CONFESSOR COP, the detective who persuaded killers to talk

211pp., paperback, Kwela Books, Cape Town, 2025

ISBN: 9780624093503

Captain Jonathan Morris, used empathy to extract confessions from even the toughest criminals. With a 99% success rate, his cases included catching serial killer Jimmy Maketta, dismantling Numbers gang operations and investigating the Sizzler’s Massacre.

This memoir explores both Morris’s high-profile investigations and his personal struggles.

Newspaper journalist and magazine features writer Michael Behr has covered several high-profile murder trials, including the murder of Anni Dewani. He is the author of Call It Like It Is, a memoir of rugby referee Jonathan Kaplan.