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Dead at Daybreak

By: Deon Meyer
Narrated by: Saul Reichlin
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A South African antiques dealer is murdered with a single bullet from an M-16 assault rifle. The contents of his safe are missing, and the only clues are a scrap of blank paper and the unusual weapon used: a gun that's generally the choice of mercenaries, not burglars. Now ex-cop Zed van Heerden has seven days to fill in the blanks in this dead man's past - a past that appears only to start in 1983.©2003 Deon Meyer (P)2003 W.F. Howes Ltd Action & Adventure Mystery Mystery, Thriller & Suspense Suspense Thriller & Suspense Fiction
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"Meyer keeps the suspense moving throughout the third-person narrative, alternating back and forth with van Heerden's own first-person account of his past. This is a remarkable achievement from a singular new talent." ( Publishers Weekly)
"The author once again mines South Africa's fertile history of racial conflict and cold war gamesmanship for a narrative gem." ( Booklist)
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Dark, compelling, brilliantly narrated, a look at the soul and hardship of an excop now a struggling pi . This is another excellent book by Deon Meyer. well recommended. Showing the a view of today's Crime in South Africa, a once shiny BMW now being stripped for parts by its current owner.

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loved the scene setting and the way it passed from present to past effortlessly

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