一位瑞士的鸟类学家波姆因心脏病而死亡。奇怪的是，他的尸体是一个鹳鸟的巢里被发现的。尽管如此，他聘用的一位学生，乔纳森，却决定要独自完成他们的研究：追随迁徙至非洲的鹳鸟，彻底调查清楚它们其中的一部分会在迁徙中消失的原因。他的旅途从保加利亚开始，接下来便抵达了以色列，最后则是目的地非洲中部。但是在旅途刚刚开始，乔纳森就陷入了关于他的过去的恐怖梦魇之中..他手部的烧伤疤痕让他不得不想起那场莫名的事故。在随着鹳鸟迁徙的路线以及那些下落不明的钻石中，乔纳森的命运之旅就此开始...
原著小说作者格朗热，1961年出生于巴黎，自幼喜好文学，在巴黎索邦大学获得文学硕士学位。毕业后，格朗热先在一家公司当业务员，之后在摄影报导杂志担任编辑，并随摄影师四处游历。曾去过北极、蒙古、非洲等地，获得了丰富的地理知识，也奠定了日后他小说里时空背景辽阔的基础。与此同时，他爱上了推理...
Meet Tannie Maria. She's fifty-something, short and soft (perhaps a bit too soft in the wrong places). Tannie Maria is our irresistible narrator, a woman of hearty appetite and formidable culinary skills. Tannie Maria lives in the small town of Eden in South Africa and is obsessed with food. She's a bit of an oddity in this very hot and dry farming region of the Karoo, having a...
While trying to relax after a tough year, Bishop, Pike and his family soon find themselves caught up in the frightening kidnap of a young girl.
Having befriended the young girl’s parents earlier that day, Bishop and Pike decide it’s their duty to use their expertise to help the couple win their daughter back. The kidnappers demand an unreasonable reward for the safe return of t...
Prodigal daughter Tumi goes home for the holidays and manages to ruin her sister's wedding plans. Now she must make things right before it's too late.
