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David Hickson

"I like to bring an emotional experience to the thriller genre"

David is an award-winning filmmaker and writer from Cape Town, South Africa. His work has been praised for bringing a South African voice to the international stage. In 2010 David travelled to Italy with his family for a six month holiday ... he is still there.

Author's books

Murderous

A massacre in a church. A country on the brink of civil war. And the biggest gold heist in living memory.

Ben Gabriel was once a soldier in the elite British Special Forces, but that was before his dishonourable discharge and his subsequent descent into a life of crime.

But Gabriel might just be the only person who can discover the truth behind the horrific church massacre that has devastated an Afrikaans farming community. The message that this is “only the beginning” sparks the fear of genocide.

Were the killings the start of genocide? Or was this murder?

Gabriel needs to discover the truth before the country erupts into civil war. But he has a few problems of his own, not least of which is that he is on the run as a suspect in the biggest gold heist in living memory.

Murderous is the second book in the Gabriel series of thrillers set in the turbulent political landscape of South Africa.

Can Gabriel do it? Can he evade the wealthy and save the country?

Murderous is the second book in the Gabriel series of thrillers set in the turbulent political landscape of South Africa.

“Murderous” is that rare bird, scarce in Africa as well as elsewhere, that is to say, it is a sequel that is better than the first in the series – and the first was very well done.

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Treasonous

An ex-assassin. A president with a dark secret. Sometimes the path to justice is a little crooked.
Ben Gabriel’s dishonourable discharge from the elite British Special Forces has left him disillusioned and unemployable. When a dead journalist is pulled from the waters of Cape Town harbour, Gabriel seeks the answers to the questions he was asking. Questions about the new president.
How did he survive the fire that killed his resistance fighting comrades? And what happened to the woman who betrayed him?
Gabriel knows that sometimes it takes one killer to stop another, and will do anything to discover the truth, even if that means stepping outside the law.
If he fails, what will become of the country under the leadership of a killer president?

Treasonous is the first book in the Gabriel series of thrillers set in the turbulent political landscape of South Africa.

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Vengeful

A series of brutal murders. A hunt for the thieves behind the Gold Heist. Both trails lead to the same man.

Ben Gabriel was once a soldier in the elite British Special Forces, but that was before his dishonourable discharge and subsequent descent into a life of crime.

Now he is on the run from a wealthy gold mining magnate ­– determined to hunt him down and reclaim the gold taken from him in the biggest gold heist in living memory.

And Gabriel’s life is about to become more complicated – when prominent South African society members are brutally murdered, the police discover a link between the murders and Gabriel.

But is Gabriel responsible, or is his connection to the murders more complicated than guilt?

Can he escape the clutches of his pursuers?

And where is all that gold?

Vengeful is the third book in the Gabriel series of thrillers set in the turbulent political landscape of South Africa.

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