Framed for murder, private investigator Obed de Swardt is blackmailed by a spy ring. To save his kidnapped lover, he must steal a deadly bioweapon and kill three officials. Now a fugitive, he is hunted by both the police and the merciless syndicate.
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9. GERM OF DEATH - WANDERER DETECTIVE SERIES
Obed de Swardt, eccentric millionaire, former rugby star, and brilliant private detective, is bored. His tranquil life at Drie Gewels is shattered, however, when a newspaper report about a series of gruesome sex murders captures his attention. A mysterious call from a desperate woman lures him deeper into the case, but instead of answers, he finds himself in the midst of a deadly ambush.
Overnight, the hunter becomes the prey. Accused of a murder he did not commit, with his fingerprints on the murder weapon, he becomes South Africa’s most wanted fugitive. But the police are the least of his problems. A merciless, international espionage ring, led by an ice-cold and seductive woman with a personal vendetta against him, has him in their sights. They are holding hostage the one thing precious to him, his beloved Tessa. She is being held in a diabolical trap where one wrong move means her immediate death. To save her life, Obed is forced to perform an impossible task. He must steal a deadly biological secret, “the germ of death,” and eliminate three of the country’s most influential people, including a cabinet minister.
With his every move monitored by the syndicate’s hardened agents, Obed must test his ingenuity to the absolute limit. He must evade the police while carrying out the spies’ orders. In a spectacular initiation by fire, he orchestrates a car accident to feign the death of one of his targets, thus ridding himself of one of his watchdogs. But with every clever move, his enemies only grow more suspicious, and the noose around his neck, and around Tessa’s, draws ever tighter. Caught between the law, which seeks him as a murderer, and an enemy that knows no mercy, Obed’s time and options are rapidly running out. He is left with only one last, desperate chance. But can he achieve the impossible when a single small mistake will not only cost him his own life but also seal the fate of the woman he loves?
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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.
