My affair with crime books is unhealthy. I'll just own it. So when I was sent a copy of ππ©π¦ ππ’π΄π΅ ππΆπ―π΅ to review, it was the equivalent of giving an addict a key of cocaine.
* I assure you, you will find no spoilers here!
ππ©π¦ ππ’π΄π΅ ππΆπ―π΅ is an English translation of the Afrikaans bestseller, Die Prooi. I dug in and surfaced for air occasionally when the world needed my attention, and after finishing this in the weehours of this morning, I don't doubt that this edition will also be up on those bestseller lists!
Our inimitable hero, Benny, and his trusted partner, Vaughn, are given a 'new' cold case, and all the headaches that come with it; dodgy paperwork, crooked agents, fictious witnesses, and pressure from the top echelons of the force.
They'd love to solve this quickly, but soon realise that the case has more turns than a Grand Prix circuit. Deon Meyer gives us some international flavor with clandestine meetings set in the beautiful French city of Bordeaux. He thrusts us into current affairs and politics with state capture and an assassination plot!
ππ©π¦ ππ’π΄π΅ ππΆπ―π΅, is everything you want in a crime novel...it is fast paced, has Russian spies, a hitman, a detective on a banting diet and a possible proposal!
it's a full 5*
