A Private Investigator investigating a mine explosion is abducted. After escaping, he finds witnesses vanishing. He uncovers a plot to cripple the gold industry and is entangled with a deadly woman while racing to find the mastermind alone.
Keywords6. MURDER IN THE MINE - WANDERER DETECTIVE SERIES
A deafening series of explosions rips through the Main Deep gold mine, leaving a trail of destruction and chaos in its wake. To the police, it appears to be a tragic accident, but for the legendary private detective Obed de Swardt, the wanderer detective, something is amiss. His instincts point to conspiracy.
His search for the truth immediately plunges him into mortal danger. The last, feverish words of a dying mining engineer, “the girl... at the party...” are the only clue, and they make Obed a target. He is abducted by two cunning and ruthless men who will go to any lengths to find out what he knows. In a damp cellar, chained up and left for dead, Obed must rely on his resourcefulness and physical strength to escape a gruesome end. But his escape unleashes a merciless backlash. One by one, witnesses begin to vanish in apparent suicides and mysterious disappearances, while the trail of the mastermind behind the attacks grows ever colder. While his friend on the police force, Detective Sergeant Ekkie Eksteen, has his hands tied by official procedures, De Swardt finds himself in a solitary race against time.
His investigation leads him into the glittering world of high society, where he is caught in the web of a beautiful, enigmatic woman with a dark past. Her deadly charm and his own unexpected feelings for her threaten to cloud his judgement, just when he must keep his head clearest. He soon realises that the disaster at Main Deep was merely the beginning of a plot intended to bring South Africa’s gold industry to its knees. With an unseen enemy and the police viewing him as an obstacle rather than an ally, Obed must dig deeper than ever before. But in a game where loyalty is an illusion and betrayal is a weapon, the greatest danger might not be an assassin’s bullet, but the kiss of a beautiful seductress.
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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.
