Mixed Blood : A Cape Town Thriller
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Overview
A corrupt cop, a gangbanger, and an ex-marine sitting on three million dollars in stolen cash find themselves entangled in this "cinematic cape town thriller" (Bookpage).
Reluctant bank robber Jack Burn is on the run after a heist in the United States that left three million dollars missing and one cop dead. Hiding out in Cape Town, South Africa, he is desperate to build a new life for his pregnant wife and young son. But on a tranquil evening in their new suburban neighborhood, they are the victims of a random gangland break-in. Benny Mongrel, an ex-con night watchman, knows who went into Burn's house, and what the American did to them. Burn's actions soon trap them both in a cat-and-mouse game with Rudi "Gatsby" Barnard, a corrupt Afrikaner cop. Once Gatsby smells those missing American millions, the men are drawn into a web of murder and vengeance that builds to an unforgettable conclusion.Customers Also Bought
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- ISBN-13: 9780312429508
- ISBN-10: 0312429509
- Publisher: St. Martins Press-3PL
- Publish Date: December 2009
- Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.9 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.8 pounds
- Page Count: 320
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A cinematic Cape Town thriller
In sun-drenched Cape Town, American expat Jack Burn stands on the deck of his rented hillside house, “watching the sun drown itself in the ocean.” In moments, his space will be invaded, and his life forever changed, by a pair of gunmen cooked on speed, in Roger Smith’s taut thriller, Mixed Blood. Burn himself is on the lam from the law in the U.S., having participated in a lucrative bank robbery that a) left him financially set, and b) forced him, his wife and his young son into a life on the run. With a bit of luck, and more than a bit of ruthlessness, Burn is able to disarm the gunmen; unceremoniously, he executes them. From above, Benny Mongrel, night watchman of the house under construction next door, watches impassively as the scene unfolds. An ex-con himself, Mongrel has no urge whatsoever to become involved. That option will not be left open to him, however, thanks to the double-teaming of corrupt cop Rudi “Gatsby” Barnard, and Gatsby’s nemesis, an honest Zulu detective with the improbable name of Disaster Zondi. That all of their paths will intersect, or rather collide, is inevitable. Barnard wants the money, Zondi wants to collar the perp(s), Mongrel wants to slip back under the radar, and Burn just wants to get the hell out of Cape Town. Some will get what they seek, but none in the way they anticipate, not by a long shot. Mixed Blood unfolds in a very cinematic scene-driven manner; no surprise, in that author Roger Smith is a screenwriter, director and producer.
This review refers to the hardcover edition.
A cinematic Cape Town thriller
In sun-drenched Cape Town, American expat Jack Burn stands on the deck of his rented hillside house, “watching the sun drown itself in the ocean.” In moments, his space will be invaded, and his life forever changed, by a pair of gunmen cooked on speed, in Roger Smith’s taut thriller, Mixed Blood. Burn himself is on the lam from the law in the U.S., having participated in a lucrative bank robbery that a) left him financially set, and b) forced him, his wife and his young son into a life on the run. With a bit of luck, and more than a bit of ruthlessness, Burn is able to disarm the gunmen; unceremoniously, he executes them. From above, Benny Mongrel, night watchman of the house under construction next door, watches impassively as the scene unfolds. An ex-con himself, Mongrel has no urge whatsoever to become involved. That option will not be left open to him, however, thanks to the double-teaming of corrupt cop Rudi “Gatsby” Barnard, and Gatsby’s nemesis, an honest Zulu detective with the improbable name of Disaster Zondi. That all of their paths will intersect, or rather collide, is inevitable. Barnard wants the money, Zondi wants to collar the perp(s), Mongrel wants to slip back under the radar, and Burn just wants to get the hell out of Cape Town. Some will get what they seek, but none in the way they anticipate, not by a long shot. Mixed Blood unfolds in a very cinematic scene-driven manner; no surprise, in that author Roger Smith is a screenwriter, director and producer.
This review refers to the hardcover edition.