PRESENT TENSE

241pp., paperback, First SA Edition, Cape Town, 2024

First published in Australia in 2019.

Thriller set in Cape Town.

Veteran policeman Schalk Lourens investigates the murder of his old boss, retired police chief Piet Pieterse.

Natalie Conyer grew up in Cape Town and has lived in Sydney for many years. Present Tense, her debut novel, won the Best Debut Crime in Australia's Ned Kelly Awards.