DUIWELSROOS

330pp., paperback, Cape Town, 2023

Afrikaans thriller set on a Lowveld rose farm.

After Mathilda van Eck's 17-year-old son dies under suspicious circumstances she hires PI Beer Henning to investigate. On the farm he discovers pitch-black roses that hide the devil’s flower, a perfect murder weapon.

South African writer, journalist, presenter, actor and film critic Leon van Nierop is the author of more than twenty novels, including Moord op Lake Panic, Ballade vir 'n Enkeling, Stralejakkers and Ratels.