HARD RAIN, translated by Elsa Silk

347pp., paperback, Cape Town, 2020

Originally published in Afrikaans in 2012 as Skoenlapper.

Thriller set in Tanzania about Alex Derksen, a journalist on assignment who falls in love with a beautiful photographer. When the body of an IT billionaire washes up after seasonal flooding she becomes the main suspect and he finds himself at the centre of an investigation.

Irma Venter works as a journalist in Johannesburg. She won the ATKV award for Skoenlapper. Her novels include Sirkus, Sondag and Sewe-en-veertig.