{"title":"Benny Griessel Series","description":"\u003cp\u003eCaptain \u003cstrong\u003eBenny Griessel\u003c\/strong\u003e is a recovering alcoholic and one of the best detectives in the Western Cape. Deon Meyer's Benny Griessel novels are gripping, authentic South African crime thrillers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBenny first appears in Devil's Peak, then leads the investigations in Thirteen Hours, 7 Days, Cobra, Icarus and beyond. We stock both English and Afrikaans editions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShop the Benny Griessel books below.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"9780340953617","title":"Thirteen Hours","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;\"\u003eThey killed her best friend. Now they are chasing Rachel Anderson through the streets of Cape Town. The young tourist doesn't dare trust anyone - except her father, back home in America. 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Two suspicious passengers on board the worlds most luxurious train – from which Johnson apparently jumped – have disappeared into thin air. And the arrogant officers of the BBP Protection Unit are lying through their teeth. In Bordeaux Daniel Darret enjoys his newfound calm.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe thought he'd left his old life behind, no longer an international hit man, but now he is left with no choice but to become a hunter again. His prey: the corrupt president of his motherland. Can the Hawks thwart the assassination attempt? Can Daniel evade the relentless Russian agents tracking him with murderous intent? 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Non-white detectives hold positions once monopolised by their white bosses, and the tensions are high'\n \n After 602 days dry, Captain Benny Griessel of the South African police services can't take any more tragedy.\n \n So when Benny is called in to investigate a multiple homicide, it pushes him close to breaking point - a former friend and detective colleague has shot his wife and two daughters, then killed himself. Benny wants out - out of his job, his home and his relationship with his singer girlfriend, Alexa. He moves into a hotel and starts drinking. Again.\n \n But Benny's unique talent is urgently required to help investigate another crime - the high profile murder of Ernst Richter, MD of a new tech startup, Alibi, whose body is discovered buried in the sand dunes north of Cape Town. Alibi is a service that creates false appointments, documents and phone calls to enable people to cheat on their partners. It has made Richter one of the most notorious people in South Africa. 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Jasper Boonstra and his gigantic corporate fraud have crashed the local property market, just when estate agent Sandra Steenberg desperately needs a big sale. Bringing up twins and supporting her academic husband, she is facing disaster. Then she gets a call. 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For now, Benny has more pressing things to worry about - it''s the countdown to his wedding day on 12 June.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBUT THE PEACE IS ABOUT TO BE SHATTERED\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen a student is found dead on a mountain trail, and the key suspect, a local businessman, is found murdered in what looks like a professional hit delivering a message - suffocated by fast-action filler foam sprayed down his throat - Griessel and Cupido both know this the work of professionals.\u003cbr\u003eBenny also knows he needs a cool head to untangle this web of deceit, and to manage the incessant pressure. He needs to stay calm, focused - and sober. And it all needs to be wrapped up by 12 June.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTHE CLOCK IS TICKING. 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