293pp., paperback, Queillerie, Cape Town, 2026
ISBN: 9780795803239
When a Serbian secret agent investigating a drug syndicate is murdered in Cape Town’s notorious nightclub district the Serbian secret service send the formidable Major Viktor Vesić to South Africa to investigate. His detective work leads him to unexpected places.
Carl van der Merwe is the author of the novels Skaduwee, Geldwolf (winner of the Eugène Marais Prize) and Nasleep, as well as the non-fiction titles Donkerstroom, Eugène Marais en die Anglo-Boereoorlog and Kansvetter, die rustelose lewe van Ben Viljoen.