8 books
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1. Ghosts of the Past
A forgotten African war. A missing treasure worth killing for. German South West Africa 1906, Australian horse trader Cyril Blake is executed in cold blood by the Kaiser’s soldiers. Sydney, the present day. Blake’s great-great nephew, recently widowed Nick Eatwell, is approached by South African journalist Susan Vidler who is investigating his ancestor’s mysterious demise. Intrigued and looking for distraction, Nick discovers a long-lost manuscript which tells how Blake stayed in South Africa after serving in the Anglo Boer War and joined the Nama people in their rebellion against the Germans in South West Africa, modern-day Namibia. In Munich, historian Anja Berghoff, researching the origin of the wild ‘ghost’ horses of Namibia, stumbles across intriguing letters from Irish-German spy Claire Martin, with whom Blake had an affair. As Nick and Anja’s paths cross, they find themselves racing through southern Africa and time on the trail of a legend. But they’re not alone. Someone else is chasing these ghosts of the past, looking for clues to a hidden treasure worth killing for. Ghosts of the Past is based on a true story.
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2. The Delta
Mercenary Sonja Kurtz is brought out of retirement to blow up a dam and save an African wildlife paradise. Retired mercenary Sonja Kurtz is recruited to blow up a dam that threatens the existence of Botswana's premier wildlife area, the Okavango Delta. A coalition of environmentalists and safari lodge owners, including Sonja's former lover, Stirling Smith, are determined to see the dam destroyed, at any cost, but there are deals and double crosses going on behind the scenes. Well-meaning American wildlife researcher turned reality TV star, 'Coyote' Sam Chapman stumbles into the middle of the conflict and Sonja finds herself having to babysit a film crew while planning her daring raid. Old flames and new ones, a rebellious teenage daughter, and her estranged father are all in Sonja's sights as her mission to save The Delta turns into a full-blown civil war and a race to protect the one person she really cares for.
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3. Ivory
Modern day pirates on a quest to save an African treaure Ivory Alex Tremain is a pirate in trouble. The two women in his life – one of them his financial adviser, the other his diesel mechanic – have left him. He’s facing a mounting tide of debts and his crew of modern-day buccaneers, a multi-national band of ex-military cutthroats, are getting restless. They don’t all share his dream of going legit, but what Alex really wants is to re-open the five-star resort hotel which once belonged to his Portuguese mother and English father on the Island of Dreams, off the coast of Mozambique. A chance raid on a wildlife smugglers’ ship sets the Chinese triads after him and, to add to his woes, corporate lawyer Jane Humphries lands, literally, in his lap. Another woman’s the last thing Captain Tremain needs right now – especially one whose lover is a ruthless shipping magnate backed up by a deadly bunch of contract killers. What Alex really needs is one last, big heist – something valuable enough to fulfil his dreams and set him and his men up for life. When the South African government makes a controversial decision to reinstitute the culling of elephants in its national parks, Alex finds the answer to his prayers, but at what cost?
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4. Zambezi
A wild African paradise is about to erupt.When a young American research assistant is killed by a man-eating lion, three people are devastated – Jed Banks, an American Special Forces soldier serving in Afghanistan; Professor Christine Wallis, a wildlife researcher in South Africa; and Hassan bin Zayid, a hotel magnate in Zambia. The victim, Miranda Banks-Lewis, was their daughter, protégé and lover respectively.Desperate to find out what happened to Miranda, Jed and Christine, with the help of a determined Australian journalist, set out on a perilous journey of discovery in Africa. Forced to pit themselves against the continent’s dangers, they will also learn shocking truths about the woman they thought they knew.
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5. Geister der Vergangenheit
Ein nahezu vergessener afrikanischer Krieg. Ein verschwundener Schatz, für den es sich zu töten lohnt. Verstrickte Beziehungen über Völkergrenzen hinaus.Deutsch-Südwestafrika, heutiges Namibia, 1906: Der australische Pferdehändler Cyril Blake wird von den Soldaten des deutschen Kaisers kaltblütig hingerichtet.Sydney in der Gegenwart: Blakes Urgrossneffe, der kürzlich verwitwete Nick Eatwell, wird von der südafrikanischen Journalistin Susan Vidler, die über den mysteriösen Tod seines Vorfahren nachforscht, kontaktiert.Fasziniert von der unbekannten Familiengeschichte und ihrem Bezug zur aktuellen internationalen Politik, sucht und findet Nick ein langverschollenes Manuskript. Darin wird berichtet, wie Blake, nachdem er im Zweiten Burenkrieg kämpfte, in Südafrika blieb und sich dem Volk der Nama bei dessen Aufstand gegen die herrschenden Deutschen in Deutsch-Südwestafrika anschloss.Fast gleichzeitig stösst in München die Historikerin Anja Berghoff, die über den Ursprung der wilden ‘Geisterpferde’ Namibias forscht, auf interessante Briefe der irisch-deutschen Spionin Claire Martin, die mit Blake eine Affäre hatte.Als sich die Wege von Nick und Anja kreuzen, jagen sie auf den Spuren einer Legende durch das südliche Afrika.Aber sie sind nicht allein - auch jemand anderes jagt die Geister der Vergangenheit und ist versessen nach Hinweisen auf den verborgenen Schatz, für den es sich zu töten lohnt.‘Geister der Vergangenheit’ basiert auf historischen Fakten und einer wahren Geschichte.
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6. Last Survivor
Only a bunch of heavily armed gardeners can save the world's most valuable plant. A priceless plant, a rare African cycad thought to be extinct and prized by collectors, has been discovered, then stolen. Joanne Flack, widowed and broke, is the prime suspect for the crime. While supposedly hiding out in London she single-handedly foils a terrorist plot, killing a lone-wolf gunman. Former mercenary turned CIA contractor, Sonja Kurtz, uncovers a sss between the missing plant and the terrorist who tried to kill Joanne. The US Government thinks that if it can find the missing cycad it can foil an attack to rival 9-11. Hot on Joanne’s trail is retired US Fisheries and Wildlife Department special agent Rod Cavanagh who knows his plants and knows his target – he’s her former lover. Joanne is a member of the Pretoria Cycad and Firearms Appreciation Society. She, Sonja and Rod enlist the help of this group of ageing gardeners and gun nuts to find a plant worth a fortune and the traitor in their midst who is willing to kill for it.
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7. Sötét szív
Mike Ioannout, a Ruandai Nemzetközi Törvényszék ügyészét elüti egy autó Thaiföldön. Doktor Richard Dunloppal majdnem végez a házába betörő fegyveres. Johannesburgban fegyveres támad Liesl Nel fotóriporterre.Egymástól független események a veszélyes világban, vagy valami más?Carmel Shang ausztrál ügyvéd összerakja a kirakó darabjait. Az áldozatokat fénykép köti össze, amelyet egy haldokló férfi tartott a kezében húsz évvel azelőtt.Carmelnek így nemcsak a múltbeli vérontással kell szembenéznie, hanem azzal a két emberrel is, akik tönkretették az életét. Richard az ENSZ-békefenntartók orvosaként szolgált Ruandában, amikor beleszeretett, de Liesl közéjük állt. Most ugyanannak a gyilkosnak a célpontjaiként ismét kénytelenek találkozni.A három célpont a dél-afrikai Kruger Nemzeti Parktól Zambiáig, Ausztráliáig és Ruandáig azt látja, hogy Afrika elpusztíthatatlan szépségének közepette a halál vámszedői még mindig élnek és virulnak. Carmelnek, Richardnak és Lieslnek ismét szembe kell néznie a halállal, mielőtt elérhetnék a megváltást.
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8. Blood Trail
A poacher vanishes, two young girls go missing, a tourist disappears... magic or murder? Evil is at play in a South African game reserve. A poacher vanishes into thin air, defying logic and baffling ace tracker Mia Greenaway. Meanwhile Captain Sannie van Rensburg, still reeling from a personal tragedy, is investigating the disappearance of two young girls who locals fear have been abducted for use in sinister traditional medicine practices. But poachers are also employing witchcraft, paying healers for potions they believe will make them invisible and bulletproof. When a tourist goes missing, Mia and Sannie must work together to confront their own demons and challenge everything they believe, and to follow a bloody trail that seems to vanish at every turn.
