Our Fathers (Paperback)

Reviews

"A taut police thriller" by Andrew - 24 June 2017

A taut police thriller that is meticulously researched, finely crafted and superbly executed, ‘Our Father’ is a clear statement that crime writing in South Africa is alive and well and in the hands of Karin Brynard. ‘Our Fathers’ tells two concurrent stories – Inspector Albertus Beeslaar is visiting Stellenbosch when he is dragged unwillingly into the investigation into a murder that threatens to split the historic town apart, while Sergeant Johannes Ghaap struggles to adjust to life in Gauteng as he desperately hunts for a missing woman and child. While the plots are revealed slowly, it is the intricacies laid in the first few chapters that make ‘Our Fathers’ so much more than a typical crime novel. But Brynard’s main strength is her characters – believable heroes and anti-heroes draw the reader in through her skilful and subtle exposure of emotion and motivation, augmented by enough eccentricity to make them interesting. Indeed, ‘Our Fathers’ is a book to be savoured and enjoyed – rather like a bottle of good red wine from Stellenbosch!