Weeping Waters
Book 1 of the Inspector Beeslaar Series
Published on 19. September 2019
Book
Paperback/Softback
512 pages
978-1-78770-226-4 (ISBN)
Description
Shortlisted for Crime Writers' Association International Dagger 2019
Traumatic stress causes Inspector Albertus Beeslaar to trade tough city policing for a backwater posting on the edge of the Kalahari Desert. But his dream of rural peace is soon shattered when a beautiful and eccentric artist and her four-year-old daughter are found murdered on a local farm.
Brooding. Riveting. Brilliant.
Deon Meyer, author of Dead at Daybreak
This arresting English-language debut validates Karin Brynard's reputation as 'The Afrikaans Stieg Larsson.' An outstanding thriller.
Booklist
Crime fiction doesn't get any better.
Mike Nicol, author of Payback
Karin Brynard has established herself as one of a handful of great thriller writers in South Africa.
Mail & Guardian
Traumatic stress causes Inspector Albertus Beeslaar to trade tough city policing for a backwater posting on the edge of the Kalahari Desert. But his dream of rural peace is soon shattered when a beautiful and eccentric artist and her four-year-old daughter are found murdered on a local farm.
Brooding. Riveting. Brilliant.
Deon Meyer, author of Dead at Daybreak
This arresting English-language debut validates Karin Brynard's reputation as 'The Afrikaans Stieg Larsson.' An outstanding thriller.
Booklist
Crime fiction doesn't get any better.
Mike Nicol, author of Payback
Karin Brynard has established herself as one of a handful of great thriller writers in South Africa.
Mail & Guardian
Reviews / Votes
"This arresting English-language debut validates Karin Brynard's reputation as 'The Afrikaans Stieg Larsson.' An outstanding thriller." "Crime fiction doesn't get any better." -- Mike Nicol, author of Payback "Karin Brynard has established herself as one of a handful of great thriller writers in South Africa." "Brooding. Riveting. Brilliant." -- Deon Meyer, author of Dead at DaybreakMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 129 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-78770-226-4 (9781787702264)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Karin Brynard is one of South Africa's most successful crime writers. A former political and investigative journalist, she uses her research skills and eye for detail to fascinating effect in Weeping Waters. She has written two more novels in the prize-winning Inspector Albertus Beeslaar series and is working on a fourth. Maya Fowler is a South African-born novelist, translator and editor. She lives and works in British Columbia, Canada. Isobel Dixon is a poet, literary agent and translator. She was born in South Africa and now works in London.