Icarus

Who Soars High ... Bennie Griessel was a dry alcoholic - until the day before Christmas when a friend shot his family and himself. He begins drinking again, and when his colleagues come looking for him, he is in jail. Meanwhile, Bennie has a new, spectacular case. A man is found strangled on a beach. Ernst Richter had a unique business model. He promised anyone wanting to cheat that he would provide a foolproof alibi. A stunning novel where the paradisiacal and dark sides of South Africa lie closely together. The masterpiece of one of the best thriller authors in the world. Cape Town in December. Bennie Griessel is called to a crime scene that shakes him to the core. A colleague has shot his wife, his two daughters, and then himself. Bennie just wants to get away - from Alexa, his girlfriend, from his children. He lands.