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The Woman in the Blue Cloak
- Author
- Deon Meyer
- Narrator
- Saul Reichlin
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Publish Date
- 4 October 2018
- Run Time
- 3 hours 47 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
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What to expect
Benny Griessel is a cop on a mission: he plans to ask Alexa Bernard to marry him. That means he needs to buy an engagement ring - and that means he needs a loan.
So Benny has a lot on his mind when he is called to a top-priority murder case. A woman's body is discovered, naked and washed in bleach, draped on a wall beside a picturesque road above Cape Town. The identity of the victim is a mystery, as is the reason for her killing.
Gradually, Benny and his colleague Vaughn Cupido begin to work out the roots of the story, which reach as far away as England and Holland... and as far back as the seventeenth century.
(P)2018 Hodder & Stoughton Limited
Critics Review
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Praise for Deon Meyer's Benny Griessel series
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One of the best crime writers on the planet
Daily Mail
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Crime fiction with real texture and intelligence.
Independent
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The narrative is well-plotted, and the novel brings to life the rich and volatile diversity of contemporary South Africa. There's nothing flashy here, just a good story, very well told. Would there were more like it.
Spectator
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Tells a cracking story and captures the criminal kaleidoscope of a nation.
Times Literary Supplement
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Deon Meyer is not just South Africa's greatest crime writer, he's up there with the best in the world
The Times
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Details
- Author
- Deon Meyer
- Narrator
- Saul Reichlin
- Duration
- 3 hours 47 minutes
- Release Date
- 4 October 2018
- ISBN
- 9781529309270
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Genre
- Crime and / or mystery fiction, Thriller / suspense fiction, Modern and contemporary fiction: literary and general
Synopsis
The Woman in the Blue Cloak is a brilliant novella which will thrill and entertain fans of Deon Meyer's much-loved detective Benny Griessel.Benny Griessel is a cop on a mission: he plans to ask Alexa Bernard to marry him. That means he needs to buy an engagement ring - and that means he needs a loan.So Benny has a lot on his mind when he is called to a top-priority murder case. A woman's body is discovered, naked and washed in bleach, draped on a wall beside a picturesque road above Cape Town. The identity of the victim is a mystery, as is the reason for her killing.Gradually, Benny and his colleague Vaughn Cupido begin to work out the roots of the story, which reach as far away as England and Holland... and as far back as the seventeenth century.(P)2018 Hodder & Stoughton Limited
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