Sleeper

PI Fish Pescado and Vicki Kahn #3

by Mike Nicol, Mechthild Barth (Translator)

Zuerst wird der Energieminister ermordet. Dann bringt sich der ermittelnde Polizist um. Direkt vor den Augen von Freizeitdealer und Privatdetektiv Fish Pescado. Und er hinterlässt Fish eine Botschaft, die mit dem Fall zu tun hat. Also taucht Fish ab, in die dunklen Gegenden Kapstadts und bemerkt bald, dass es um etwas Gefährliches geht, etwas Großes. Der Name ISIS fällt, Uran spielt eine Rolle und das Gerücht, eine schmutzige Bombe solle in Paris gezündet werden, macht die Runde. Fish steckt bereits so tief in der Sache, dass er gar nicht auf die Idee kommt, die Angelegenheit könnte eventuell eine Nummer zu groß sein für ihn ...

512 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 2019

About the author

Born in Cape Town, Mike Nicol was educated there and in Johannesburg, where he began his working life as a journalist. During the 1980s he moved back to Cape Town and worked on the magazine Leadership for a number of years. Towards the end of that decade he published his first novel, The Powers That Be, resigned from the magazine and began what he calls "the scary life of a freelance journalist and writer."

Reviews

[Melanie Berg CuJo · Rating 4 out of 5]

Rezension von Melanie (Die Thrillerqueen) zu Sleeper  (Band 3 von 3 der Kapstadt Serie von @Mike Nicol

4 von 5 🌟 Bei diesem Thriller geht es Schlag auf Schlag. Action steht klar im Vordergrund

Meinung
Am Anfang wird der Energieminister umgebracht, danach nimmt sich der ermittelnde Polizist das Leben, genau vor dem Privatdetektiv Fish Pescado, allerdings nicht ohne dem Detektiv eine Botschaft zu hinterlassen. 

Dieser ist aber nicht bereit unter den Bedingungen mit der Polizei zusammenzuarbeiten.  Also verschwindet  er , aber da merkt er bald, das es ein dunkles und gefährliches Geheimnis in das er hineingeraten ist.

Also taucht Fish vorsichtshalber ab, in die dunklen Gegenden Kapstadts und bemerkt bald, dass es um etwas viel Komplizierter es geht geht, etwas Großes!
Namen fallen, und ihm wird klar, das er in etwas geraten ist, was zu groß für einen kleinen Privatdetektiv ist, spätestens als  der Name ISIS fällt, und auch Uran spielt eine Rolle und das Gerücht, eine schmutzige Bombe solle in Paris gezündet werden, macht die Runde. Und Fish steckt schon zu tief  in der Sache, um ohne Probleme raus zu kommen!

Ein echt spannender Actiongeladener Reisser. Würde auch einen guten Film abgeben. Fish ist ein charismatischer gut beschriebener Schnüffler. 

Klare Leseempfehlung.

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[Mack · Rating 5 out of 5]

The synopsis at the top is a good summary of the story so there is no need to repeat any of the plot elements. Sleeper is written in the author's clipped, lean style which I appreciate. The story unfolds from the viewpoints of several characters and the reader soon comes to realize are interrelated. Nicol does this very well and there is one bit that will have an emotional impact on long-term readers of the author's books.

Since I read the Revenge Trilogy (Payback, Killer Country, Black Heart) I've enjoyed Nicol's books and none have disappointed. I will say ther there are recurring characters and stories that carry through Mike's crime thrillers so, really, the best thing to do is read all of them. Now.

[Andy – And The Plot Thickens · Rating 4 out of 5]

Private investigator Fish Pescado's new case is shaky right from the start. Caitlyn Suarez is accused of murdering her lover, the Deputy Minister of Energy. She hires Fish to find the real killer but soon afterwards she disappears.

Meanwhile, Fish's girlfriend, former spy Vicki Kahn, is drawn back into the murky world of secrecy and the State Security Agency.

There's a policeman's suicide, enriched uranium being secretly sold to Iran, corrupt government officials, a Russian nuclear deal, and even ISIS is brought into the fray. With double agents from abroad in the mix, Fish has his work cut out for him, trying to follow and untangle the various threads.

A highly entertaining crime read from a writer who I think is underrated in South Africa, even as he's celebrated abroad.

[Jenni · Rating 5 out of 5]

Mike Nicol deserves to be at the top of the list of Thriller Authors in the world! I definitely think that he is now South Africa’s best crime thriller author. If you have never read one of his books I suggest that you start now, at once, after you’ve read the first which you won’t have been able to put down, you will be eagerly starting on the next one!
A really fabulous author with very likable characters and very current storylines! Five stars for this one💥💥💥💥💥

[Martin FIELD · Rating 5 out of 5]

Surfers, spies, deep sea suicide, an international nuclear plot... Just a normal Cape Town summer

An all-star cast of Nicol's characters join Fish, the surfer PI and purveyor of finest herb, and his ex-spook girlfriend, when he's tasked with solving the sudden death of a high flyer to exonerate a mysterious client. An unputdownable high-octane Cape Town Krimi.

[Carmelita Thomas · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another great read full of intrigue that kept the pages turning to find out who is who. Being a Capetonian the location names help to create a more vivid picture as you journey with the various characters. Love the use of local lingo and references which I suspect would be lost on a non-South African/Capetonian reading this thriller.

[Lyn · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fast paced thriller set in Cape Town - love the way he brings in the diverse language culture making this a true reflection of SA speak - amazing to know every place he mentions - streets gated communities suburbs and rural areas! Will definitely read more of his books.

[Dan · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5/5

[Michael Stanley · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love Mike Nicol’s writing. His staccato language, tense plotting, and the nice and nasty backdrop of Cape Town make his books impossible to put down. Nicol’s novels just keep getting better. If you haven’t tried a South African thriller, try Sleeper.

Cool-cat surfer PI Fish Pescado and his ex (maybe) spy girlfriend, Vicki Kahn, have an up-and-down relationship – both always seem to be on the point of breaking it off. In Sleeper, Fish is thrown into prison and Vicki is lured back to her old spying role by her previous handler, so they don’t even spend a lot of time together. But they form a strong protagonist duo.

The minister of energy is murdered. His lover hires Fish to find the killer, but then disappears herself. A much deeper game is going on, and one that sucks Vicki in. At the heart of the novel is a ‘sleeper’ – an agent totally submerged under cover. But who the person is, and who the principal is, forms part of the intrigue. Spies, terrorists, a briefcase of enriched uranium, and the sleeper all come to a head at a farm in the Agterpaarl. There, Nicol delivers a knock-out ending.