Icarus, by Deon Meyer
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Icarus, by Deon Meyer
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South Africa’s preeminent crime fiction writer, Deon Meyer is internationally acclaimed for his razor’s-edge thrillers, unforgettable characters, and nuanced portrayals of contemporary life in his native country. The fifth pulse-pounder starring Captain Benny Griessel, a lead detective in South Africa’s priority crimes unit, delves into the country’s burgeoning tech and wine industries.A week before Christmas, a young photographer discovers a plastic-wrapped corpse amidst the sand dunes north of Cape Town. The only thing found on the corpse is a dead iPhone, but it doesn’t take long for the police to identify the body as that of Ernst Richter—the tech whiz behind MyAlibi, an internet service that provides unfaithful partners with sophisticated cover stories to hide an affair. Meanwhile, Benny Griessel is called to the scene of a multiple homicide involving a former colleague, and four years of sobriety are undone on the spot. He emerges from his drunken haze determined to quit the force, but the take-no-sass Major Mbali Kaleni, now his boss, wants Griessel on the Richter case. The high-profile murder has already been the subject of fierce media speculation, with questions swirling about the potential for motive: could the perpetrator be one of the countless jilted spouses? An aggrieved client?Before the week is out, an unexpected connection to a storied family winery comes to light, and Griessel’s reputation is again on the line. Mounting towards a startling conclusion, Icarus is another exceptional novel from the “King of South African Crime.”
Icarus, by Deon Meyer- Amazon Sales Rank: #482247 in Books
- Published on: 2015-10-06
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 9.30" h x 1.20" w x 6.30" l, .0 pounds
- Binding: Hardcover
- 352 pages
Review Praise for Icarus:Named a Best Book of the Year by the Boston Globe and Financial TimesOne of Publishers Weekly’s Best Audiobooks of 2015“Deon Meyer’s name on the cover is a guarantee of crime writing at its best.”—Tess Gerritsen, New York Times bestselling author of Playing with Fire“South African author Deon Meyer’s Benny Griessel series is one of the high points of contemporary crime fiction, and the fifth title, Icarus, is his best yet . . . [An] expertly engineered tale of sex, lies, and fraud.”—Guardian (Best Recent Crime Fiction Novels)“Excellent . . . The richness of the characters, especially the multifaceted Benny, elevates this above most contemporary police procedurals.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review)“Deon Meyer’s South Africa is laid bare in Icarus; it is as glittering and hard as the diamonds his country is famous for . . . Meyer utilizes the crime fiction genre as an apparatus to create a multifaceted, unsparing picture of his country.”—Independent (UK)“Meyer delivers another expertly crafted thriller that feels exceptionally timely.”—Booklist “Meyer’s prose is muscular yet beautifully rendered. A meticulously crafted portrait of modern-day South Africa, Icarus is a spellbinding tour de force.”—New York Journal of Books“Rapid pacing, likable characters . . . Irresistible . . . A complex thriller.”—Shelf Awareness“Present[s] an unvarnished picture of the social divisions in post-apartheid South Africa.”—Financial Times (Best Books of 2015)Praise for Deon Meyer:“With Deon Meyer you can't go wrong. He's a writer whose work I admire, wait for and then devour.”—Michael Connelly“I love Meyer. . . . The problem with having Meyer on your nightstand is that you don't get any sleep. So if I look like hell, it's Meyer's fault. The guy owes me.”—Don Winslow, author of The Power of the Dogs and Savages“Meyer has a fine eye for people and places. . . . Meyer is a serious writer who richly deserves the international reputation he has built.”—Washington Post“Meyer’s thrillers . . . well understand the need to maintain momentum: mixing and matching multiple viewpoints, switching off between characters and portraying his native country as one in a perpetual state of flux and angst.”—Los Angeles Times
About the Author Deon Meyer is the internationally acclaimed, prize-winning author of ten thrillers including "Cobra," "Seven Days," and the Barry Award-winning "Thirteen Hours." His books have been published in twenty-six languages. He lives in Stellenbosch, South Africa.
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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful. This latest in the Benny Griessel series is his best yet! A page-turner from start to finish. By "switterbug" Betsey Van Horn South African crime novelist Deon Meyer shows no signs of slowing down; he is still at the top of his game. His latest, ICARUS, is another in the Benny Griessel series, and it may be his best, most sophisticated ever of his page-turning murder thrillers. Meyer’s characters continue to evolve with complexity, versus typical series, where the returning characters tend to become stale and stilted. His plot is as smart and sizzling as ever, the structure nimble and bifurcated, and his pace impeccable. Not only is the storytelling first class, but the South African landscape also comes vividly alive. Moreover, there are cerebral but provocative dimensions that earn ICARUS a spot in the thinking person’s crime novel.The dead body of Ernst Richter, a wealthy entrepreneur, is found in the Blouberg dunes on December 17th. Richter was Managing Director of a website called Alibi, that uses the latest in technology to create alibis for mate cheaters. If you need an alibi for a weekend getaway or night of passion, Alibi will provide cover, devising bills, receipts, airline tickets, texts, or whatever else is relevant. “All Pleasure. No Stress” is their motto. There’s also a parallel storyline involving viniculture and a deeply troubled family. As the chapters alternate between the search for the perpetrator, and the curious confession of a winemaker, the suspense ratchets up with a commanding and compelling deliverance. Prepare for an edge of your seat thriller that doesn’t let up until the very last page.Veteran Meyer readers are familiar with the Hawks team, South Africa’s Priority Crimes Investigative unit, an elite team of the best detectives. In the opening, lead detective Benny Griessel’s two-year sobriety is undone by tragedy--when a colleague kills his family and then himself. Vaughn Cupido then takes the helm as lead investigator of Richter’s murder, while he tries to cover for Benny’s bad behavior. Benny has reached a new bottom, one that could potentially ruin him permanently. Add to that a POI that is truly a person of romantic interest for Vaughn, one that puts the cupid in Cupido.The first line of the book crackles, stating how “heaven and earth conspired to expose Ernst Richter’s corpse, the universe seemingly intent on reaching out a helping hand for justice.” The next few passages describe the storm that moulded the dunes “like a blind sculptor” and eroded the sand away around the dead body’s feet. The passages have an almost mythical thrum to them, with the forces of flood and climate playing a role in revealing the body. Interestingly, the myth of Icarus refers to the son of Daedalus, who flew too close to the sun on wings of feathers and wax. When the sun melted his wings, Icarus plunged into the sea.The drama is also balanced with levity, which the author has always handled with poised impudence. Major Mbali Kaleni is back, the food-obsessed and take-no-prisoners boss who is now on a cauliflower diet. The redolence that follows her throughout the novel is priceless. Her character is nuanced, sympathetic, strong, and quirky, leaving room for comic relief:“…an argument with Mbali was like a Sumo wrestling match – you could never get a decent grip, and afterwards, it left you all sweaty and unsatisfied.”Meyer certainly has his finger on the pulse of high tech wizardry, but he blends it in so well that even a technophobe wouldn’t get bored. The information on hacking and the back doors of software buzzes with intrigue and espionage, as the threat of a leak of high profile celebrity and government names using Alibi is imminent. The floundering, remaining personnel of Alibi must cooperate with the Hawks in order for the crime to be solved and collateral damage kept to a minimum. And, the winemaker’s story builds momentously with the Richter investigation, so that I was unable to tear myself away as the denouement drew closer.Kudos to Meyer’s map of pertinent landmarks on the inside covers, and I always enjoy the inclusion of Afrikaans lexicon. For example, fyndraai is a special visit, lekker is luscious, and fokkit is, well…And round of applause to K.L. Seegers for a pace-perfect, dynamite translation.“The heart of the matter is, I can’t be Vaughn the Terrible, if you aren’t Benny the Sober. It’s like that line in the movies – you complete me.” Benny snorts, “And now you’re going to kiss me.”
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful. "As if he were some kind of wilderness." By Fairbanks Reader For those of us who are already Deon Meyer fans, this book is one of his best. For those of you who are not familiar with this great South African thriller/mystery writer, I can only say that you are missing something great. I recommend that you get one of his books and dive in. He never ceases to amaze me with his ability to keep the flow, delve deeply into character development, and have me on the edge of my seat in anticipation.Benny Griessel, who has appeared in several of Meyer's previous novels, is 46 years old and 642 days sober when the book opens. He is a member of the Hawks, the elite group of police who investigate violent crimes when a man is found buried in the sand, covered with plastic in a remote area. The Hawks are called in to investigate. Vaughn Cupido, another Meyer regular, leads this investigation which is overseen by Major Mbali Kaleni, the division's commander.Almost simultaneously to the discovery of the dead body, one of the most revered investigators in the police force takes his own life and those of his two children. It hits Benny very hard and he starts to drink again. Meyer knows the disease of alcoholism very well and, as we share the despair, rationalization, and desperation along with Benny, there are no holds barred. Benny is risking everything - his job, his marriage to the beautiful Alexa, and the respect of others - by drinking again.This book has two separate narratives that only come together at the end. There is the investigation of the dead man wrapped in plastic, Ernest Richter, and the story of Francois du Toit, the owner of a vineyard named Klein Zegen Farm.Richter owned and operated a business that provided alibis for cheating spouses and partners, Alibi.com. Someone has hacked the website and is threatening to post the names of those who utilized Alibi's services. This gives a lot of people motive for murder. Benny and Cupido have been partners for a very long time. Cupido tries to cover up for Benny's drinking on the job but is at his wit's end. As he says, "The heart of the matter is, I can't be Vaughn the Terrible, if you aren't Benna the Sober". Additionally, Cupido has fallen hard for a lovely woman who works at Alibi.Francois du Toit tells a multi-generational narrative of the Klein Zegen Farm to his attorney. The reader gets to know how he came to run the farm and all that went before this. It is an interesting tale indeed.Meyer has given us a complex thriller that has multiple narratives and threads, each interesting and fully developed. The characters are all fully realized and, by the end of the book, there is not a one that the reader does not know inside and out. This is one of Meyer's best novels and that is saying a lot. All of his books are great, GREAT, and he is probably my favorite author of literary mysteries. This book, with its focus on alcoholism, is especially important and relevant to me. He really gets it. He also gets people and what makes them tick. He is a writer not to be missed.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful. I love Deon Meyer as an author and I love the ... By A.Kopp I love Deon Meyer as an author and I love the typical Cape dialogue of the various characters, so typical if you know South Africa well.And I like the flawed character of Benny Griessel and the developing characters of the other personalities.
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