Heart of the Hunter - Hardcover

A brand-new talent and a welcome change of locale for thriller fans ... Meyer weaves an impressively tangled web and taut narrative keeps the reader guessing until the last couple of pages (Heat***)

If DEAD AT DAYBREAK is anything to go by, we are seeing the rise of a major new, international writing talent. I cannot recommend this book highly enough (The Big Issue)

DEAD BEFORE DYING is both a portrait of a society in change and the interior life of a troubled but essentially decent man, written with wit and insight. But more than that, it's a genuinely gripping page-turner whose shocking revelations hit the reader with real surprise (Manchester Evening News)

Despite the complexity of its tightly woven plot - skilfully revealed
through newspaper articles and intelligence reports - Meyer's U.S. debut
moves at a breathtaking pace that will carry readers away. A sympathetic
protagonist and the landscape of South Africa add colour to the story.
Highly recommended for all public libraries.

(Starred Review, Library Journal)

There have been any number of exceptional mysteries set in southern Africa over the years, from James McClure's cracking police procedurals featuring Inspector Kramer and his Bantu assistant, Mickey Zondi, to Alexander McCall Smith's whimsical Botswana novels. Cape Town author Deon Meyer appears poised to join their ranks with the U.S. release of HEART OF THE HUNTER ... a taut post-Apartheid thriller pitting a common man against a corrupt government ... Breakneck pacing, staccato dialogue - if ever a book had 'movie' written all over it, HEART OF THE HUNTER is it (think Mystic River meets Rambo, in a setting suggesting The Gods Must Be Crazy). (Bruce Tierney, Bookpage)

Like John le Carré's THE TAILOR OF PANAMA, this novel examines the rippling horrors too often caused by so-called intelligence agents working for foreign masters in backwater nations. With simmering racial tensions, a bounty of natural resources, and a government whose members worked both sides of the cold-war fence, South Africa should prove fertile ground for many fine spy thrillers to come. Don't be surprised if quite a few of them are written by Meyer.' (Frank Sennett, Starred Review Booklist)

Out of post-apartheid South Africa comes a thriller good enough to nip at
the heels of le Carré ... Wonderful setting; rich, colourful cast, headed by
a valiant/vulnerable protagonist who make empathy easy ... Fans of the
[suspense novel] genre won't want to miss Meyer's US debut.

(Starred Review, Kirkus Reviews)

'A brand-new talent and a welcome change of locale for thriller fans ... Meyer weaves an impressively tangled web and taut narrative keeps the reader guessing until the last couple of pages' HEAT***