Devil's Peak | |
Author: | Deon Meyer |
Title Orig: | Infanta |
Orig Lang Code: | af |
Translator: | K. L. Seeger |
Country: | South Africa |
Language: | Afrikaans |
Series: | Benny Griessel Mysteries |
Genre: | Crime |
Set In: | 2007 |
Publisher: | Hodder & Stougton |
English Pub Date: | 2007 |
Pages: | 409 |
Isbn: | 978-0-340-82265-4 |
Isbn Note: | (Eng. trans.) |
Followed By: | Thirteen Hours |
Devil's Peak is a detective novel by Deon Meyer, published in 2007 in South Africa under the title Afrikaans: Infanta, and it has been translated into English by K. L. Seeger.[1]
This novel begins a series of seven detective novels featuring Inspector Benny Griessel.
Thobela Mpayipheli is a former KGB agent who hangs up his boots to take care of his adopted son Pakamile. When he is killed, Thobela has only one thing on his mind: to do justice and hunt down all the child torturers across the country. Inspector Griessel, a notorious alcoholic, takes charge of the investigation but he must also deal with his family problems and with Christine, a recently met prostitute who fears for her child.
The was adapted in 2023 as a five episode TV series for M-Net, with Hilton Pelser starring as Griessel.[2]