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At the moment I’m typing furiously, getting ever-deeper into the sequel to Random Violence. This novel – working title Stolen Lives – features feisty South African private investigator Jade de Jong and her gorgeous but conflicted love interest, police detective David Patel, taking centre stage again. Telling this story is an enjoyable task, because Jade is everything I aspire to be. Also, when I write about her, my consumption of Tabasco goes up by 200% - and it’s not exactly low to start with.

August 2009 will be an exciting month. The German translation of Random Violence is coming out. It’s called Todeskälte which, literally translated, means “The chill of death”. It has been translated by Sabine Schilasky and will be available in German bookstores and on amazon.de. And, in South Africa, my second book My Brother’s Keeper is launching. This is a stand-alone novel featuring Nick Kenyon, a Jo’burg paramedic who is also an ex-mercenary with a shady past. Read more about this story below.

Random Violence   My Brother’s Keeper   Todeskälte
Random Violence

"A sexy new feminine sleuth... and a truly dreadful crime. A fast-paced must-read."
-- Johan Muller

Shortlisted for the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize 2009 – Best First
Book Africa Region		 My Brother’s Keeper

“Truly compelling…
A smart, page-turning
thriller populated with living, breathing characters, one of the most memorable being Jo’burg itself.”
-- Jeffery Deaver

Read Excerpt »		 Todeskälte

" Ein exzellent komponierter Thriller,
der so nur in Südafrika spielen kann."
-- Sunday Times



Description »
BAD COMPANY

In March 2009 Bad Company – a collection of scary, thrilling and twisted short stories by South African crime writers, was launched. I was absolutely delighted to be asked to contribute a story towards this collection, and I’m in the very best of bad company here with top SA “krimis” like Deon Meyer, Mike Nicol and Margie Orford. Bad Company is edited by crime author Joanne Hichens, and published by Pan Macmillan. It has an introduction by one of my very favourite international thriller authors – Lee Child.

My story is called “The Beginning”, and I’ve published the first half here. If you want to read more – hurry along and grab a copy of Bad Company from a bookshop near you.
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