Produkt
KlappentextAn American fugitive hides out in Cape Town - one of the world`s most beautiful and violent cities - in this riveting debut thriller that asks: Can you ever outrun your past?
Reluctant bank robber Jack Burn is on the run after a heist in the United States that left $3 million missing and one cop dead. Hiding out in Cape Town, South Africa, he is desperate to build a new life for his pregnant wife and young son. But on a tranquil evening in their new suburban neighborhood they are the victims of a random gangland assault that changes everything.
Benny Mongrel, an ex-con night watchman guarding a building site next to Burn`s home, is another man desperate to escape his past. After years in the ghetto gangs of Cape Town he knows who went into Burn`s house. And what the American did to them. He also knows his only chance to save his own brown skin is to forget what he saw.
Burn`s actions on that night trap them both in a cat-and-mouse game with Rudi "Gatsby" Barnard - a corrupt Afrikaner cop who loves killing almost as much as he loves Jesus Christ - and Disaster Zondi, a fastidious Zulu detective who wishes to settle an old score. Once Gatsby smells those missing American millions, the four men are drawn into a web of murder and vengeance that builds to an unforgettable conclusion.
Reluctant bank robber Jack Burn is on the run after a heist in the United States that left $3 million missing and one cop dead. Hiding out in Cape Town, South Africa, he is desperate to build a new life for his pregnant wife and young son. But on a tranquil evening in their new suburban neighborhood they are the victims of a random gangland assault that changes everything.
Benny Mongrel, an ex-con night watchman guarding a building site next to Burn`s home, is another man desperate to escape his past. After years in the ghetto gangs of Cape Town he knows who went into Burn`s house. And what the American did to them. He also knows his only chance to save his own brown skin is to forget what he saw.
Burn`s actions on that night trap them both in a cat-and-mouse game with Rudi "Gatsby" Barnard - a corrupt Afrikaner cop who loves killing almost as much as he loves Jesus Christ - and Disaster Zondi, a fastidious Zulu detective who wishes to settle an old score. Once Gatsby smells those missing American millions, the four men are drawn into a web of murder and vengeance that builds to an unforgettable conclusion.
Details
ISBN/GTIN978-0-312-42950-8
ProduktartTaschenbuch
EinbandartKartoniert, Paperback
Verlag
Erscheinungsjahr2009
Erscheinungsdatum22.12.2009
SpracheEnglisch
Gewicht426 g
Artikel-Nr.11933311
Rubriken
GenreKrimi/Spannung TB