A Private Investigator gets caught in espionage while helping an accident victim. With his friends held hostage by spies, he must battle a conspiracy shielded by diplomatic immunity to uncover a world-altering secret.
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2. BLOODY THE DARKNESS - WANDERER DETECTIVE SERIES
When the seasoned journalist Grant Huysman is blackmailed with the lives of his family in Europe, he has no choice but to undertake an impossible task. He must steal a top-secret treaty from the heavily guarded Belgian Embassy. The document contains information regarding South Africa’s uranium supplies, a secret that could shift the global balance of power.
But when his desperate wife, Anita, is involved in a tragic car accident in her attempt to stop him, the brilliant private detective, Obed de Swardt, and his friend, the physician Dr. Albert Uys, are unwittingly drawn into the case. Their attempt to help the unconscious woman rapidly escalates into a violent confrontation when unscrupulous agents arrive to abduct her and thereby keep the entire operation secret.
The incident unleashes a deadly game. To the ruthless spies, Obed and his friends are now loose ends that must be eliminated. While the police officially believe that a failed theft attempt and a subsequent suicide at the embassy conclude the matter, Obed knows this is only the beginning of the nightmare. He is convinced that the real crime went unnoticed. Caught in a web of international espionage, abductions, and life-threatening traps, the wandering detective must rely on his own intuition to expose the truth. With his friends held hostage and the clock ticking mercilessly, alone, Obed must brave an impenetrable fortress of diplomatic immunity to unmask the culprits. Can he uncover the truth behind the bloody darkness before it is too late? And what is the shocking secret that could bring the world to its knees?
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Gerrie Radlof is the pseudonym of Gerrit Lubbe van Zyl (27/11/1923 - 20/9/1971) and is another of South Africa's top writers who died at a relatively young age in a car accident outside Melkbosstrand. He is especially known for his extremely popular Buiter (Raider) books (hardcover), but also achieved great heights with his well-known Oloff the Pirate (Oloff die Seerower) paperback series of stories. Then there is also his slightly lesser-known Ramala series, which is, however, his longest series of books, and also the Tamar series, which consists of only two books. Under Gerrie Radlof, he also wrote several books in the SA Police series and the Wanderer Detective (Swerwer Speurder) series. Gerrie Radlof wrote nine stories in the Wanderer Detective series. In short, the series is about a private detective by the name of Obed de Swardt. He lives with his wolfhound named Jagter (Hunter) and his personal chef named Amos, in Drie Gewels (Three Gables), a comfortably large house in Linden, Johannesburg. Then there is also his charming girlfriend Tessa Brink, who supports him in much of his private detective work. From a young age, Obed has been interested in criminology, and it is precisely this challenge of measuring his strength against criminals that gives him the adventure and zest for life he craves. Due to his excellent record, Obed also very quickly became known as the top wanderer-detective in the country. Furthermore, he is also a keen rugby player who plays for Transvaal in the wing position. Obed inherited a Bushveld farm from his father, and a foreman farms on his behalf there. The income generated from it is more than enough for Obed to live luxuriously. Despite the fact that Obed does not need to work, he does private detective work and tracks down most of his cases himself, for which he usually does not receive payment. Sometimes his one police friend, Eddie, contacts him to help with an important case that the police are struggling to solve themselves. Then there is also Jan Wiese, a good friend of Obed, who is a member of the editorial staff of a large daily newspaper in the city, and Obed always provides him with the newsworthy stories first, in exchange for his help from time to time. Each story is unique and packed with suspense and intrigue that will keep the reader guessing throughout and provide great enjoyment to read.
