Blood Safari: Book summary and reviews of Blood Safari by Deon Meyer

Blood Safari Summary

Emma Le Roux, a beautiful young woman, sees her brother named on the Cape Town news as the prime suspect in the killing of four poachers and a witch doctor. But it can't be possible: he disappeared twenty years ago in Kruger National Park and is believed to be dead. Emma tries to find out more but is attacked and barely escapes. So she hires Lemmer, a personal security expert, and sets out into the Lowveld in search of the truth. A complicated man with a dishonorable past, Lemmer just wants to do his job and avoid getting personally involved. But as they search for answers from the rural police, they encounter racial and political tensions, greed, corruption, and violence unlike anything they have ever known.

A chilling novel from a master of suspense, Blood Safari takes the reader beyond the headlines and into the complicated present and dangerous history of South Africa.

Blood Safari Reviews

"Starred Review. Once again, Meyer shows he's a writer not to be missed." - Publishers Weekly

"Starred Review. Full of page-turning tension, this will strongly appeal to mystery and suspense fans seeking intelligent, hard-boiled action." - Library Journal

"Overplotted as usual, but when Meyer gets the people right, as he does here, he's hard to beat." - Kirkus Reviews

"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..." - Washington Post

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Deon Meyer Author Biography

Deon Meyer was born in the South African town of Paarl in the winelands of the Western Cape in 1958, and grew up in Klerksdorp, in the gold mining region of Northwest Province.

After military duty and studying at the Potchefstroom University, he joined Die Volksblad, a daily newspaper in Bloemfontein as a reporter. Since then, he has worked as press liaison, advertising copywriter, creative director, web manager, Internet strategist, and brand consultant.

Deon wrote his first book when he was 14 years old, and bribed and blackmailed his two brothers into reading it. They were not impressed. (Hey, everybody is a critic...)

Heeding their wisdom, he did not write fiction again until he was in his early thirties, when he started publishing short...

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