South African crime fiction

Young Blood by Sifiso Mzobe

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…

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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…

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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…

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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,…

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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…

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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…

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Dead of Night

By MarinaSofia

17 August, 2018

Written by Michael Stanley — The South African crime writing duo Michael Sears and Stanley Trollip have taken a break from their Detective Kubu series, set in Botswana, for a standalone. The authors have never shyed away from tackling troubling subjects that beset the African continent like…

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Fever

By Vicki Weisfeld

14 April, 2018

Deon Meyer has been called the king of South African crime fiction and with Fever he’s written a thriller you will not easily forget. After a rogue virus kills 95 percent of the world’s population, polymath Willem Storm and his son Nico set out to…

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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

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