{"product_id":"die-lelie-moordenaar-lerina-erasmus-2016","title":"Die Lelie-moordenaar by Lerina Erasmus","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDie Lelie-moordenaar (Afrikaans Crime Thriller, First Edition 2016)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Johannesburg Crime Thriller Linking Apartheid-Era Secrets to a Serial Killer Hunt Thirty Years Later\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBibliographic Specifications\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTitle:\u003c\/strong\u003e Die Lelie-moordenaar\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Lerina Erasmus\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Human \u0026amp; Rousseau, Kaapstad\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2016\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9780798174213\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEdition Details:\u003c\/strong\u003e Eerste uitgawe (First Edition), 2016. Trade softcover release.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e Publisher's illustrated paperback wrappers, perfect bound. Black printed wrappers with a red lily and face design.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePhysical Format:\u003c\/strong\u003e Large softcover (trade paperback), approximately 235 x 155 mm. Text only, without maps or plates. 352 pages.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/strong\u003e Afrikaans\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOfficial Condition Report\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe Book:\u003c\/strong\u003e Very Good (VG)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eExterior \/ Wraps:\u003c\/strong\u003e The black printed wrappers are clean and attractive, with the red lily and face image bright. A few small marks sit near the top right of the front cover, and the back cover shows light handling marks. The spine is intact with clear lettering and no obvious creasing. The corners are fairly sharp. The fore-edge and head edges are slightly toned.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterior:\u003c\/strong\u003e The text pages are clean, with no markings. The page edges are toned cream. The binding is tight. A read copy, but undamaged.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe Dust Jacket:\u003c\/strong\u003e Not Applicable (As Issued)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSynopsis \u0026amp; Historical Value\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDie Lelie-moordenaar, published by Human \u0026amp; Rousseau in 2016, is a crime thriller set in Johannesburg that moves between two eras: apartheid-era South Africa and the country of today. It was Lerina Erasmus's first crime novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe story opens in 1985, when journalist Braam Brink investigates the disappearance of his friend, a soldier. Soon afterwards Brink is found dead, and his death is ruled a suicide. Thirty years later his daughter, now a top detective, is tracking a serial killer who strikes every three weeks, and she begins to wonder whether the murders are linked to her own past and to her father's death.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA reviewer on LitNet praised the novel's research, which draws on the Cradock Four, the Angolan Bush War and the effects of drugs. It is a good read for collectors of modern Afrikaans fiction and for readers drawn to crime writing rooted in South Africa's recent history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor Profile: Lerina Erasmus\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLerina Erasmus was born in Namibia in 1946 (one source gives 1947) and died in Johannesburg in 2018. She trained in drama at the University of Pretoria and worked as an actress before turning to writing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the 1980s she wrote radio series, among them Die Mannheim-Sage, which was adapted for television in 1986. She also wrote for Die Glaskasteel and Dot \u0026amp; Kie. Her other notable works include the Mannheim-sage trilogy, which begins with Die fortuinsoekers, and the posthumous Sondes van die vaders (2019). 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