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Stunde der Buße
A powerful organisation so secretive it has become legend. An intelligence agency that will stop at nothing to destroy it... When Dunai Marks finds her boss and mentor Siobhan Craig murdered in their office, she's convinced it's not just 'a burglary gone wrong'. So where the law refuses to tread, Dunai has no qualms about rushing in. Only it seems Siobhan had many secrets - secrets that will change Dunai's life for ever, drawing her into a terrifying new world. A world Siobhan would have sacrificed life itself to protect.
432 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2009
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About the author
Tracy Gilpin
8 books2 followersTracy Gilpin was born in Cape Town, South Africa, a country rife with material for crime writers and a recent past of state-sanctioned violence and personal daring in which truth really was stranger than fiction.
Tracy says, “I have sat in a comfy chair while a man, who a few years before had served jail time as a terrorist, poured tea for me in his parliamentary office. I’ve met a young mother who was a gunrunner, middle-aged couples and newlyweds who ran underground cells from home and plotted sabotage around the kitchen table. One woman looked like everyone’s favourite granny but broke the law regularly and never once caved in under interrogation or in solitary confinement. She also managed to raise several successful, well-adjusted children in the process. Of course I had to write about some of it.”
Her formal training was in journalism and she has worked mainly in communications. She is the author of a non-fiction book, three novels and dozens of works of short fiction published internationally.
Tracy says, “I have sat in a comfy chair while a man, who a few years before had served jail time as a terrorist, poured tea for me in his parliamentary office. I’ve met a young mother who was a gunrunner, middle-aged couples and newlyweds who ran underground cells from home and plotted sabotage around the kitchen table. One woman looked like everyone’s favourite granny but broke the law regularly and never once caved in under interrogation or in solitary confinement. She also managed to raise several successful, well-adjusted children in the process. Of course I had to write about some of it.”
Her formal training was in journalism and she has worked mainly in communications. She is the author of a non-fiction book, three novels and dozens of works of short fiction published internationally.
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October 14, 2016
This mystery is set in South Africa and it was interesting how the author used the social and cultural history and activities to add to the story. I thought this was an OK read, it passed the time and had a few unexpected twists that I did not see coming. It never grabbed me however and I don't think that I will be looking for any more books by this author, it was not a "bad" book but it was not a fantastic read either. A book that hit all the marks that a murder mystery is supposed to with some social dilemmas thrown in.
July 19, 2010
Interesting setting (S Africa) and raises some interesting questions - is it ever acceptable to do something reprehensible in a good cause; if you done bad things are you thus a bad person and does it matter whether you do the bad things to good people or bad people?
And she's not afraid to leave those questions unanswered or at least not definitively.
The actual writing and plot are rather middle of the road but enjoyable nonetheless.
And she's not afraid to leave those questions unanswered or at least not definitively.
The actual writing and plot are rather middle of the road but enjoyable nonetheless.
Displaying 1 - 2 of 2 reviews