Thirteen Hours — Deon Meyer

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. And she wasn't alone. Somewhere in Cape Town her friend Rachel, another innocent American, is trying to stay alive.

Rachel is terrified, unsure where to turn. Detective Griessel races against the clock, trying to bring her home safe, but then he gets pulled into a second case, the murder of a music executive. Griessel's been sober for nearly six months-156 days. But day 157 is going to be tough. A #1 best seller in South Africa, and a finalist for the CWA International Dagger, the Barry Award for Best Thriller, and the Macavity Award, Thirteen Hours is an intensely gripping novel from a master storyteller.