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At the start of this masterful thriller, a famous English mathematician is kidnapped and his two bodyguards are killed at a guest house 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 Cobra, but unwittingly has in his possession information that could cause an international outcry. And 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. Cobra is a first-rate thriller from a writer at the top of his game.
Cobra, by Deon Meyer - Amazon Sales Rank: #1414682 in Books
- Published on: 2015-11-10
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 8.20" h x 1.10" w x 5.40" l, .0 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 352 pages
Cobra, by Deon Meyer Review Shortlisted for the Crime Writers' Association International DaggerA Publishers Weekly Top 10 Mystery & Thriller for Fall“Mr. Meyer, the leading thriller writer in his native country, traffics in crime-novel situations familiar the world over: drunken cops, charming robbers, dangerous murderers, sudden violence—and sometimes, issues of race. Mr. Meyer’s South Africa, however, is unique. His books, translated from Afrikaans, are usually set in the Cape Town region, where mountains spectacularly meet the sea on the Horn of Africa. Amid these vistas his detective confronts his own—and his country’s—tortured past and the legacy of Apartheid.”—Wall Street Journal“Meyer . . . vividly depicts the story of South Africa in his novels, from the hope and turmoil of the fall of apartheid to the corrupt and desperate aspects of present-day Cape Town. . . . Meyer’s novels have an insistent forward motion, and the ones featuring Captain Griessel in particular have a pleasing relentlessness.”—Los Angeles Review of Books“An excellent South African thriller featuring one of the best ensemble casts of policemen currently pounding the crime beat.”—Deadly Pleasures“Meyer’s assured fourth Bennie Griessel thriller takes the Cape Town homicide detective to South African wine country. . . . Suspense builds as the action shifts between Griessel’s and [Cape Town pickpocket] Tyrone’s increasingly life-threatening exploits.”—Publishers Weekly“Meyer combines intricate plotting, a compelling cast, and timely themes in this fourth novel featuring Captain Benny Griessel. . . . Meyer has added another provocative novel to his impressive oeuvre.”—Booklist“A chase-themed thriller set in the tense political climate of post-apartheid South Africa. . . . As always, Meyer writes with a strong sense of character and an eye on post-apartheid politics.”—Kirkus Reviews“Deon Meyer’s series . . . grow[s] richer and more sophisticated with each new book. This progression makes Cobra the most dazzling of the bunch.”—Toronto Star“In this ninth thriller, Deon Meyer shows his mastery of the form once again. He tells a great story with suspense that doesn’t let up. Highly recommended.”—I Love a Mystery
About the Author Deon Meyer is an internationally acclaimed, prize-winning author of crime novels, including Blood Safari, Thirteen Hours, and Trackers. His books have been sold in twenty-seven countries. He lives on the western coast of South Africa.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful. Another gripping, pulse-pounding winner from Meyer By "switterbug" Betsey Van Horn South African Deon Meyer is the putative giant of second-tier thrillers (but he should be first-tier!). He stays consistently at the top of my pile of crime fiction literature, and never fails to pull me in with his muscular prose and taut, thrilling plot lines, the kind of narrative that usually takes place in a narrow period of time and with a lot at stake. In COBRA (and I won't reveal *why* the title, since it is fun just getting to it!), Benny Griessel is back again, fighting his personal demons as well as the external ones.Meyer has hit on the global zeitgeist of crime in his latest book, placing technology at the center of the plot. It is also fun watching Luddite Benny Griessel struggling to get a handle on 21st century telecommunications. Meyer, while keeping pace with progress, nails down the importance of creating rich characters to engage readers. He doesn't rely on technology alone to fasten us to the story.The first pages open with murder and abduction, with the Hawks (South Africa's top police) investigating the bloody mess at a remote guesthouse. Captain Griessel lines up a team to chase down the killer and the kidnapped. The next chapter introduces us to a petty pickpocket named Tyrone, who is trying to help his sister, Nadia, pay for university. We don't know how Tyrone figures into the multiple-homicide case, but Meyer seamlessly provides a juncture for the disparate threads to connect and catapult the story into thicker and more dangerous territory.Meyer is expert at enriching the story while moving forward vertically. For new readers, the author blends in enough for you to know that Griessel is a recovering alcoholic, and providing some backstory for his current circumstances. Although Benny is a tough, strong guy with plenty of mettle, the veteran detective has some burning issues that cause him to question aspects of his nature. Meyer has created a believable, long-suffering character in Benny.I was also delighted that he included the heavy-set, sharp, sometimes-comical Captain Mbali Kaleni, the only female in the DCPI Violent Crimes team. I first met her in Thirteen Hours, a memorable character who is both sympathetic and, in the latter book, periodically the brunt of a joke. However, when it comes to fighting crime, she is a force to be reckoned with, a crackerjack detective who is decisive, authoritative, and morally unequivocal. In COBRA, we also see new facets of her character. I'd like to see Meyer write a series of books with Kaleni as the primary protagonist.If you are new to this author, I am confident that COBRA will not be your last Meyer book. If you are already a fan, your expectations will be amply met; you'll be addicted from the first page. And, the answer to all COBRA's questions aren't guaranteed until the very last page, which keeps you guessing. Meyer is at his peak without being over-the-top! And the Glossary at the back of the book is not only edifying, but enjoyable.
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful. South African Detective Tracks Down Cold-Blooded Killer Who Leaves Behind Bullet Casings Marked With Engraved Cobra By Lynne E. One of the best things about COBRA--which is a very good spy thriller--is the South African setting. I like police procedurals, and was particularly interested in the descriptions of the South African Police Service (SAPS) and its Directorate of Priority Crime Investigations (the "Hawks"), as well as the interactions between SAPS and other South African law enforcement bodies (the State Security Agency (SA), and the Crime Intelligence Unit (CI)).The plot is complicated: Captain Benny Griessel (a SAPS captain, a Hawk, and a recovering alcoholic) is lead detective in the investigation of a triple homicide and apparent kidnapping. Two of the victims are highly trained bodyguards, who were hired to protect a mysterious, now-missing person (a man with a British accent who was traveling on a forged French passport under an assumed name). Bullet casings at the scene are engraved with a cobra and the letters NM--strongly suggesting that the kidnapping/homicides are the work of a hit man.When Benny and his Hawks team query Interpol about the "cobra" bullets, they learn that similar bullets are connected with a series of probable murders-for-hire committed by a known, cold-blooded individual. But when the British Consulate reluctantly provides a possible identification for the kidnapped man, everything goes south. Benny learns that the Hawks' offices and cellphones are being bugged by their own government security forces; and SAP is ordered to turn the case over to SA and CI. If it continues, Benny's investigation must go underground, and every participant's career will be in jeopardy. But continue it must, because the kidnapped man is the key to an international secret that threatens the entire world's banking system. It's a secret so important that the hit man will stop at nothing to obtain it--and the British, South African, and United States governments will likewise stop at nothing to prevent that from happening.The novel includes many up-to-the-minute references to current world events, as well as some interesting, generalized forensics material about tracking cell phones and retrieving password-protected data. There are a lot of memorable, likeable characters. To name a few, there is Benny himself, his ramrod-stiff superior (Nyathi), Benny's ranting partner (Cupido), the formidable female detective (Mbali), and the clever pickpocket (Tyrone), who makes an already-impossible situation even worse by stealing the wrong thing at the wrong time.This intricately plotted novel works well as translated from Afrikaans for English-speaking readers. It's a page-turner, with many exciting action scenes. Without question, author Deon Meyer is a true master of the spy thriller genre.Warning: COBRA contains a lot of very coarse Afrikaans language. (There is a glossary of expletives and of some Afrikaans expressions that is included in my Advance Reader's Copy. This glossary may or may not be included in the book as finally translated and published.)
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful. A fine writer; this book is a diappointment for me, but that's a minority view and I strongly recommend his others By Peter G. Keen I love Deon Meyer's thrillers. They are terse, evocative and beautifully textured, bringing alive the people and problems of the new multiracial South Africa. The plots have pace and intrigue. This one, though, was very flat for me and I found it difficult to stay with. I see three explanations beyond my own limitations. First, the translation from the Afrikaans seems -- for me -- lacking in smoothness. It reads awkwardly. Second, the story takes far too long to take off and cohere. It's on a grander scale than Meyer's previous ones and mixes international intrigue and native killer villain. It also has a diversionary theme of the complex lovelife of the police hero, jaded, alcoloholic, fearful and anxious about the dangerous dynamics of his intense relationship with a singer, ex-alcoholic, etc. The stories don't mesh and the first hundred pages drag. Third, the key figure in the overall drama remains a cipher before he finally appears so that there is no anchor to relate to. the characters and narrative don't seem to cohere.OK, that's my review, which is the responsibility for being in the Vine program. Let me offset it by raving about Meyer's other books and suggest that if you haven't read any then Trackers and Thirteen Hours are outstanding. My own views of Cobra seem to be in a distinct minority among reviewers.
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