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Dead Before Dying

Dead Before Dying

Author(s): Deon Meyer

Location(s): Cape Town

Genre(s): Crime

Era(s): 1990s

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The setting isCape Town in the months after the ANC has come to power and the changes are beginning to be felt. Matt Joubert has lost his wife and is grabbling with weight and alcohol problems – he is drawn into an investigation of a serial killer seemingly choosing his victims at random.

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….if you love Cape Town then seeing the streets as background to a serial killer’s capture is satisfying. (A L Mills)

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