Originally written in Afrikaans, they have now been translated into twenty-five languages.THIRTEEN HOURS was shortlisted for the CWA International Dagger and won the Boeke Prize in South Africa - the first time in the prize's 16 year history that a South African book has won.

Deon Meyer's books have attracted worldwide critical acclaim and a growing international fanbase.

In January 2008 he retired from his day job as a consultant on brand strategy for BMW Motorrad, and is now a full time author. Other than his family, Deon's big passions are motorcycling, music, reading, cooking and rugby. Biography: Deon Meyer lives in Durbanville in South Africa with his wife and four children.It’s very good, and as usual Simon Vance does a wonderful job with the accents and the narration in general. Zed van Heerden has 14 days in which to fill in the blanks in this dead mans past. More darkness out of post-apartheid South Africa, but after a sizzling debut, Meyers second. In this bestselling thriller, 2 the author brings together history, that of the apartheid system, 3 and politics, that of South Africa in Angola. Its Afrikaans title is Orion, and it has been translated into English by Madeleine van Biljon. As is usually truewith these books, there’s also a back story involving why Van Heerden left the police force. Dead at Daybreak 1 is the second crime novel written by South African thriller novelist, Deon Meyer. But as he becomes involved in the case, he realizes he will have to solve the murder, and solving the murder brings him into contact with all kinds of South African and American military intelligence and puts his life and that of his mother and everyone else in danger.

But the will is gone, and that’s what they want Van Heerden to find. While the woman was never married to the dealer, they’ve lived together for several years and he left a will leaving everything to her. There is a safe, large with shelves built into the wall, which is left open and is empty except for a piece of paper used for rolling American bills. We have 6 read-alikes for Dead at Daybreak, but non-members are limited to two results. Zed Van Heerden, a former cop and now a private eye in Capetown, is referred to a young lawyer representing the mistress of an antique furniture dealer who was murdered with an M-16 rifle and tortured first with a blow torch. A stunning and darkly romantic crime novel set in 1950s apartheid South Africa, featuring Detective Emmanuel Cooper - a man caught up in a time and place where racial tensions and the raw hunger for power make life very dangerous indeed. Another Capetown police procedural, wonderful.

Dead at Daybreak by Deon Meyer