{"id":316050,"date":"2026-04-10T13:19:58","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T11:19:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/?p=316050"},"modified":"2026-04-10T15:54:52","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T13:54:52","slug":"falls-the-shadow-review-when-sa-crime-fiction-hits-too-close-to-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/falls-the-shadow-review-when-sa-crime-fiction-hits-too-close-to-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Falls the Shadow review: when crime fiction hits too close to home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"678\" height=\"1024\" data-attachment-id=\"316051\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/falls-the-shadow-review-when-sa-crime-fiction-hits-too-close-to-home\/falls-the-shadow-300_98945\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/falls-the-shadow-300_98945.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1200,1812\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"falls-the-shadow-300_98945\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;The Cover of Falls the Shadow by Mike Nicol.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;The Cover of Falls the Shadow by Mike Nicol.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/falls-the-shadow-300_98945-678x1024.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/falls-the-shadow-300_98945-678x1024.jpg\" alt=\"The Cover of Falls the Shadow by Mike Nicol.\" class=\"wp-image-316051\" srcset=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/falls-the-shadow-300_98945-678x1024.jpg 678w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/falls-the-shadow-300_98945-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/falls-the-shadow-300_98945-768x1160.jpg 768w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/falls-the-shadow-300_98945-1017x1536.jpg 1017w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/falls-the-shadow-300_98945.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 678px) 100vw, 678px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The cover of Falls the Shadow by Mike Nicol.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-book-falls-the-shadow\">Book: <em>Falls the Shadow<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-author-mike-nicol\">Author: Mike Nicol<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This book has taught me that I like my crime thrillers exotic and somewhat glamorous. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Perhaps a non-South African reader would find the beautiful, kayaking lead, her surfing son and the sexy gangster villains in <em>Falls The Shadow<\/em>, exotic or glamorous, but for me the story hit too close to home. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There\u2019s nothing bad about this novel. The story is engaging, the characters fleshed-out, and entertaining and the plot well-paced and twisty enough to keep one guessing. But since the story is about a lone good cop on an impassioned crusade to rain down justice on her weapons-trading, diamond-hustling, corrupt counterparts it didn\u2019t feel like escapism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>READ ALSO<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/debut-authors-murder-mystery-keeps-the-pages-turning\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/debut-authors-murder-mystery-keeps-the-pages-turning\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Debut author\u2019s murder mystery keeps the pages turning<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-synopsis\">Synopsis<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Zara Dewane is the lead investigator in the police\u2019s Internal Crime Unit. She and her partner Wynston head to Saldanha to investigate a police officer\u2019s murder-suicide close to a stash of illegal weapons, but run into opposition from the local department. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As Zara and Wynston dig deeper into an ever-evolving spiders\u2019 web, things become dangerous and hairy, and the bodies start piling up quicker than your high-fantasy George R.R. Martin&#8217;s <em>Game of Thrones<\/em> chapter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-my-thoughts\">My thoughts<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/panmacmillan.co.za\/authors\/mike-nicol\/falls-the-shadow\/9781770109469\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"panmacmillan.co.za\/authors\/mike-nicol\/falls-the-shadow\/9781770109469\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Falls The Shadow<\/a><\/em> has everything a good crime novel needs, except maybe a smidgen of romance, but I nevertheless struggled to finish it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was not the book\u2019s fault. Had it been set in another country with cops who had different accents then I don\u2019t think I would have been able to put it down, but unfortunately it hit too depressingly close to home. It felt as if I was reading the news.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The book nerd in me did, however, enjoy the <em>Macbeth<\/em> reference.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Review of Falls the Shadow by Mike Nicol: A well-crafted South African crime thriller that hits too close to home for local 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