GUILTY

358pp., paperback, First English Language Edition, Penguin Books, Cape Town, 2026

ISBN: 9781779860385

Originally published in Afrikaans in 2015 as Skuldig. Winner of the 2016 ATKV-Woordveertjie for crime fiction.

Warrant Officer Colin Menck investigates the murder of two men, who both wrote the word GUILTY in their own blood on a wall before they died.

Martin Steyn is the author of the thrillers Donker Water, Swartval and Losprys. Donker Spoor was translated into English as Dark Traces.