![]() ![]() But the story is an interesting one in the way that it unfolds, and I enjoyed the South African setting. ![]() I have no patience with whiners, hence the skillet. Van Heerden does have a tragic past, but as the details of said past unraveled, it sounded more like whining than explanation. Although I had a difficult time trying not to mentally clout the main character upside the head with a cast iron skillet, I enjoyed this book. ![]() The more van Heerden searches into the dead man's past, the more unanswered questions he finds-and people who want the questions to remain unanswered. He reluctantly agrees to work for a lawyer who gives him seven days to find a dead man's will. Protagonist: former police officer, Zatopek van HeerdenSetting: Present-day South AfricaFirst Line: "He woke abruptly out of an alcohol-sodden sleep, the pain in his ribs his first conscious sensation."Van Heerden is a former police officer with past tragedies he cannot forget. ![]()
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Bertie Maurice van Thal (1904–1983), known as Herbert van Thal, was a British bookseller, publisher, agent, biographer, and anthologist. ![]() |