Benny is also desperate to get rid of his past. He is an ex-con and works as a night watchman in the building site near Jack’s home. But, a shocking gangland assault takes place in his suburban neighborhood that victimizes Jack Burn’s family and changes everything in his life.Īnother important character mentioned in this book is Benny Mongrel. Jack looks forward to building a new life for his young son and pregnant wife. After a heist in America that leaves a cop dead and $3 million disappear, he is on the run and takes shelter in Cape Town. Initially, Jack Burn is introduced as a bank robber. This novel revolves around the life of an American fugitive, who takes refuge in Cape Town as he is running for the safety of his life. It was published in 2009 by the Henry Holt & Co.
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The debut book of this series is entitled ‘Mixed Blood’. Smith has set each book’s plot in Cape Town, South Africa. The central characters depicted in this series include Jack Burn, Benny MOngrel, Rudi Barnard, Disaster Zondi, Roxy Palmer, Godwyn, Joe, Disco, Piper, Billy Afrika, etc. It is comprised of two books in total, released between 20. Inspired by his excellent writing skills, she agreed to represent him and also helped him acquire a two-book contract with Macmillan.Ī popular book series written by author Roger Smith is known as the Cape Town series. After several months, Alice Martell asked for a copy of his book and finished reading it quickly. He sent out numerous emails and query letters to agents in America after finishing the writing part of his debut novel. The path of becoming a published author was quite a tough one for Smith. As long as the criticism keeps coming, Smith is satisfied that his work is being read with sincerity. He welcomes and appreciates good and bad criticism of his work. When Smith sold his first book to a major publisher in America, it was the proudest moment of his career. Smith describes his books as dark crime novels revolving around messed-up people, who like to mess up all the time. He always looks to find material that tends to increase his passion for writing. As a writer, Smith always tries to find characters and stories that stimulate, excite, and move him as well as the readers. And by the time he finished writing his first book, crime had started gaining relevance in his country.
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So, Smith put his desire of becoming a crime writer on hold and shifted his focus towards writing scripts for TV and films. But, the apartheid situation in South Africa gave him the fear that his crime fiction work might go unnoticed and declared irrelevant. He was extremely passionate about writing crime fiction while he was growing. Several reviewers have said that he portrays a world which has also all redemption hopes and where things are not at all certain.Īuthor Smith says that he started writing for the first time when he was ten years old. Other critics have said that Smith has an extraordinary ability to grab the readers and plunge them into the nightmare visions depicted in his stories. He is regarded as the master of suspense and coolly described nightmare. He has been praised for writing with brutal beauty. Numerous Critics all over the world have praised Smith’s work and his writing style. Author Smith divides his time between his homes in Cape Town and Thailand. Also, they have been translated into multiple foreign languages, including Italian, Czech, German, Japanese, Spanish, and French. Smith’s works have appeared in the Serpent’s Tail in the U.K. His mystery thrillers are particularly set in Cape Town and are highly praised. Other than writing under his original name, Smith also uses the pseudonyms of Max Wilde and James Rayburn for writing his espionage thriller and suspense novels. Both Wake Up Dead and Mixed Blood have received nominations for the New Voice Awards by Spinetingler Magazine in the United States and are now in talks to be developed into feature films. It had also received a nomination for the prestigious German Krimi Blitz Reader’s Award. Smith’s second novel, Wake Up Dead, was included among the ten best picks of the South Africa Times, Krimiwelt, and Philadelphia Enquirer.
This book has been published in 6 countries and is the winner of the German Crime Prize. Smith made his debut as an author with the 2009 book called Mixed Blood.
He was born in Johannesburg and currently resides in Cape Town. Roger Smith is a reputed South African novelist, who is popular for writing mystery, thriller, and suspense novels.
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