In Chris Karsten’s latest book, Die keiser se duim, two private investigators, Ella Neser and Lou Pepler, are respectively on their way to Belgium (for romantic reasons) and Hungary (to track down two missing wine farmers). Somewhere on this side of the Danube River, a mafioso rules with the power of an emperor. And on this side of the Danube, Kasca the Duck keeps vigil, still searching for his dear sister after several years so that Mamsie can finally rest in peace. In Constant van der Merwe’s Ontvoer , former policeman George Ekermans sees a girl being forced into a bakkie. He immediately chases the kidnapper, but the man and the girl disappear into the night and the only clue is a strange gold necklace that the girl dropped ...