Set in Cape Town at the turn of the 21st century this crime novel's protagonists are two former arms smugglers turned security operators who offer protection to the rich and famous doing business or holidaying in the city.

You want to kill anybody, you take them to South Africa. Bam. Sounds like it's part of the background noise. Mace Bishop and Pylon Buso run a security agency, protecting wealthy tourists from the violence on Cape Town's streets—all the while hoping their own shady pasts won't catch up with them.But when they try to invest some dirty money in a lucrative property deal, they clash with a new and dangerous set of Obed Chocho, corrupt politician par excellence, and Spitz, a ruthless hitman who kills with mechanical efficiency.And somewhere behind it all is an old adversary, Sheemina February, looking to settle a score from the bad old days . . .

CAPE TOWN: winter. A wealthy Native American couple, looking to invest in a local casino development. A German weapons scientist, on the run from a gang of Eastern European thugs. Ordinary enough security jobs for Mace Bishop and Pylon Buso, it seems, but when one of the Americans is kidnapped and a local reporter starts showing too much interest in the scientist's murky Balkan past, things quickly spiral out of control. Mace, raw from the murder of his wife, soon finds himself fighting for his own survival while struggling to hold onto his grief-stricken teenage daughter. Behind the scenes, everywhere and nowhere, the beautiful and sinister Sheemina February pulls the strings, stalking him at every turn, intent on revenge for past misdeeds. Mace's only hope is to find her before she gets to him . . . A razor-sharp thriller, a devastating portrait of political corruption and featuring an exquisitely nasty villain, Black Heart is a stylish, unmissable entertainment.