Michael Sears, Author at THE BIG THRILL

Africa Scene: Red Tide

Jaap Reyneke has retired as a detective, but the unsolved murder of his goddaughter on a Karoo farm three years

April 29, 2025

Africa Scene: Shadow City

Jackie and Schalk join forces, exposing a trail of corruption and crime stretching from the foreshore of the city’s iconic

March 17, 2025

Africa Scene: The Protector

A vibrant and pacey legal thriller with a big-hearted heroine you’ll be rooting for from the very first page.

February 14, 2025

Out of Africa: Annamaria Alfieri by Michael Sears

Out of Africa: Kenya of the early nineteen hundreds revisited

November 19, 2024

Africa Scene: Abi Daré by Michael Sears

Africa Scene: And So I Roar by Abi Daré

October 4, 2024

International Thrills: Fiona Snyckers

Africa Scene: Patriots, Terrorists, and the Blurred Line Between

April 25, 2024

International Thrills: Femi Kayode

Africa Scene: Home is Where the Heart Is…And the Investigation

March 29, 2024

International Thrills: Shubnum Khan

Africa Scene: If These Walls Could Talk

February 22, 2024

International Thrills: Why Read African Thrillers? A Year in Review

Celebrating Reading Africa Week: A Year in Review

December 15, 2023

International Thrills: Siphiwe Ndlovu

Africa Scene: Untangling the Web of Colonialism…and Murder

November 13, 2023

International Thrills: Antony Dunford

Antony Dunford: Defending African Wildlife

September 11, 2023

International Thrills: Dire Tladi

Africa Scene: Justice on an International Scale By Michael Sears Dire Tladi’s first novel, Blood in the Sand of Justice,

August 4, 2023

International Thrills: Bridget Pitt

Africa Scene: Colonialism, Christianity, and Kinship in Zululand By Michael Sears Bridget Pitt is a South African writer and environmental

July 7, 2023

International Thrills: Chris Bohjalian: Surprise in the Serengeti

Africa Scene: Surprise in the Serengeti By Michael Sears Chris Bohjalian is a very well-known novelist—he is a New York

May 31, 2023

International Thrills: Africa Scene with Vanessa Walters

Getting Away with Murder By Michael Sears With THE NIGERWIFE, novelist, playwright and poet Vanessa Walters takes her first excursion

May 2, 2023

Africa Scene: Leye Adenle

A Complex and Interesting Character By Michael Sears UNFINISHED BUSINESS is the third thriller in Leye Adenle’s critically acclaimed Nigerian

March 31, 2023

Africa Scene: Kwei Quartey

A Missing Persons Case Stretching from Ghana to Libya By Michael Sears Kwei Quartey has just released the third novel

February 28, 2023

Africa Scene: Fatin Abbas

Creating a Powerful Sense of Place By Michael Sears The year 2023 kicks off with a remarkable debut by Fatin

December 30, 2022

Africa Scene: Margie Orford

Speaking in Tongues By Michael Sears Margie Orford is an internationally acclaimed writer and journalist. She was born in London

October 31, 2022

Africa Scene: Andrew Brown

A Tale of Two Protagonists By Michael Sears Andrew Brown is an unusual South African crime writer. An anti-apartheid activist,

September 30, 2022

Africa Scene: Sally Andrew

Cooking Up a New Mystery By Michael Sears THE MILK TART MURDERS is Sally Andrew’s fourth mystery featuring the delightful

June 30, 2022

Africa Scene: Mike Nicol

Nicol Hammers Home a New Hit By Michael Sears HAMMERMAN is the latest blockbuster from one of South Africa’s most

May 31, 2022

Africa Scene: Vivian de Klerk

Portrait of a Sociopath By Michael Sears Vivian de Klerk had an impressive academic career at Rhodes University in the

May 2, 2022

Africa Scene: Deon Meyer

A Well-Crafted Blend of Suspense, Culture, and Humor By Michael Sears If you’re already a fan of Deon Meyer’s Benny

March 31, 2022