Blood Safari [Paperback]

'Meyer, who writes in Afrikaans, is far and away the best crime writer in South Africa. The action is as exciting as any reader of thrillers has a right to demand. The writing is fluent and coherent and full of insight into the problems of South Africa. As Meyer writes, money and poverty and greed do not lie well together. But they make a hell of a thriller.' (Matthew Lewin, Guardian, on BLOOD SAFARI 20090418)

'Pulsating and gripping' (The Sunday Times 20090418)

'Blood Safari is my first exposure to the man billed by his publishers as the "king of South African crime thrillers". For once the publicity spinners are not guilty of hyperbole -- Meyer is simply excellent.' (Business Day 20090418)

'Meyer is a serious writer who richly deserves the international reputation he has built. BLOOD SAFARI manages to be both an exciting read and an eye-opening portrait of a nation with problems perhaps even more complex and agonizing than our own.' (Washington Post 20070701)

'Top-notch' (Kirkus Reviews 20070701)

'The action comes fast and furious . . . a terrific and unusual thriller, the fifth of Meyer's novels . . . each of which has been better than the last' (Mary Whipple, Seeing the World Through Books 20070701)

'A big, sexy novel . . . two compelling characters, Lemmer and Emma le Roux - but there's another character and that's contemporary South Africa itself. You've got race, reconciliation, resentment, environment, tourism - they're all propelling this novel along' (The World, NPR 20070721)

'Meyer's stellar stand-alone thriller delivers muscular prose with a hero to match' (Publishers Weekly (starred review) 20080923)

'South African bestseller Deon Meyer's greatest strength lies in his keen ability to create flawed characters clawing their way towards personal redemption . . . Deon Meyer is hot property . . . exotic locales, searing prose, and a protagonist who flies off the pages' (Madison County Herald 20080923)

'In his signature style, Meyer delivers a stinging critique of contemporary South African society by vivifying the tensions between native Africans, conservationists, and corporate profiteers...the crisp action scenes are never less than thrilling. A solid addition to the prizewinning crime novelist's growing body of work.' (Booklist 20080510)

'Deon Meyer's novels explore the complex reality of South Africa, a world little known to many of us. At the most obvious level, they are exciting stories of crime, conflict and revenge, but they are more than that: ambitious attempts to show us the pain and greatness of a troubled nation that is still being born.' (Miami Herald 20080510)

'Moving, expertly constructed story of a broken man's redemption'

(The Sunday Times on DEVIL'S PEAK 20080510)

'Out of post-apartheid South Africa comes a thriller good enough to nip at the heels of le Carré' (Kirkus Reviews (starred review) on HEART OF THE HUNTER 20080510)

A Christmas Choice for best thrillers in 2007 (The Times on DEVIL'S PEAK 20080510)

'A glimpse of the soul of the new South Africa in all its glory, and with all the gory details of its problems and corruption...I marvelled at the intricacy of the plotting, I smiled at Christine's cheeky ingenuity, I felt Thobela's pain and Benny's desperation, and I was stunned by a denouement of awesome power and accomplishment' (Guardian on DEVIL'S PEAK 20041122)

'I rushed through it like one of Meyer's beloved BMW motorbikes in overdrive. A fantastic read. I know Cape Town well and he did glorious justice to the city's mosaic; the Atlantic view penthouse pads rubbing up against the faded white trash apartment blocks and the booze-clogged coloured townships...I will be a loud advocate for Meyer.' (Tim Butcher, author of Richard & Judy bestseller Blood River, on DEVIL'S PEAK 20041122)

'My favourite South African thriller writer' (James Mitchell, Tonight, South Africa, on DEVIL'S PEAK 20070601)

'Meyer is a gifted writer...believable and disturbing'

(Tangled Web on DEVIL'S PEAK 20070810)

'Deon Meyer, who writes in Afrikaans, portrays a world of terrifying uncertainty, in which those who fought for liberation from apartheid are having to come to terms with the knowledge that freedom is not enough to wipe out cruelty. A thoughtful and exciting novel'

(Times Literary Supplement on DEVIL'S PEAK 20070810)

'This guy is really good. Deon Meyer hooked me with this one right from the start. HEART OF THE HUNTER is a thriller with some weight attached and that is a rare find.' (Michael Connelly on HEART OF THE HUNTER 20070810)

'HEART OF THE HUNTER is a brilliant book. Deon Meyer does an excellent job of developing a whole range of characters who are affected by the changes in South Africa in different ways. And Thobela, a giant of a man in search of redemption, is a wonderful hero.' (Michael Ridpath, author of THE PREDATOR, on HEART )

'Meyer weaves an impressively tangled web and taut narrative keeps the reader guessing until the last couple of pages' (Heat***, on DEAD AT DAYBREAK )

'Like post-war Germany, post-apartheid South Africa offers fertile ground for reflective fiction ... Senior editor at Little, Brown, Judy Clain, a fellow South African, says, "Meyer has an extraordinary landscape - a changed world where the ghosts of the past play a huge role." ' (Publishers Weekly, on HEART OF THE HUNTER )

'With simmering racial tensions, a bounty of natural resources, and a government whose members worked both sides of the cold-war fence, South Africa should prove fertile ground for many fine spy thrillers to come. Don't be surprised if quite a few of them are written by Meyer.' (Booklist (starred review) on HEART OF THE HUNTER )

'A fascinating portrayal...a black, assegai-wielding former freedom fighter who turns into a vigilante and goes on a killing spree; a high-class tart; and a policeman who drinks to drown the screaming that's waiting inside his head: "One day it will come out and I am scared that I am the one who will hear it." It does come out and he is the one who hears it, winding up the tension to a gripping, shocking climax. Highly recommended.' (Jessica Mann, Literary Review, on DEVIL'S PEAK )

'A sombre but terrifying thriller, and some parts will ignite even those readers with the iciest of hearts...Meyer plays the best of mind games with his readers' (Mail & Guardian, South Africa, on DEVIL'S PEAK )

'Tough in-your-face crime writing that spares nothing in language, visceral scenes of blood and mayhem (for Meyer is adroit at choreographing descriptions of slaughter), and never wavers from the compelling pace of the story. It also has a mean line in humour that comes through in the snappy dialogue.' (Sunday Independent, South Africa, on DEVIL'S PEAK )

'It makes [Cape Town] come alive with a breathless urgency that recalls the 1940s Los Angeles of Dashiel Hammet or Raymond Chandler: a bit mad, a bit bad, a bit dangerous, but exotically vibrant, a society in adolescence. If it can produce popular literature as good as this, the new South Africa has a lot going for it...Deon Meyer is...one of the sharpest and most perceptive thriller writers around.' (Peter Millar, The Times, on DEVIL'S PEAK )

'Meyer, who writes in Afrikaans, is far and away the best crime writer in South Africa. The action is as exciting as any reader of thrillers has a right to demand. The writing is fluent and coherent and full of insight into the problems of South Africa. As Meyer writes, money and poverty and greed do not lie well together. But they make a hell of a thriller.' -- Guardian 'Pulsating and gripping.' -- Sunday Times 'Meyer is a serious writer who richly deserves the international reputation he has built. BLOOD SAFARI manages to be both an exciting read and an eye-opening portrait of a nation with problems perhaps even more complex and agonizing than our own.' -- Washington Post 'BLOOD SAFARI is my first exposure to the man billed by his publishers as the "king of South African crime thrillers". For once the publicity spinners are not guilty of hyperbole -- Meyer is simply excellent ... Lemmer is too good a character to be a one-novel phenomenon. He is a sardonic, accurate observer of South African foibles, especially those of the Afrikaner. It is all rendered with enough wry, dry humour to make the reader laugh out loud.' -- Business Day 'Meyer's stellar stand-alone thriller delivers muscular prose with a hero to match.' -- Publishers Weekly 'In his signature style, Meyer delivers a stinging critique of contemporary South African society by vivifying the tensions between native Africans, conservationists, and corporate profiteers ... the crisp action scenes are never less than thrilling. A solid addition to the prizewinning crime novelist's growing body of work.' -- Booklist 'This is a detective story/thriller that really delivers: an extremely well-constructed, intelligent plot; a committed political and social stance; and a genuine emotional engagement with minor as well as main characters.' -- Eurocrime 'This is a book that both takes you away and makes you think, but most of all, it's a wonderful bit of masterful storytelling, with a gorgeous setting and complex, original characters.' -- Globe and Mail --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.