Dead at Daybreak

By: Deon Meyer

Narrated by: Saul Reichlin

A South African antiques dealer is murdered with a single bullet from an M-16 assault rifle. The contents of his safe are missing, and the only clues are a scrap of blank paper and the unusual weapon used: a gun that's generally the choice of mercenaries, not burglars. Now ex-cop Zed van Heerden has seven days to fill in the blanks in this dead man's past - a past that appears only to start in 1983.©2003 Deon Meyer (P)2003 W.F. Howes Ltd

Critic reviews

"Meyer keeps the suspense moving throughout the third-person narrative, alternating back and forth with van Heerden's own first-person account of his past. This is a remarkable achievement from a singular new talent." ( Publishers Weekly)
"The author once again mines South Africa's fertile history of racial conflict and cold war gamesmanship for a narrative gem." ( Booklist)

BRILLIANT

One of the best books so far. Deon Meyer writes with insight and compassion. His characters live and suffer. And the narrator is outstanding. More from this author please!

Entertaining great narrator

I chose this book because the narrator is so good. However, the story did not dissapoint it was a great book with strong charaters and story line.

Another great storyline

I like how many of his characters come up in the course of the book

Can't wait for more from Deon Meyer

Again, I was facinated by the story, the characters and the writer's attention to detail.

Loved the storyline - past & present

Narrator good voice, easy to listen to. Reading speed good. Would get more audiobooks with temhe same narrator