num_pages: 352
description: Someone in Cape Town has chosen a conspicuous murder weapon -- a century-old German handgun, with ancient bullets that tear through flesh and bone. Three men who have nothing in common are found murdered, and the string of vicious killings pushes the city toward panic. Captain Mat Joubert is left scrambling for answers in a case that might be his last chance to prove that his life's slow spiral will not pull him under. DEAD BEFORE DYING is a heart-racing thriller about a troubled detective determined to find the single thread that weaves together what is otherwise just an assortment of strangers, dead by the same hand.
language: English
title: Dead Before Dying
titlecomplete: Dead Before Dying (Mat Joubert, #1)
genres: Mystery, Thriller, Fiction, South Africa, Suspense, Crime, Mystery Thriller, Detective, Africa, Audiobook
ratings_count: 2187
places: Cape Town
series: Benny Griessel, Mat Joubert
awards: awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: Grand Prix de Littérature Policière
category: Romans étrangers
publisher: Little, Brown and Company