Icarus

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When Captain Benny Griessel is called into investigate a multiple homicide, it pushes him close to breaking point - a former friend and detective colleague has shot his wife and two daughters, then killed himself. Benny wants out - out of his job, his home and his relationship with his singer girlfriend, Alexa. He moves into a hotel and starts drinking again.
But his help is required to investigate a high profile murder of a graphic designer and MD of a new tech startup, whose body was discovered buried in the sand dunes north of Cape Town. Can Benny pull together the strands of his life in time to catch the killer?

(P)2015 Hodder & Stoughton

Critics Review

  • Sharp and full of energy, his evocation of place and character second to none. The pace of the novel is breathless, yet Meyer never sacrifices authenticity or the quality of his writing. Crime, wine and a thrilling finale: a rare and unexpected treat.

    Simon Lelic, author of Rupture

  • Deon Meyer’s South Africa is laid bare in ICARUS . . . it is as glittering and hard as the diamonds his country is famous for . . . Meyer utilises the crime fiction genre as an apparatus to create a multifaceted, unsparing picture of his country

    Independent

  • Meyer heightens the suspense . . . The richness of the characters, especially the multifaceted Benny, elevates this above most contemporary police procedurals.

    Publishers Weekly (Starred Review)

  • ICARUS places [Deon] firmly in the top international league. It’s the fifth, and best, of the Benny Griessel series.

    The Times

  • South African author Deon Meyer’s Benny Griessel series is one of the high points of contemporary crime fiction, and the fifth title, ICARUS, is his best yet … expertly engineered.

    Guardian

  • Deon Meyer is not just South Africa’s greatest crime writer, he’s up there with the best in the world.

    The Times, Saturday Review

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