Hard Rain

Written by Irma Venter

Narrated by Sarah Zimmerman and Steve West

Chaos, murder, and a hint of sizzling romance descend on East Africa in this electrifying page-turner of a mystery.

Journalist Alex Derksen’s new assignment in Tanzania should be easy, but he soon finds himself on the wrong side of the news. It starts when he meets Ranna, a beautiful photographer with something to hide. Alex stopped believing in love a long time ago, yet here in the middle of East Africa, it’s found him again.

Alex knows a thing or two about chaos—wherever he goes, it follows. When an IT billionaire washes up onshore after seasonal flooding, he finds himself at the center of an investigation with Ranna as the main suspect. It turns out she may have a good reason for hiding her past.

Wherever she goes, murder follows.

Alex should be used to these cat-and-mouse games, but this time it’s different. Should he listen to his heart and help Ranna hide the bloody trail leading to her? Or should he use his head and run for his life?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Brilliance Audio
• Translator: Elsa Silke
• Release date: Apr 16, 2020
• ISBN: 9781799750253

Irma Venter

Irma Venter is ’n bekroonde joernalis in Johannesburg. Haar romans sluit in Skoenlapper (wenner van die ATKV-prys vir spanningsromans), Skrapnel, Sondebok, Skarlaken, Sirkus, Sondag en Sewe-en-veertig. Sy is die eerste Suid-Afrikaanse skrywer wat internasionaal uitgegee word deur Amazon Crossing.

Reviews for Hard Rain

[momsterbookworm · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Now THIS is a thriller. Over the years, viewing thrillers have become too intense for me and so I don't watch them any more, yet, I could not turn the pages fast enough in this book. There was suspense (red herrings and curve balls) and chemistry (enough to show the human aspect of things without getting overly mushy). I didn't know that this was the third book in the Vin Cooper series, so there was some back story (character expansion) that I didn't know about. Nonetheless, the way the story began and developed, I admired the way (I imagined) the author to have thought about and laid out the draft for this book in the writing of its predecessor, and the way the story ends (like a season-ender cliffhanger), how the elements have already been laid out for the succeeding book, which I look forward to reading -- after I've familiarized myself with Books 1 and 2.