Weakest of the Meyer novels. He tries to weave a espionage story into his more classic African adventure stories. The better story lines are his usual metier: smuggling diamonds and rhinos in the bush, and the now retired detective Matt Joubert commecing a career as a private investigator trying to find a missing husband. The story of gang warfare seems contrived to tie together disparate, far-fetched plots. ( )

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Despite being almost 500 pages long, "Trackers" turned out to be a relative quick read. At the start I was unsure whether I would finish it or not, the plot was extremely slow and there were a huge cast of characters to get my head around, but suddenly the action picked up and the book became hard to put down. There were three distinct storylines focussing on the characters Milla, Lemmer and Matt, and it was only at the very end that the author brought the strands together, although I did want more of Milla and Lemmer's stories. I am not a big fan of the crime genre, but this was a good read. ( )

A good Deon Meyer -good pace, characters, South African scene. ( )

Too bad I've already finished this book! I liked it a whole lot.

It's unpredictable, lots of storylines with their own plots. They really got me cracking my brain about how they would be knitted together, if they would.

Of all Meyer books I read, I liked this one best. ( )