentric artist and her four-year-old adopted daughter are murdered on a local farm, and angry white farmers point to her enigmatic Bushman farm manager as a key suspect. Along with Ghaap and Pyl, Beeslaar is plunged into the intrigue and racial tensions of the community and finds that violence knows no geographical or ethnic boundaries.

Weeping Watersmarks the beginning of a great new series with a striking new setting, a strong ensemble cast of characters and suspenseful storylines.

TARGET CONSUMER

Crime fiction

Foreign fiction fans

KEY SELLING POINTS

First-in-series, next in the series:Our Fathers(2019),Homeland(2020)

#1 Bestselling author

Female Crime Writer/Female Detective

North American Debut

Using the vehicles of a suspense story and memorable characters, addresses issues around race relations in post-apartheid South Africa