Bibliograph

Cobra, a novel, Deon Meyer ; translated from Afrikaans by K. L. Seegers

Type

Label

Cobra, a novel, Deon Meyer ; translated from Afrikaans by K. L. Seegers

Language

eng

Illustrations

maps

Index

no index present

Literary Form

novels

Main title

Cobra

Oclc number

903763656

Responsibility statement

Deon Meyer ; translated from Afrikaans by K. L. Seegers

Series statement

A Benny Griessel mystery, 4

Sub title

a novel

Summary

A famous English mathematician is kidnapped and his two bodyguards are killed at a guesthouse in the beautiful wine country outside Cape Town. It's clearly a professional hit, and the spent shell cases offer a chilling clue: each is engraved with the head of a spitting cobra. Meanwhile, in the city, a skilled thief is using his talents to put his sister through college. But he picks the wrong pocket, grabbing the wallet of a young American woman delivering something very valuable and dangerous to South Africa. The thief not only becomes the target of the deadly hit man known as the Cobra, but unwittingly holds the key to stopping a deadly international threat. It's up to Captain Benny Griessel and his elite investigation team to find the pickpocket and track down the Cobra as the novel hurtles toward a brilliant, heart-stopping finale on the suburban commuter trains

Target audience

adult

Classification