Books by Paul Mendelson

The History of Blood

The daughter of an assassinated politician is found dead in a Cape Town motel, her stomach full of cocaine. Police establish a link to an extended web of crime.

Reviewed on 01 April 2017 by Chris Roberts

The Serpentine Road

The heiress of a billionaire industrialist is murdered in an apparent race-hate crime. Colonel Vaughn De Vries of the Special Crimes Unit investigates and finds a morass of  corruption – and a link to an event in his own past he would rather forget.

Reviewed on 23 April 2016 by John Cleal

The First Rule of Survival

Three boys are abducted and seven years later the bodies of two are found showing signs of serial abuse. Colonel DeVries is determined to find those responsible.

Reviewed on 14 June 2014 by Chris Roberts