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'Margie Orford is guilty of writing a very, very good thriller. Sophisticated plotting, great characters, raw emotions, a satisfying resolution, respectful of, but not slavish to, the genre.' – John Maytham, Cape Talk radio host and critic
The gruesome murder of a homeless teenage boy suggests a methodical serial killer is at work in Walvis Bay, a depressed port, isolated in the vast sweep of the Namib Desert. Corrupt and claustrophobic, the shifting population of Walvis Bay consists of transients and vagabonds – people with no future and no past. When it seems that the serial killer may be working undetected in this pit of darkness and desperation, investigative journalist and criminal profiler Dr Clare Hart is brought in to investigate. Tangled up in her own doomed love affair, Clare is happy for the distraction – until it becomes clear that it is really her life at stake,
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MARGIE ORFORD is an awardwinning journalist who has been dubbed the Queen of South African Crime Fiction. Her Clare Hart crime novels have been translated into ten languages and are being developed into a television series. She was born in London and grew up in Namibia. A Fulbright Scholar, she was educated in South Africa and the United States, has a doctorate in creative writing from the University of East Anglia and is an honorary fellow of St Hugh’s College, Oxford. She is president Emerita of PEN South Africa and was the patron of Rape Crisis Cape Town while she lived in South Africa. She now lives in London |
| Category: | Thriller Books |
| ISBN: | 9781776192564 |
| Publisher: | Jonathan Ball Publishers |
| On sale: | November 2022 |
| Format: | Paperback |
| eBook ISBN | 9781868424023 |
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