Face-Off

by Chris Karsten

Abel finds himself in Bruges, with his friend and mentor Ignaz Bouts. Soon he is on the prowl again for skins with tattoos for his Cosmic Travels, now with Ignaz’s help. In a Sleep Inn in Bez Valley, Ella Neser finds his tracks. But she also has her hands full with the murder of a corrupt official from Home Affairs, found frozen and naked, with his throat cut. A journalist suspects that he supplied South African documents to Muslim militants and other customers willing to pay.

405 pages, Paperback

First published September 15, 2014

About the author

Chris Karsten is op 9 November 1947 op Morgenzon in Mpumalanga gebore. Hy matrikuleer aan die Hoërskool Hoogenhout op Bethal en behaal ’n BA-graad met Afrikaans-Nederlands en Sielkunde aan die Universiteit van Pretoria (1970). Hy werk daarna as koerantjoernalis by Die Volksblad, Beeld en Rapport.

Chris is die skrywer van twee kinderboeke, Floris sapiens (1985) en Die jokkie wat met perde kon praat (1997). Hy ontvang die Sanlamprys vir jeuglektuur (silwer) vir Floris sapiens. Sy eerste roman, Frats, het in 2007 verskyn, en is ’n jaar later met die ATKV-prosaprys bekroon.

As koerantman was hy in verskillende joernalistieke hoedanighede gemoeid by baie van die stories wat in sy Ware Misdaad-reeks opgeneem is. Van die titels wat sedert 2007 in dié reeks verskyn het, sluit in Riller in die raaisel, Opspraak deur moord, Dodelike vroue, Verlore onskuld en Boos en bisar.

Sy boek oor aktrise Charlize Theron verskyn in Mei 2009 en is in Afrikaans (Charlize: Ek leef my droom) en Engels (Charlize: Life’s One Helluva Ride) beskikbaar. Chris se tweede roman, Seisoen van sonde, verskyn in Junie 2009 by Human & Rousseau.

Karsten woon in Kanada.

Reviews

[Francine · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved this whole series. It is truly a "on the edge of your seat" set of books. Mr. Karsten is a well known South African author and unfortunately these are the only books of his translated into English. I hope more are to come. It is rather gory...let me rephrase, it can be vomit inducing, but well worth it for the story line. If you have a weak stomach, however, I would rethink picking it up.