ASHES OF EUPHORIA

239pp., paperback, Kwela, Cape Town, 2026

ISBN: 9780795711404

A thriller set partly in Kraaifontein, one of the Western Cape's most dangerous gang hotspots.

Jameel, a college graduate trapped in a dead-end job; his cousin Zaid, a Bolt driver with an entrepreneurial spirit and big dreams; and Stacey, an unemployed graduate who participates in Zaid’s side hustle, become entangled in a web of passion, betrayal and death.

Freelance writer Jean-Paul Willemse has a BA degree in English and Philosophy. He lives in Brackenfell. Ashes of Euphoria is his debut novel.