Weeping Waters

Synopsis

Target Consumer -crime Fiction -foreign Fiction Fans Winner Of The University Of Johannesburg Debut Prize, Atkv Literature Prize, And Twice Winner Of The M-net Literature Awards The Afrikaans Stieg Larsson.--rooi Rose (south Africa) Inspector Albertus Beeslaar Is A Traumatized Cop Who Has Abandoned Tough City Policing And A Broken Relationship In Johannesburg For A Backwater Post On The Edge Of The Kalahari Desert. But His Dream Of Rural Peace Is Soon Shattered By The Repeated Attacks Of A Brutally Efficient Crime Syndicate, As He Struggles To Train And Connect With Rookie Local Cops, Ghaap And Pyl, Who Resent His Brusqueness And His Old-school Ways. A Beautiful And Eccentric Artist And Her Four-year-old Adopted Daughter Are Murdered On A Local Farm, And Angry White Farmers Point To Her Enigmatic Bushman Farm Manager As A Key Suspect. Along With Ghaap And Pyl, Beeslaar Is Plunged Into The Intrigue And Racial Tensions Of The Community And Finds That Violence Knows No Geographical Or Ethnic Boundaries. Weeping Waters Marks The Beginning Of A Great New Series With A Striking New Setting, A Strong Ensemble Cast Of Characters And Suspenseful Storylines. Key Selling Points -first-in-series, Next In The Series: Our Fathers (2019), Homeland (2020) -#1 Bestselling Author -female Crime Writer/female Detective -north American Debut -using The Vehicles Of A Suspense Story And Memorable Characters, Addresses Issues Around Race Relations In Post-apartheid South Africa Series Overview Our Fathers Beeslaar Travels To The Cape Where He Is Drawn Into A Murder Investigation. His Young Protege Johannes Ghaap Has Asked For A Transfer To Johannesburg So He Can Get A Taste Of City Policing - But Soon Realizes That He Has Bitten Off More Than He Can Chew. Car Hijacking, Kidnap And African Black Magic Are A Potent And Potentially Lethal Combination. Homeland Published Last Summer In Afrikaans And Reached #1 In South Africa In Afrikaans, Above All International Bestsellers In English.