Synopses & Reviews
Abigail Bukula was fifteen years old when her parents were killed in a massacre of antiapartheid activists by white apartheid security forces. Because a young soldier spoke up in her defense, she was spared. Now shes a lawyer with a promising career in the new government, and while she has done her best to put the tragedy behind her, shes never forgotten Leon Lourens, the soldier who saved her life. So when he walks into her office almost twenty years later, needing her help, she vows to do whatever she can. Someone is slowly killing off members of the team who raided the house where her parents were murdered, and now Leon and an imprisoned colonel are the only targets left.
Abigail turns to Yudel Gordon, an eccentric, nearly retired white prison psychologist for help. To save Leons life they must untangle the web of politics, identity, and history before the anniversary of the raid—only days away.
The October Killings, the first novel in decades from Wessel Ebersohn, not only brings to life the new South Africa in all of its color and complexity but also Abigail Bukula—the sharpest, most determined sleuth in international crime fiction.
Review
“Store up the Anger brings South African literature to its boldest point.”
- Chicago Tribune on Store Up the Anger
“Divide the Night is a powerful book and a well-written one that just happens to fall within the genre of the police procedural.”
- New York Times Book Review on Divide the Night
“This is one of those rare books that can be read on two levels, either as a gripping suspense story set against an exotic background or as a powerful indictment of a repressive, fear-ridden society.”
- San Diego Books on Divide the Night
“There are strong overtones of Faulkner and American southern gothic as Ebersohn, brilliantly evoking South African plantation society, lays bare a familys secret of incest, rape and haunting guilt.”
- Washington Post on A Lonely Place to Die
“Solid detective work, a unique lead character, and colorful, threatening backgrounds combine to make this a superior mystery.”
- Publishers Weekly on A Lonely Place to Die
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Praise for The October Killings
“A brilliant novel of memory, reconciliation, and revenge. Ebersohn was always one of South Africas best, and this new book—the beginning of, I hope, a series—shows why. . . . Definitely one of the best mysteries of the year.”
—The Globe and Mail
“His horrors, rooted so closely in history, have a nightmare quality thats hard to shake.”
—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
Synopsis
Abigail Bukula was fifteen when her parents were killed in a massacre of anti-apartheid activists by white security forces. A young soldier spoke up in her defense, and she was spared. Now shes a lawyer with a promising career in the new government, but shes never forgotten Leon Lourens, the soldier who saved her. Twenty years later, he comes to her for help: Someone is killing off members of the team who killed her parents, and Leon is one of two still alive.
Abigail turns to Yudel Gordon, an eccentric, nearly retired, white prison psychologist, for help. To save Leons life they must untangle the web of politics, identity, and history before the anniversary of the raidonly days away.
Synopsis
Only 15 when her parents were killed in a massacre of anti-apartheid activists by white security forces, Abigail Bukula was spared by soldier Leon Lourens. Twenty years later, Lourens comes to Abigail, now a lawyer, for help. Someone is killing off members of the team who killed her parents.
Synopsis
Abigail Bukula was fifteen when her parents were killed in a massacre of antiapartheid activists by white security forces. Because a soldier spoke in her defense, she was spared. Now shes a lawyer with the new government, and while she has tried to put the tragedy behind her, she has never forgotten that soldier. So when Leon Lourens walks into her office almost twenty years later with a story of how someone is killing off members of the team who murdered her parents, she turns to Yudel Gordon, an eccentric white prison psychologist, for help. To save Leons life they must untangle the web of politics, identity, and history before the anniversary of the raid—only days away.
The October Killings brings to life the new South Africa, and also Abigail Bukula—the most determined sleuth in international crime fiction.
Synopsis
Abigail Bukula was fifteen years old when her parents were killed in a massacre of antiapartheid activists by white apartheid security forces. Because a young soldier spoke up in her defense, she was spared. Now shes a lawyer with a promising career in the new government, and while she has done her best to put the tragedy behind her, shes never forgotten Leon Lourens, the soldier who saved her life. So when he walks into her office almost twenty years later, needing her help, she vows to do whatever she can. Someone is slowly killing off members of the team who raided the house where her parents were murdered, and now Leon and an imprisoned colonel are the only targets left.
Abigail turns to Yudel Gordon, an eccentric, nearly retired white prison psychologist for help. To save Leons life they must untangle the web of politics, identity, and history before the anniversary of the raid—only days away.
The October Killings, the first novel in decades from Wessel Ebersohn, not only brings to life the new South Africa in all of its color and complexity but also Abigail Bukula—the sharpest, most determined sleuth in international crime fiction.
About the Author
Wessel Ebersohn is an internationally published author, who was born in Cape Town, South Africa. The October Killings—the first in a new series—marks his stunning return to crime fiction.