Description
Of Cops and Robbers by Mike Nicol is gritty South African crime fiction at its best — fast-paced, sharp-tongued, and drenched in Cape Town swagger.
We meet PI Fish Pescado, a surf-loving, no-nonsense investigator whose idea of bliss is dawn light over the mountains and a good wave. But bliss is short-lived when Vicki Kahn, poker addict and razor-sharp lawyer (and Fish’s sometimes lover), lands a job in his lap. A drag race gone wrong. A bystander dead. And a killer with friends in high places — including the corrupt police commissioner with a dark history and a ruthless streak.
The deeper they dig, the murkier things get: political skeletons, hit squads, illegal rhino horn trade, and enough dirty money to fill vaults. In Nicol’s Cape Town, the lines between cop and crook are dangerously blurred, and loyalty comes with a price.
