THIRTEEN HOURS

Listening to this thriller, listeners will find themselves cast into a strange world in which politics, law, and race relations are very different from what they’re accustomed to. When a young American woman is murdered and another is kidnapped in the mountains of Cape Town, the competent police investigators have to deal with incompetence, tribal racism, and outright greed to solve the murder and rescue the kidnap victim. Narrator Simon Vance walks listeners through an unfamiliar land and a story that takes place in 13 hours. Detective Benny Griessel is determined that no more innocent blood will be spilled, and Vance lets listeners share in his determination and frustration. Vance does ample justice to an edgy crime drama that spans two continents and two worlds. M.S. © AudioFile 2011, Portland, Maine [Published: JANUARY 2011]