Trackers
Deon Meyer
Atlantic Monthly, Sep 6 2011, $24.00
ISBN 9780802119933
In 2009 in South Africa, Presidential Intelligence Agency Director Janina Mentz fears the persistent rumors that her agency will be eliminated by placing it inside the national intelligence. Not wanting to lose her position of stature or PIA’s professional mission to bureaucrats, Mentz believes her units work on Islamic terrorist activity will save the agency’s independence and subsequently her job.
Mentz hires fortyish Milla Strachan who left her family to conduct research; the suburban housewife and mom has a lover that her employer and the CIA want to question. Lemmer the bodyguard (see Blood Safari) battles gangs while smuggling valuable rare black rhinos out of Zimbabwe. At the same time former cop Mat Joubert (see Dead Before Dying) investigates a missing husband case. All come together in a case of trouble.
This is an excellent South African thriller that brings to life the country and to a degree Zimbabwe. The story line is action-packed and fast-paced, but the stunner is how cleverly Deon Meyers merges his seemingly diverse subplots into a taut tale. With a strong cast, Trackers is a winner.
Harriet Klausner
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