Weeping Waters

Shortlisted for Crime Writers' Association International Dagger 2019

Traumatic stress causes Inspector Albertus Beeslaar to trade tough city policing for a backwater posting on the edge of the Kalahari Desert. But his dream of rural peace is soon shattered when a beautiful and eccentric artist and her four-year-old daughter are found murdered on a local farm.

Brooding. Riveting. Brilliant.

Deon Meyer, author of Dead at Daybreak

This arresting English-language debut validates Karin Brynard’s reputation as ‘The Afrikaans Stieg Larsson.’ An outstanding thriller.

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Crime fiction doesn't get any better.

Mike Nicol, author of Payback

Karin Brynard has established herself as one of a handful of great thriller writers in South Africa.

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