After a teenage American tourist has her throat slit in Cape Town, recovering-alcoholic detective Benny Griessel must find her friend, Rachel Anderson, before she meets the same fate; and when he's also put on the case of murdered South African music executive, he realizes he must solve both crimes in a single day if Rachel has any chance of survival.
Deon Meyer is an internationally acclaimed, prize-winning author of six crime novels, including Heart of the Hunter, Dead at Daybreak, and Blood Safari. His books have been translated into twenty languages. He lives on the western coast of South Africa.