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Author | Deon Meyer |
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Original title | Donkerdrif |
Translator | K.L. Seegers |
Language | Afrikaans |
Series | Benny Griessel Mysteries |
Genre | Thriller |
Published | 2020 |
Publication place | South Africa |
Pages | 416 |
Awards | Barry Award Nominee 2023 |
ISBN | 978-1529375527 |
Preceded by | The Last Hunt |
Followed by | Leo |
The Dark Flood is a detective novel written by Deon Meyer as the seventh installment of the Benny Griessel Mysteries and his 14th crime novel.[1] Originally published in Afrikaans by Human and Rousseau in 2020, the novel was translated by K.L. Seegers into English and published in the U.S and UK in 2022.[2] It follows two detectives, Benny Griessel and Vaughn Cupido, who are demoted from the elite Hawks unit of the South African Police Service (SAPS) and Sandra Steenberg, a real-estate agent in Stellenbosch, South Africa.[1][2]