South African crime fiction

The Dark Flood by Deon Meyer

14 April, 2022

Translated by KL Seegers — The infamous police detective and recovering alcoholic, Benny Griessel, is back in South African author Deon Meyer’s 14th crime novel. This time the setting is Meyer’s home town, Stellenbosch, and real life events and fiction merge into a compelling, rip-roaring…

Print Reviews

The Strangers of Braamfontein by Onyeka Nwelue

By Paul Burke

22 September, 2021

The Strangers of Braamfontein is one of those crime novels that hits you in the gut and before you can recover another powerful blow is delivered. It’s a story of corruption, gangland violence, sex trafficking, modern slavery and murder. All of this is seen from…

iBook Kindle Print Reviews

Young Blood by Sifiso Mzobe

By Sonja van der Westhuizen

14 June, 2021

Although South African crime writing has mostly been dominated by white writers, a new generation of black writers is emerging and they’re changing the landscape of South African crime fiction with their fresh perspective. One of them is Sifiso Mzobe, a journalist from Umlazi whose…

iBook Kindle Print Reviews

Facets of Death by Michael Stanley

By Sonja van der Westhuizen

3 March, 2021

Have you met Detective David ‘Kubu’ Bhengu? You haven’t? Well, you are in luck, because Michael Sears and Stanley Trollip decided to write a prequel to their six-novel series featuring Kubu and Facets of Death is exactly where his story starts. The first thing you…

iBook Kindle Print Reviews

Three Bodies by NR Brodie

By Sonja van der Westhuizen

7 September, 2020

Knucklebone, the first in the crime thriller series featuring detectives Reshma Patel and Ian Jack, was praised for its uniquely South African flavour and original writing. Three Bodies again proves that Nechama ‘NR’ Brodie is an up-and-coming crime writer to be reckoned with. Even though…

Features

Interview: Sally Andrew

By Sonja van der Westhuizen

16 October, 2019

At the foot of South Africa’s Swartberg Mountains lies Ladismith. This remote little Klein Karoo town is the home of South African crime writer Sally Andrew as well as her inimitable main character, Tannie Maria van Harten. Tannie is Africa’s most famous crime-busting agony aunt,…

Features

12 South African crime writers to add to your reading list

By Sonja van der Westhuizen

17 April, 2019

At the recent Stellenbosch Woordfees (Festival of Words), four female crime writers, anchored by fellow crime author Mike Nicol, gathered to discuss the status of crime fiction. Karin Brynard, Bettina Wyngaard, Irma Venter and Icelandic writer Yrsa Sigurdardottir reflected on the difference between the writing…

Features

Interview: HJ Golakai

By crimefictionlover

25 August, 2018

Hawa Jande Golakai is a crime novelist and clinical scientist from Liberia. She featured in the prestigious Africa 39 Project via which the Hay Festival celebrated African authors under the age of 40, and she recently appeared at the Edinburgh International Book Festival. Her novel…

Crime Fiction Lover

The Dark Flood by Deon Meyer

The Strangers of Braamfontein by Onyeka Nwelue

Young Blood by Sifiso Mzobe

Facets of Death by Michael Stanley

Three Bodies by NR Brodie

Interview: Sally Andrew

12 South African crime writers to add to your reading list

Interview: HJ Golakai

Navigation

Recent Comments

Five of the best French crime authors

Meadowlark by Greg Ruth and Ethan Hawke

The complete guide to the Ruth Galloway series

The complete guide to the Ruth Galloway series

The Gods of Guilt

Categories

South African crime fiction

Social

Navigation

Recent Comments

Categories