Red Tide

From the two-time winner of the ATKV Prize for Best Suspense Fiction comes Red Tide...

Deep in the South African Karoo, a small desert town runs red with old grudges and deadly secrets.

Three years after his niece is found dead the week of her wedding, Jaap Reyneke, a retired detective, is still doggedly looking for answers. Why was her body displayed so carefully, like a macabre art installation? Who erased all correspondence from her devices? But the townspeople of Carnarvon seem content to let dead bodies lie.

Desperate for help, Jaap turns to Sarah Fourie, a convicted hacker seeking reprieve from her own demons. Together, they sniff out the truth of Janien’s death, setting in motion a chain of events that will tear the town apart from within.

Irma Venter is a bestselling South African crime fiction writer and a journalist at a media company in Johannesburg. She writes books about strong women, interesting men and that fascinating space between right and wrong.