Dead at Daybreak, (Hardcover)

from Neilsantos

This was, compelling. Nothing special in the hero. He's a fallen hero, angsty over his tragic past. Be a man, nancy boy. Meyer has a certain limited knowledge of small arms, he needs some more. I thought the heroes were post-apartheid sissies and naturally the villians were racist. Take a stand, ...

from maykasahara

This is vintage Deon Meyer. Which means that the story is set in a contemporary South Africa, in which individuals suffer under the spell the past, an apartheid legacy that is still present today. But Deon is too good a story teller, too much a social thinker, and too well immersed in his materia...

from cathyskye

Protagonist: former police officer, Zatopek van Heerden Setting: Present-day South Africa First Line: "He woke abruptly out of an alcohol-sodden sleep, the pain in his ribs his first conscious sensation." Van Heerden is a former police officer with past tragedies he cannot forget. He reluctantly ...

from ebyrne41

The best of the (three) Meyer titles I have read to date. Good plot, good pace, and the subplots concerning the main character's previous career are interesting and not out of place. Van Heerden has baggage and is not an althoughter sympathetic main character, but his attempt at redemption does g...