KANNIEDOOD

359pp., paperback, Human & Rousseau, Cape Town, 2026

ISBN: 9780798186025

An Afrikaans crime thriller about environmental theft set in Hermanus and the Klein Karoo.

Detective Storm van der Merwe is trying to determine whether Kai Jonas is responsible for his mother's death when she is suspended. Taking a break, she agrees to help environmental activist Jane English uncover the international smuggling network behind a recent theft of rare succulents from her game farm - and discovers Kai Jonas is already working behind the scenes.

Journalist and author Irna van Zyl is a former editor of De Kat, Insig and Boeke-Insig, and a founding member of New Media Publishing. She is the author of the crime novels Moordvis, Gifbeker, Bloedsteen, Op 'n mooi dag and Kwaaiwater. Most of these novels are also available in English.