The Woman in the Blue Cloak

By: Deon Meyer

Narrated by: Saul Reichlin

The Woman in the Blue Cloak is a brilliant novella which will thrill and entertain fans of Deon Meyer's much-loved detective Benny Griessel.

Benny Griessel is a cop on a mission: he plans to ask Alexa Bernard to marry him. That means he needs to buy an engagement ring - and that means he needs a loan.

So Benny has a lot on his mind when he is called to a top-priority murder case. A woman's body is discovered, naked and washed in bleach, draped on a wall beside a picturesque road above Cape Town. The identity of the victim is a mystery, as is the reason for her killing.

Gradually, Benny and his colleague Vaughn Cupido begin to work out the roots of the story, which reach as far away as England and Holland... and as far back as the seventeenth century.

(P)2018 Hodder & Stoughton Limited

Critic reviews

Praise for Deon Meyer's Benny Griessel series

One of the best crime writers on the planet

Crime fiction with real texture and intelligence.

The narrative is well-plotted, and the novel brings to life the rich and volatile diversity of contemporary South Africa. There's nothing flashy here, just a good story, very well told. Would there were more like it.

Tells a cracking story and captures the criminal kaleidoscope of a nation.

Deon Meyer is not just South Africa's greatest crime writer, he's up there with the best in the world

Not Deon Meyer's best

Interesting plot. A bit forced, in the quest to confuse the reader, by using too many suspects.
The narrator's efforts to mimick african people's accent when speaking Engĺish was pathetic.
Not Meyer's best.