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Dead at Daybreak

 Hey, everyone! Today, I will talk about my novel "Dead at Daybreak". Firstly I want to say I was struggling with writing this blog. Because I was having some issues reading my novel, as I haven't had a lot of free time to read. Because I have had a lot of tests lately, but I have read a bit know and I want to share some of it with you guys. So I learnt a bit about van Heerden and I think this is why he does what he does. As a young boy van Heerden lost his dad, there was a earth quack and people from the mine was stuck. van Heerdens dad was part of the group who tried to save them. He did save them but then there was another earth quack and he was killed. And I think thats why van Heerden is a investigator and why he is kind of  a troubled man. And now on the investigation, van Heerden goes deeper into the investigation and finds a connection between Stefans murder and a notorious criminal named Thobela. Thobela has a personal vendetta on the police. van Heerdens investi

Dead at Daybreak

Hey, everyone! Today, I will talk to you about the thrilling novel "Dead at Daybreak" by Deon Meyer. If you are a suspense/mystery lover, then fasten your seatbelts! He gives us descriptions and the characters themselves in the first few chapters. We meet Zatopek van Heerden, a former cop turned private investigator, thrust into a case involving a missing person and a mysterious manuscript. The story jumps past and present, slowly revealing the layers of mystery around the disappearance of rugby player Corrie du Plessis. The skill with which Meyer evokes atmosphere translates well into the mean streets of Cape Town and the spooky vastness of the Karoo. His characters are imperfect yet intriguing and lend much to the story. Well, my forecast for the future is that we will go much deeper into the past of Corrie du Plessis and what happened to make him disappear. In my reading, it looks like corruption, betrayal, and hidden agendas lie in wait in this novel, and I would love to