Fabel Retief's investigation into a sabotaged foot-and-mouth disease epidemic leads him to an international plot, where the only clue is a mysterious ghost light on the unclimbable Spitskop.
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5. UNREST IN NAMIBIA - FABEL RETIEF SERIES
In the vast, sun-scorched landscape of South West Africa, an invisible enemy rages. A foot-and-mouth disease epidemic, so destructive and unnatural in its proliferation that it threatens to bring the entire country’s economy to its knees. When the police’s trail runs cold, there is only one man who can unravel the diabolical plot. The legendary former detective, Fabel Retief.
Torn from his tranquil farming life, Fabel is plunged into a web of international intrigue, sabotage, and murder. His search for the enigmatic and rebellious Natako leads him from a hostile reserve, where he narrowly survives an ambush, deep within the merciless Namib desert. Here, he is confronted with tales of a phantom light that burns at night on the peak of the unclimbable Spitskop. A phenomenon everyone dismisses as a falsehood, but which makes Fabel’s blood run cold. While a mysterious ship from Panama lurks off the Coast of Death, the list of suspects grows shorter and the list of victims longer. Fabel soon realizes that he is not only fighting against people, but also against a mastermind who knows no mercy.
How can a light burn on an inaccessible mountain peak? What deadly secret is guarded on its lonely summit? For Fabel Retief, it becomes a race against time, where a single wrong move could cost not only his own life, but the future of an entire nation. He must find the truth swiftly, even if it means he must confront the impossible.
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The Fabel Retief series of seven stories is an excellent spy series written in the early 1960s by one of South Africa's master writers of the era, F.A. Venter, under the pseudonym Meiring Fouche. Fabel Retief is a former detective with the South African Detective Service, and wherever murders and mysterious cases are involved, you are sure to find Fabel. He earned his nickname from the fabled skill with which he solved the most intricate cases during his time with the South African Detective Service. The seven stories in the series cover a wide range of events, from a missing girl and a murder on a ship to a deserted house in a remote desert. It is Fabel's task to solve all the riddles and secrets, and only his ingenuity, knowledge, and sharp intellect enable him to unravel these cases. All the stories provide wonderful entertainment for readers of all ages, and there is even a touch of romance involved.
