Thirteen Hours: A Benny Griessel Novel (Benny Griessel Mysteries)

x93 Deon Meyer is one of the unsung masters . Thirteen Hours proves he should be on everyone's reading list. This book is great!” x97Michael Connellyx93 Thirteen Hours has breathtaking suspense, psychological understanding, and one of the most inspiring detectives ever . Deon Meyer deserves his international reputation.”x97Thomas Perryx93 A smashing story . Imposing a strict time limit and a tight location on his plot, [Meyer] ramps up the suspense to an unbearable degree. Best of all, his sharply drawn characters really feel part of the new South Africa, where loyalties and beliefs must always be questioned.”x97 Financial Times x93A vividly drawn locale where political considerations affect everything, cliff-hanging suspense, and shocking plot twists, Meyer again has produced a winner. Highly recommended.” x97Roland Person, Library Journal (starred review)x93Try picking up Thirteen Hours and setting it down. Try. You can't do it. I'm a pro, and I couldn't do it.'” x97Don Winslow, author of The Power of the Dog and Savages x93 There have been other South African crime novelists, but none are as deft at place as Deon Meyer . Thirteen Hours is Cape Town today, with all its exquisite beauty, tribal conflicts, loyalties and corruptions. x85 Meyer weaves all this into a tightly plotted story x96 with a twist that works beautifully x96 and unforgettable characters.x97Margaret Cannon, Globe and Mail x93A gem of a protagonist x85 [a] wonderfully realized book. x85 Deon Meyer continues to be one of the most underappreciated writers in the genre, especially in the U.S., but if he keeps turning out books like Thirteen Hours , I can’t see that situation continuing for long. This is my favorite novel of the year so far. ” x97George Easter, Deadly Pleasures x93 Thirteen hours in the life of South African police Detective Inspector Benny Griessel make Jack Bauer's exploits look like child's play. [ Thirteen Hours ] progresses at breakneck speed.” x97Maxine Clark, Euro Crime x93 Terrific. ” x97Hubert O'Hearn, ByTheBookReviews.blogspot.com x93Twenty years after the release of Nelson Mandela, South Africa remains a troubled place, and Meyer’s novels give rare insights into the texture of everyday life. Above all, though, [ Thirteen Hours ] is a vigorous, exciting novel that combines memorable characters and plot with edge-of-the-seat suspense. ”x97Joan Smith, The Sunday Times (UK)x93The staccato story slips back and forth between the various strands at a breathless clip, doling out nuggets of plot in just the right amounts to have us salivating to know more.”x97Ben Felsenburg, Metro (UK)x93[ Thirteen Hours ] is gripping, tense, cleverly plotted and beautifully balanced between action, investigation and social comment . And all of it rises towards a crescendo that is pitched to perfection.” x97 Material Witness (UK)x93In Meyer we have more than a writer who entertains, and also more than a novelist who educates us about x85 'little cultural differences': his greatest attribute is that he sets us thinking about ourselves and our country and our future. Painlessly.”x97James Mitchell, The South African Star x93[Meyer’s] novels are so engaging that you can easily get paper cuts from turning pages too fast. . . . Thirteen Hours is a ripping good read guaranteed to keep you up until the last word. ” x97Yolandi Groenewald, Mail & Guardian (South Africa)x93Thirteen Hours once again proves that Meyer is in a class of his own.”x97Suzaan Hauman, LitNet (South Africa)x93The message is simple: Thirteen Hours is available, it does not matter how much it costs, just go buy it. . . . You can’t read his books fast enough.”x97 Beeld (South Africa)x93Blisteringx85 the fugitive girl's desperate flight, and Benny's equally frantic efforts to save her, deliver a heart-pumping yarn in an exotic locale .” x97John Sullivan, Winnipeg Free Press x93 Meyer brilliantly juggles all of the thematic balls, while maintaining an unrelenting sense of suspense. We do not know till the end who is after Rachel and why they want to kill her. We do not even know if she is implicated in some crime or wholly innocent. What we do know is that we want her to get away.” x97Yvonne Klein, Reviewing the Evidence