A Second Shot

Solving the Mulderville Murder put a target on Arnold Prinsloo’s back. But after two weeks of hiding in the small Karoo town of Victoria, he’s reached his limit: if the choice is avoiding heavies back home in Johannesburg or spending one more day in the potpourri-scented spare room of his mother’s house, he’ll happily risk a beating.When the beloved doyen of Victoria’s historical society is found murdered on the eve of the annual antique fair, Arnold is determined not to get involved. Mulderville might have made him a better and braver man, but he’s done playing detective. Besides, he’s more determined than ever to go home so that he can restart his life with Zelda and reboot his career with a Netflix series about the Mulderville case.But when a second murder rocks the town, and Arnold’s family is drawn into the heart of the mystery, he is faced with a horrifying possibility: not only could the two murders be connected, but he might be responsible for both.

Tom Eaton is a writer, living in Cape Town, where he is the husband of Tanya and a figure of mild disappointment to their dog, Honey.Over the past 20 years he has been a columnist for the Mail & Guardian, Noseweek, Sunday Times Day and Business Day. He has published four novels – The De Villiers Code, an instant bestseller, Texas, The Wading, which was described by Nobel Prize winner JM Coetzee as “refreshingly original in conception and assured in its prose style” and An Act of Murder. He has also written two non-fiction books, The Unauthorised History of South Africa and his latest, Is It Me Or Is It Getting Hot In Here? He has 110 000 followers on Twitter, 9000 friends and followers on Facebook, and the therapy bills to prove it.