Solace, by Andrew Brown

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Price: R180.00

ISBN:9781770223776, Trade Paperback, Zebra Press, due April 2012

The body of a Muslim boy is found in a synagogue, mutilated in what looks like a ritual sacrifice. Inspector Eberard Februarie is called in to solve the case. News of the murder quickly becomes public, and a storm of religious violence threatens to engulf Cape Town. Eberard, however, suspects that the case is not as clear cut as it seems. But can he prove this before the storm breaks? With Solace, Andrew Brown has written a gripping crime novel in which he explores the religious tensions that threaten to break our society apart.

About the Author

Andrew Brown practises as an advocate in Cape Town and is a reservist sergeant in the South African Police Service. He is the author of four novels: Inyenzi, about the Rwandan genocide, and the crime novels Coldsleep Lullaby, Refuge and Solace. In Street Blues he wrote about his experiences as a police reservist. Andrew won the 2006 Sunday Times Fiction Prize for Coldsleep Lullaby, and his work has been shortlisted for the Alan Paton Award and the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize (Africa Region). He is married, with three children.