Deon Meyer

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  • Bibliography:
    18 Books (1 Series)
  • First Book:
    July 2005
  • Latest Book:
    February 2025
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Full Series List in Order

Benny Griessel

1 - Devil's Peak (Apr-2008)
2 - Thirteen Hours (Apr-2010)
3 - Seven Days (Sep-2012)
4 - Cobra (Oct-2014)
5 - Icarus (Oct-2015)
6 - The Woman in the Blue Cloak (May-2019)
7 - The Last Hunt (Apr-2020)
8 - The Dark Flood (May-2022)

Book List in Order: 18 titles

  • Heart of the Hunter

    A former assassin in post-apartheid South Africa is drawn back into his former profession in this “rip-roaring adventure” (The Washington Post).   Six-foot five-inch Thobela “Tiny” Mpayipheli was once a feared freedom fighter, trained by...

  • Dead at Daybreak

    An antiques dealer in Cape Town is found dead, killed execution-style with a single shot to the back of the head. The contents of his safe are missing, suggesting robbery, but the weapon used in the killing is an M16-a gun that's generally the choice...

  • Dead Before Dying

    Someone in Cape Town has chosen a conspicuous murder weapon--a century-old German handgun, with ancient bullets to match, bullets that tear through flesh and bone. The killer has a preferred method: one shot to the head and one shot to the chest, lea...

  • Orion

    'n Middelklas-meubelhandelaar is in sy voorstedelike huis met 'n blaasvlam gemartel en toe met 'n M16 doodgeskiet. Een skoot; agterkant van die kop. Laksmanstyl. Oudpolisieman Zatopek van Heerden het sewe dae om die moord op te los en 'n testament te...

  • Devil's Peak

    Benny Griessel - 1

    A young woman makes a terrible confession to a priest. An honorable man takes his own revenge for an unspeakable tragedy. An aging inspector tries to get himself sober while taking on the most difficult case of his career. From this beginning, Deon M...

  • Proteus

    Tobela "Tiny" Mpayipheli, oud-KGB-sluipmoordenaar, het gedink hy het sy vorige lewe agtergelaat. Dan bevind hy hom skielik in 'n onmoontlike situasie. Hy moet binne 72 uur in Lusaka uitkom, anders sterf 'n ou vriend, wat gyselaar gehou word. Maar die...

  • Blood Safari

    When the rich and famous visit South Africa, their first port of call is often Body Armor, the personal security company offering two types of protection: the big and intimidating muscle men called Gorillas or the lean and hungry former government bo...

  • Thirteen Hours

    Benny Griessel - 2

    Morning dawns in Cape Town, and for homicide detective Benny Griessel it promises to be a very difficult day. A teenage American girl's body has been found on the street, her throat cut -- a PR nightmare in the #1 tourist destination in South Africa....

  • Trackers

    A Muslim attack in Cape Town? Too far-fetched. It can't be true. So why is the Presidential Intelligence Agency so desperate to intercept a shipment? Why is the CIA bringing in its big guns? And why, if it's only a rumor, is it having such violent co...



  • Seven Days

    Benny Griessel - 3

    In Thirteen Hours, the 2011 Barry Award winner for Best Thriller, South African homicide detective Benny Griessel struggled to solve the murder of an American girl, and find her missing friend, all in a single day. In Seven Days, Griessel is given an...

  • 7 Days

  • Cobra

    Benny Griessel - 4

    Celebrated as the King of South African crime, Deon Meyer is a world-class writer whose page-turning thrillers probe the social and racial complexities of his native country. In "Cobra," a famous English mathematician is kidnapped and his two bodygua...

  • Icarus

    Benny Griessel - 5

    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 ...

  • Fever

    Nico Storm and his father, Willem, drive a truck filled with essential supplies through a desolate land. They are among the few in the world, as far as they know, to have survived a devastating virus that has swept over the planet. Their lives turned...

  • The Woman in the Blue Cloak

    Benny Griessel - 6

    A death in South Africa may be tied to a centuries-old painting: “Is it O.K. to call a murder mystery ‘lovely’? That’s the word that comes to mind.”―Marilyn Stasio, The New York Times Book Review   Early on a May morning in...

  • The Last Hunt

    Benny Griessel - 7

    From internationally acclaimed crime writer Deon Meyer, a new thriller that leads detectives Benny Griessel and Vaughn Cupido into the treacherous waters of government corruption at the highest level. When a cold case dossier lands on Captain Benn...

  • The Dark Flood

    Benny Griessel - 8

    Disappearances ensnare two South African detectives in a web of corruption in this stunning thriller by the Barry Award-winning author of The Last Hunt. Assigned to investigate the disappearance of a young university student and brilliant compute...

  • Leo

    “Deon Meyer is one of the unsung masters.”—Michael Connelly “Deon Meyer’s name on the cover is a guarantee of crime writing at its best.”—Tess Gerritsen In a corrupt South Africa, the criminals a...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Deon Meyer has published 18 books.

The next book by Deon Meyer, Leo, will be published in February 2025.

The first book by Deon Meyer, Heart of the Hunter, was published in July 2005.

Yes. Deon Meyer has 1 series.
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