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Mystery & Thrillers

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Roger Smith was born in Johannesburg and now lives in Cape Town. His debut thriller, Mixed Blood (2009), was published in six countries and won the Deutscher Krimi Preis (German Crime Prize). His second book, Wake Up Dead (2010), was a 10 best pick of the Philadelphia Enquirer, Times (South Africa) and Krimiwelt (Germany) and was nominated for the German Krimi-Blitz Reader’s Award .
Mixed Blood and Wake Up Dead were nominated for Spinetingler Magazine New Voice Awards in the U.S. and both books are in development as feature films. His third book, Dust Devils , is published internationally in 2011.

“Smith is Charles Willeford via James Ellroy – proof that noir
is alive and flourishing." Ken Bruen – London Boulevard

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	Mixed Blood: A Thriller 3.78 avg rating — 114 ratings — published 2009	My rating:
	Mélanges de sangs 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2009	My rating:

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Mixed Blood (Mystery & Thrillers)

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Description: An American, hiding out in Cape Town after being blackmailed into a bank heist back home, is building a new life for his pregnant wife and young son, when an incident of random violence sets him on a collision course with street gangs and a rogue cop who loves killing almost as much as he loves Jesus Christ.

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