'n Lekker lees boek. ( )

Could not decide between 4-5 stars; had to go with 5 as the first rater. Another great book by South African Deon Meyer, but with a new protagionist (since Tiny died at the end of the last book.) Bodyguard Lemmer is retained to protect Emma Le Roux, who thinks an alleged murderer on the lam is her deceased brother. Meyer is a great storyteller. He does an amazing job describing Africa and its many conflicts. A masterful job entwining why brother Jacobus disappeared with Lemmer's retribution for failing Emma. RECOMMENDED. ( )

A new author for me. I was really looking forward to the Meyer books, but it took me a little while to get into this one. The main character didn't speak for like 123 pages, all expression was through his thoughts... which were many and varied. Ultimately it was a good and complex story, I liked all the characters good and bad particularly Jeanette Louw, and it incorporated numerous nuances of South African life and history. Well worth reading. ( )

Young and beautiful Emma Le Roux thought she needed a body guard after at least two masked men broke into her South African home and tried to kill her. How does she know they wanted to kill her? They weren't looking to steal anything and they weren't typical vandals, so who were they exactly? What was their motive to harm her, someone with seemingly no known enemies? Was it a coincidence the violence arrived on her doorstep only after she starting asking questions about seeing her dead brother on television? In her mind she had a right to question what she saw for all she knew he had been dead for twenty years. According to to news program he was wanted for murder. Did Emma's brother really brutally gun down four poachers? To find out the truth she enlists the help of Martin Lemmer, employed by the protection agency, Body Armor.
Lemmer, as he prefers to be called, is your typical strong, silent-type bodyguard. He has rules he refers to as "Lemmer Laws" that supposedly cannot be broken and yet he has a way of breaking them. The first Lemmer law is Don't Get Involved with a client. He breaks that one almost immediately when he doesn't believe Emma's story and he lets his body guard down. Emma is nearly killed on his watch. Someone out there wants her dead in the worst way. Now Lemmer has gone from protecting Emma to seeking revenge on whoever hurt her. ( )

An excellent Deon Meyer - good South African characters; good descriptions of scenes; excellent guessing sustained throughout to good ending. ( )