Seven years ago, in Cape Town, South Africa, three schoolboys were abducted in broad daylight on consecutive days. They were never seen again. Now, a new case for the unpredictable Senior Superintendent Vaughn DeVries casts a light on the original enquiry; for him, a personal failure which has haunted and changed him. Struggling in a mire of departmental and racial rivalry, DeVries seeks the whole truth, and unravels a complex history of abuse, deception and murder. Encountering friends, colleagues and enemies, DeVries realises he doesn't know who he can trust.Set against the richly described backdrop of Cape Town, this chilling psychological thriller reveals its secrets one by one, each more shocking than the last.
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Cette série captivante plonge dans les bas-fonds de la ville du Cap, suivant un détective chevronné hanté par son passé. Chaque enquête met au jour un réseau complexe de corruption, de trahison et de secrets profondément enfouis, brouillant les lignes entre le bien et le mal. Rejoignez-le alors qu'il navigue à travers des enquêtes périlleuses, affrontant non seulement des criminels dangereux mais aussi ses propres démons intérieurs dans une quête incessante de justice.



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Even after the release of Nelson Mandela and the promise of free elections, extremist groups terrorized South Africa, bombing churches, opening fire in bars and restaurants. Nearly twenty-five years ago, as a young Captain, Vaughn de Vries finds himself in pursuit of the suspects of a fatal bombing in his precinct, under the command of one of the most feared white police officers of the time: Major Kobus Nel. Out of radio communication and without clear evidence, the SAPS barge into a township and set off a chain of events which will resonate for a quarter of a century. In Cape Town in 2015, the heiress of an Apartheid-era industrialist is found murdered, her body posed to suggest a racial hate crime. But, as Colonel Vaughn De Vries investigates, possible motives for her death abound: a highly controversial art exhibition, her sexual preferences, her relationship - as yet unknown by the press - with the son of one of the heroes of The Struggle.
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The History of Blood
- 352pages
- 13 heures de lecture
Set against the richly described backdrop of Cape Town, this is the third chilling psychological thriller from Paul Mendelson