Leo, Deon Meyer
Leo, Deon Meyer
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Leo
A Benny Griessel Novel

Author: Deon Meyer

Narrator: Peter Noble

Unabridged: 15 hr 5 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/18/2025


Synopsis

Detectives Benny Griessel and Vaughn Cupido are languishing in Stellenbosch. Run-of-the-mill police work in the leafy university town is a far cry from their previous life in Cape Town fighting crime and government corruption at the highest level. Then a student is found dead on a mountain trail, and the key suspect, a local businessman, is found murdered in what looks like a professional hit delivering a message—suffocated by fast-action filler foam sprayed down his throat.

On the other side of the country, a beautiful wildlife guide is recruited by a group of special forces soldiers to act as a honeytrap, part of a dangerous multi-million-dollar heist that goes tragically wrong. A single link connects the murdered businessman to the special forces, making Benny and Vaughn's case all the more mysterious. Another former soldier is soon killed, as is an agent of the country's disgraced former president; and then the heist crew reorganizes with an even more audacious theft in mind.

Following leads as they fly at them, not sure exactly who to trust and struggling to connect the dots as the motives don’t seem to add up, Benny and Vaughn find their case increasingly points to the corruption polluting the country. They know the clock is ticking—and Benny also has to be at the altar on time for his anxiously-anticipated wedding day.

About Deon Meyer

Deon Meyer is the internationally acclaimed, prizewinning author of thirteen thrillers, including The Last Hunt, The Woman in the Blue Cloak, Fever, Icarus, Cobra, Seven Days, and the Barry Award-winning Thirteen Hours. His books have been published in twenty-seven languages. He lives in Stellenbosch, South Africa.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Shannon M (Canada) on March 04, 2025

The interplay between Benny Griessel and Vaughn Cupido comprises the largest amount of pages in this novel, but much of it includes undertakings involved in the planning of Griessel’s upcoming wedding. Relatively little space is devoted to following up their main case—the torture and murder of a for......more

Goodreads review by Anschen on November 01, 2023

#Leo – Deon Meyer #HumanEnRousseau Dis nie die beste seisoen in Bennie Griessel se bestaan nie. Sy troudag sluip nader, Cupido is knorrig omdat hy op die dieet-waentjie ry; daar is geen vooruitsig dat hulle binne die afsienbare toekoms in hulle range herstel sal word nie, en die Diens se agteruitgang,......more

Goodreads review by Tania on November 05, 2023

3.5 opgerond na 4 sterre. Dit is onmoontlik om nie meegesleur te word deur Bennie en Vaughn se interessante gesprekke en unieke verhouding nie. Bennie se empatiese innerlike geworstel met alles wat hy in sy daaglikse ondersoeke sien in kontras met Cupido se humor en sjarme is wat hierdie speur-paar......more

Goodreads review by Carlo on February 18, 2023

Le titre original, en afrikaans, "Koors", et en anglais, "Fever", traduit bien mieux l'objet du récit que le poétique titre choisi en français. Un détail. Comme Thilliez (Pandemia), que j'avais lu avec passion, mais aussi, wikipedia me l'a appris, Dean Koontz et Fred Vargas (à inscire dans mes projet......more

Goodreads review by Klaas on September 19, 2024

This is the eight book in the Bennie Griessel series, a series of police thrillers set in Cape Town, South Africa and featuring veteran detectives Bennie Griessel and Vaughn Cupido. Griessel and Cupido form an awesome duo with great chemistry, they have become more than just partners over the years,......more