In Rudie's first crime novel, Slagyster, we met Carl Bester, fallen ex-detective. In Vloek, Carl is back, a decade later. He can return to SA, no threat of prosecution – with one condition. He must solve a blood-soaked case with international ramifications. He’ll have to think like an ace detective again to solve it with the help of a bunch of rookies. And then there’s the deranged neo-Nazi from Carl’s distant past, hell-bent on revenge . . .