De vrouw in de blauwe mantel

Posted on 04 November 2017 by Deon Meyer

Kaapstad, Zuid Afrika Rechercheurs Bennie Griessel en Vaughn Cupido werken bij de afdeling Ernstige Delicten, ook wel de Valken genoemd, van de politie van Kaapstad Ze krijgen een zaak toebedeeld die niemand anders wil en die al 96 uur oud is Antiek, voor een moordonderzoek.Iemand heeft het lichaam van een vrouw bewerkt met bleekwater en daarna over een muur gedrapeerd, boven aan Sir Lowry s Pass De zaak van het Gebleekte Lijk biedt slechts twee minieme aanknopingspunten, maar Griessel en Cupido zijn niet anders gewendDe vrouw in de blauwe mantel is het geschenkboek voor de Spannende Boekenweken in Nederland, die gehouden worden van 9 t m 25 juni 2017. Free Download [ De vrouw in de blauwe mantel ] by [ Deon Meyer ] For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr An enjoyable novella, quick and easy to read A woman s naked body has been found beside a roadway in South Africa, killed by a quick blow to the back of the head and covered in bleach to hide DNA evidence Local cops Benny Griessel and Vaughn Cupido are on the case, which leads them to a Professor of History, a dodgy PI and an out of the way farm.Who is the woman What brought about her death in the middle of nowhere Read it and find out, you ll find international intrigue and a satisfying con An enjoyable novella, quick and easy to read A woman s naked body has been found beside a roadway in South Africa, killed by a quick blow to the back of the head and covered in bleach to hide DNA evidence Local cops Benny Griessel and Vaughn Cupido are on the case, which leads them to a Professor of History, a dodgy PI and an out of the way farm.Who is the woman What brought about her death in the middle of nowhere Read it and find out, you ll find internat...This is a short novella by Deon Meyer in his marvellous Captain Benny Griessel series set in Cape Town, South Africa Benny is a Hawk, a detective working in the Directorate of Priority Crimes Investigations under Mbali Kaleni, the head of his unit His personal life is currently in a good place, his relationship with Alexa, the well known singer, makes him happy, and he wants to marry her Both have been through challenging times, they are both ex alcoholics and Benny has been married before H This is a short novella by Deon Meyer in his marvellous Captain Benny Griessel series set in Cape Town, South Africa Benny is a Hawk, a detective working in the Directorate of Priority Crimes Investigations under Mbali Kaleni, the head of his unit His personal life is currently in a good place, his relat...This is a great series which I follow religiously, reading each one as it comes out The Woman in the Blue Cloak is a reasonably long novella and another great story about Captain Benny Griessel.Benny is in a really good place now having managed to give up alcohol He is working in the top crime branch in Cape Town, has a good partner at work and is about to propose to his girl friend Some times it is good to read a crime novel where the main character is feeling good and is able to concentrate This is a great series which I follow religiously, reading each one as it comes out The Woman in the Blue Cloak is a reasonably long novella and another great story about Captain Benny Griessel.Benny is in a really good place now having managed to give up alcohol He is working in the top ...The oppressive heat of the day combined with swirls of constant dust against the windshield makes the tour bus driver squirm with frustration behind the wheel He only wants to return safely with his cargo of thirteen shifting women to the end of their destination But a scream erupts at the back of the bus There from the bus window, in plain view, is the body of a dead woman perched, as if displayed, on the top of a wall alongside the road Too late to turn back Too late to unsee the seen.C The oppressive heat of the day combined with swirls of constant dust against the windshield makes the tour bus driver squirm with frustration behind the wheel He only wants to return safely with his cargo of thirteen shifting women to the end of their destination But a scream erupts at the back of the bus There from the bus window, in plain view, is the body of a dead woman perched, as if displayed, on the top of a wall alongside the road Too late to turn back Too late to unsee the seen.Cape Town s Captain Benny Griessel and his partner, Vaughn Cupido, are called in to the scene of the crime They are known as the Hawks within the SAPS and have plenty of notches on their crime solving belts But this one is going to be a rough one The pathologist states the cause ...Thanks to Netgalley and Grove Atlantic for a digital galley in exchange for an honest review I had no idea that this novella was part of a a series, but it played out like a stand alone with enough illusions to main character, Captain Benny Griessel to keep me interested I also found the South African setting a nice break from the number of UK and US police procedurals that I read When a woman s bleached remains are discovered and not a lot of clues evident, Griessel and his partner, Vaughn Thanks to Netgalley and Grove Atlantic for a digital galley in exchange for an honest review I had no idea that this novella was part of a a series, but it played out like a stand alone with enough illusions to main character, Captain Benny Griessel to keep me interested I also found the South African setting a nice break f...This is fully a 3.5 star for my read, but I will not round it up because the first 30 to 40 pages were confusing, and IMHO just frustrating as a reader to decipher That it is part of a series is only part of the problem in this type of introduction to the context of the case But if I had read others of this series before, I may have been less distracted by numerous factors of new characters exchanges and the general asides of organizations, colloquialisms etc of South Africa Not having all This is fully a 3.5 star for my read, but I will not round it up...Synopsis blurb..The Woman in the Blue Cloak is a brilliant novella which will thrill and entertain fans of Deon Meyer s much loved detective Benny Griessel.Benny Griessel is a cop on a mission he plans to ask Alexa Bernard to marry him That means he needs to buy an engagement ring and that means he needs a loan.So Benny has a lot on his mind when he is called to a top priority murder case A woman s body is discovered, naked and washed in bleach, draped on a wall beside a picturesque road Synopsis blurb..The Woman in the Blue Cloak is a brilliant novella which will thrill and entertain fans of Deon Meyer s much loved detective Benny Gr...English below Dit is niet mijn soort boek Ik erger mij enorm aan de met Engels doorspekte dialogen Aan de andere kant is het misschien dat zo in Zuid Afrika wordt gesproken, maar dat weet ik niet Er zit geen spanning in het verhaal en de plot voelt wat gekunsteld en voorspelbaar Het boekje is maar 90 bladzijden, en toch zitten er 3 verhaallijnen in Ik denk dat dat teveel is om het hoofdverhaal beter uit te kunnen werken Het belangrijkste verhaal gaat over een onbekend werk van Fabritius English below Dit is niet mijn soort boek Ik erger mij enorm aan de met Engels doorspekte dialogen Aan de andere kant is het misschien dat zo in Zuid Afrika wordt gesproken, maar dat weet ik niet Er zit geen spanning in het verhaal en de plot voelt wat gekunsteld en voorspelbaar Het boekje is maar 90 bladzijden, en toch zitten er 3 verhaallijnen in Ik denk dat dat teveel is om het hoofdverhaal beter uit te kunnen werken Het belangrijkste verhaal gaat over een onbekend werk v...A naked woman is found alongside a highway outside of Cape Town, with her body having been washed in bleach to destroy DNA evidence Benny Griessel of the prestigious Hawks investigative unit is asked to assist The dead woman turns out to be Alicia Lewis, an art expert, who is trying to find a rare painting by Carel Fabritius, Rembrandt s finest student, not seen since it disappeared from Delft in 1654 Benny and his partner find the two me...The Woman In The Blue Cloak is a novella with two detectives, Bennie and Vaughn at the forefront I have never read this author before, so I had no background information A woman is found dead She s from London and was searching for a painting by a student of Rembrandt The pair investigate and crack the case Set in South Africa, the author deftly portrays the tensions in the region The story is short but well written and completely engaging The characters are likeable and definitely have d The Woman In The Blue Cloak is a novella with two detectives, Bennie and Vaughn at the forefront I have never read this author before, so I had no background information A woman is found dead She s from London and was searching for a painting by a student of Rembrandt The pair investigate and crack the case Set in South Africa, the author deftly portrays the tensions in the region The story is short but well written and com...

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04 November 2017

Deon Meyer