About the Book
Wealth insulates Michael Lane and his family from South Africa�s violent crime epidemic until trouble comes from within the high walls of their Cape Town mansion one night when his teenage son commits an act of unspeakable savagery. Lane, joining his wife in a desperate lie to protect their boy � a lie involving the sacrifice of an innocent � encounters no opposition from cops and courts burdened by chaos and corruption, but he sets in motion a bloody train of revenge and retribution that threatens to destroy him and everything he loves.
About the Author
Roger Smith�s thrillers, Man Down, Capture, Dust Devils, Wake Up Dead, Mixed Blood and Ishmael Toffee are published in seven languages and two are in development as movies in the US. His books have won the Deustcher Krimi Preis (German Crime Fiction Award) and been nominated for Spinetingler Magazines Best Novel awards. He also writes horror under the alias Max Wilde.
