Meyer balances the personal and professional adroitly, with a solution reminiscent of peter lovesey at his twistiest. Deon meyer is the internationally acclaimed, prizewinning author of twelve thrillers, including the woman in the blue cloak, fever, icarus, cobra, seven days, and the barry awardwinning thirteen hours. From the author of thirteen hours a sunday times 100 best crime novels and thrillers since 1945 pick ill shoot a policeman every day until you arrest the murderer of hanneke sloet. In deon meyer s thirteen hours, which won the barry award for best thriller in 2011, cape town homicide detective bennie griessel struggled to. Meyer s does almost all of this with an assured hand, making for a very solid and entertaining if a bit runofthemill thriller. Wellwritten, fully drawn characters with depth, taut dialogue and sprinkled with wry humor.
Ill shoot one policeman every day, until you arrest the murderer of hanneke sloet, says the email to the south african police services. His books have been published in twentysix languages. A former brand strategist for bmw motorcycles, he started writing fulltime in 2008. Read seven days a novel by deon meyer available from rakuten kobo. Literary evening with mike nicol and deon meyer at. Deon meyer is an author on my must read list, and 7 days keeps up the standard set in his previous books. Detective griessel must solve a cold case to stop a shooter in this thriller from the acclaimed south african author. The overdrive read format of this ebook has professional narration that plays while you read in your browser. Meyer gives rare insights into the texture of everyday life in a country still troubled 20 years after the release of nelson mandela. Download read seven days 2011 by deon meyer in pdf. K l seegers in order to stop a shooting spree against cops, homicide detective bennie griessel is given the thankless task of solving a cold case that has no leads. Seven days ebook by deon meyer 9780802193933 rakuten kobo. Over a period of seven days, griessel will race the clock to solve the homicide of a beautiful young lawyer, while kaleni will bicker and deon meyer writes books that so beautifully reflect the political and social.
Here is a quick description and cover image of book 7 days benny griessel written by deon meyer which was published in 201111. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Trackers, 7 days, seven days, sewe dae, 7 dae, suidafrika, skrywers, skryf, boeke. From the author of thirteen hours a sunday times 100 best crime novels and. Kindle ereaders free kindle reading apps kindle ebooks kindle unlimited. Deon meyer lives near cape town in south africa with his wife and four children. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read thirteen hours.
His descriptions of south african life and philosophy are well described in seven days. Ultimately, seven days is a fairly straightforward police procedural, with clues slowly coming together, false trails followed and then abandoned, until finally everything falls more or less neatly into place. This acclaimed book by deon meyer is available at in several formats for your ereader. Deon meyer is one of the best crime writers on the planet. In the near future, a new strain of coronavirus that developed from a chance i.
Even if meyer chose not to write anything more on his customary scale, most of his fans would be perfectly happy with shorter books as focused and persuasive as 7 days. Deon godfrey meyer is a south african thriller novelist, writing in afrikaans. Other than his family, deon s big passions are motorcycling, music, reading, cooking and rugby. Deon meyer is the internationally acclaimed, prizewinning author of ten thrillers including cobra, seven days, and the barry award winning thirteen hours. Coming on the heels of the breathholding thirteen hours, seven days takes us into the heart of a major police hunt for a killer targeting policemen as he demands the investigation of a seemingly unsolvable cold case. Sep 01, 2012 born in 1958, deon meyer is one of south africas top thriller authors. Whereas the first two had original and fast moving plots 7 days is slow and somewhat laboured. Ive previously read trackers, blood safari and heart of the hunter. I thought that this was a well thought out crime novel. Deon meyer s books have attracted worldwide critical acclaim and a growing international fanbase. The sunday times this terrific, actionpacked thriller has superbly drawn characters and an enthralling setting. His books have attracted worldwide critical acclaim and a growing international fanbase. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read 7 days.
In deon meyers thirteen hours, which won the barry award for best thriller in 2011, cape town homicide detective bennie griessel struggled to solve the. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read seven days. Deon meyer has put south african crime fiction on the map. Shortly after the south african police services receive this threatening email, a policeman is shot by a sniper. Hello select your address best sellers todays deals new releases books todays deals new releases books.
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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. Deon meyer has written eleven novels in total including five in his benny griessel series, of which cobra is the fourth. His novels have since been translated into over 25 languages and he has won two prizes in france. They not only contain gripping mysteries with a huge cast o. Deon meyer s gritty crime novels are part police procedural, part political thriller and have, in benny griessel, one of the most appealing and humane of. In 7 days we meet up with flawed police detective benny griessel again, not to mention the fiery, irritable captain mbali kaleni. From the author of thirteen hours a sunday times 100 best crime novels and thrillers since 1945 pick ill shoot a po.
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