RED TIDE, translated by Karin Schimke

373pp., paperback, First English Language Edition, Cape Town, 2022

First published in Afrikaans in 2015 as Skarlaken.

A week before her wedding, Janien Steyn is found dead on her parents’ farm, dressed in her wedding gown. Retired policeman Jaap Reyneke asks Sarah Fourie, a convicted hacker, to help him find out what happened to his niece. 

Irma Venter's novels include Sirkus, Sondag and Sewe-en-veertig.