James Bond with a modern South African twist ... The titel translates as "Red Leopard", which is a code name. Two Afrikaans-speaking secret agents, one of them white and the other black, compete for an elite position in an anti-crime association after one of the top agents is killed. Lana Dubois, a beautiful female psychologist, must help in the evaluation. However, during the course of trying to uncover the mysteries of Hydra, a group specialising in poisons and nerve-gasses, the two agents grow more and more reckless and their year-long friendship is tested to the utmost - until Lana and one of them must try to avert a sinister plot in the deceptively peaceful Cape Town winelands."The expectations raised by an acknowledgement to Ian Fleming on the 100th anniversary of his birthday, and a recommendation by top author Koos Kombuis, are all surpassed - if there were an Olympic Games for suspense thrillers, Bloemhof would win gold with the greatest of ease."
"You have no choice but to read it in one sitting."
"One can only hope that Bloemhof will write a follow-up very soon."
Francois Bloemhof is the author of more than 40 Afrikaans books for all ages. He has won numerous awards, most of them in competitions were manuscript were judged anonymously, or where the awards were "presented" by readers themselves. He lives in Durbanville near Cape Town, South Africa, in a house run by cats.Note: This novel can be purchased at the following South African online stores: http://www.kalahari.net, http://www.loot.co.za and http://www.exclusivebooks.com.
