The Dark Flood

The Dark Flood
AuthorDeon Meyer
Original titleDonkerdrif
TranslatorK.L. Seegers
LanguageAfrikaans
SeriesBenny Griessel Mysteries
GenreThriller
Published2020
Publication placeSouth Africa
Pages416
AwardsBarry Award Nominee 2023
ISBN978-1529375527
Preceded byThe Last Hunt 
Followed byLeo 

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]

  1. ^ a b "The Dark Flood by Deon Meyer | Crime Fiction Lover". crimefictionlover.com. 2022-04-14. Retrieved 2023-03-27.
  2. ^ a b "THE DARK FLOOD by Deon Meyer nominated for a Barry Award". Blake Friedmann. Retrieved 2023-03-27.