Byleveld – Dossier of a Serial Sleuth – Hanlie Retief (Umuzi, 2011)

Byleveld – Dossier of a Serial Sleuth – Hanlie Retief (Umuzi, 2011)
Byleveld – Dossier of a Serial Sleuth – Hanlie Retief (Umuzi, 2011) Retief manages to get under the skin of Piet Byleveld, national and international sleuth extraordinaire. She reveals him to be a man of deep commitment and passion to his profession, and a man who got criminals to confess to him with his unique style of compassion and honesty. Now retired, he was a workaholic, never resting until he had a serial killer behind bars. Written in an easy style, at 270 pages it describes his most famous cases, including the Leigh Matthews case, which the police had given up on solving. A must read.

Diepsloot – Anton Harber (Jonathan Ball, 2011)

Retief manages to get under the skin of Piet Byleveld, national and international sleuth extraordinaire. She reveals him to be a man of deep commitment and passion to his profession, and a man who got criminals to confess to him with his unique style of compassion and honesty. Now retired, he was a workaholic, never resting until he had a serial killer behind bars. Written in an easy style, at 270 pages it describes his most famous cases, including the Leigh Matthews case, which the police had given up on solving. A must read.