James McClure Livres

A fascinating look at Policing in Liverpool in the early 1980s

“James McClure's first novel arrives like a slam in the kidneys . . . a gripping style, real characters, and an exotic locale. . . . The Steam Pig will not only keep the reader's nose to the page, it will also make [him] think.”— The New York Times Book Review In the debut mystery featuring Lieutenant Kramer and Detective Sergeant Mickey Zondi set in South Africa, a beautiful blonde has been killed by a bicycle spoke to the heart, Bantu gangster style. Why? James McClure was born in Johannesburg. Je published eight wildly successful books in the Kramer and Zondi series. He died on June 17, 2006.

A unique mystery series that focuses not only on fascinating crimes, but also on the evils of apartheid in South Africa. When Lieutenant Tromp Kramer joins forces with brilliant Bantu Detective Sergeant Mickey Zondi to investigate an accidental murder, they are confronted by the mysterious and legendary Song Dog.

A half-dead man crashes his car at the Iraqi border. He is found to have suffered a rare reaction to the smallpox vaccine. But why are the Iraqi's innoculating their population against a disease which has been wiped out for twenty years? Soon after this, a young Iraqi student at the Institute of Molecular Science in Edinburgh kills himself for no apparent reason. At first there seems to be no connection. But then medical investigator Adam Dewar stumbles on the horrific possibility that the Iraqis could have asked the student to reconstruct the virus from the fragments he had been working on. And then smallpox breaks out on the Muirhouse Estate. The priority is to contain the virus, but with riots breaking out on the estate, and the death toll rising, Dewar is in a race against time to discover the source of the disease and prevent it falling into the hands of a hostile nation. A nation which would be only too willing to hold the world to ransom...

Handsome twelve-year-old Boetie was strangled and stabbed. Was he the victim of a pedophile? On whom was he spying?

The investigation led by Lieutenant Kramer and Sergeant Zondi unfolds as they tackle two seemingly unrelated murders: an adult entertainer found strangled and a candy shop owner shot during a robbery. As they dig deeper, they uncover complexities that suggest these crimes may not be straightforward robberies. With a string of neighborhood incidents under scrutiny, the detectives must unravel the true motives behind the killings and identify the elusive killer before more lives are lost.

Als sich der neugierige indische Postbote Ramjut Pillay morgens auf dem Anwesen der berühmten oppositionellen Schriftstellerin Naomi Stride umsieht, entdeckt er ihre nackte Leiche. Schon steht Lieutenant Kramer wieder einmal vor einem Rätsel: Jeder glaubte offenbar, die weltbekannte Autorin sei längst zur Man-Booker-Preisverleihung nach London geflogen. Kramer und Zondi finden sich unvermutet im Zentrum der Anti-Apartheid-Bewegung wieder, müssen verbotene Romane lesen und sammeln ganz neue Erkenntnisse, als sie im Netzwerk des Widerstands ermitteln.

Laut dem Dorfpfarrer hatte niemand einen Grund, Hugo Swart, den treuen und angesehenen Bürger, zu töten. Doch am Weihnachtsabend liegt dieser niedergestochen in seiner Küche. Es sieht aus, als könnte das einzige Motiv Geld gewesen sein und so verdächtigt man Swarts Diener, Shabalala, der mittlerweile aufs Land geflohen ist. Detective Michael Zondi verfolgt den Tatverdächtigen in entlegensten Dörfern, während Lieutnant Tromp Kramer mit einer anderen Angelegenheit beauftragt wird: einem Autounfall unter Alkoholeinfluss. Kramer zieht bald Parallelen zwischen beiden Fällen und versucht, den Bewohnern von Trekkersburg Informationen abzugewinnen. Die Behauptungen des Dorfpfarrers entpuppen sich langsam aber sicher als Geflunker.

Svazek sdružuje dva detektivní romány. První z nich vypráví o pátrání po podivných okolnostech smrti policejního důstojníka v exotickém prostředí venkova Jižní Afriky. Druhý předestírá zajímavý příběh o tajemství.