249pp., paperback, Cape Town, 2022
Thriller set in Cape Town.
Six teenage boys have been found raped and murdered. Detective Junaid Japtha is struggling with the case, while Elton Baatjies, the new teacher at the local high school, is tied to the six dead boys in ways no-one could have predicted.
Lester Walbrugh is the author of the short story collection, Let It Fall Where It Will (2020). Elton Baatjies is his debut novel. He lives in Grabouw.