Murder on Time

One death. Five suspects. A suicide note. And a clock that may not be telling the truth.

When wealthy businessman Peter van Dyk is found dead at the bottom of a coastal cliff, everything points to suicide. His luxury car is parked nearby, a suicide note has been discovered, and rumours of financial pressures and personal problems suggest a man whose seemingly perfect life was falling apart.

The town is ready to accept the obvious explanation. So is the police department.

But Detective Gabriel Marais has a habit of noticing things that others overlook.

As Gabriel and his colleague, Detective Sergeant Naledi Maseko, investigate Peter's final days, they encounter five people with compelling reasons to want him dead.

There is Isobel, the beautiful young widow who stands to inherit a fortune. Her former boyfriend, whose feelings for her may never have disappeared. Peter's ambitious business partner, who has spent years living in his shadow. A financial director with secrets of her own. And a ruined investor who believes Peter destroyed everything he once held dear.

Each has something to hide.

Each has a possible motive.

And each has an explanation for their whereabouts.

As Gabriel digs deeper, an extraordinary possibility emerges: could several suspects have worked together? Four seem connected by a web of secrets and questionable dealings, yet a fifth stubbornly refuses to fit the pattern.

Meanwhile, Gabriel's superiors are pressuring him to close the investigation. Peter was an influential man with powerful connections, and nobody wants a scandal.

With his theories repeatedly collapsing and the evidence pointing in contradictory directions, Gabriel must confront an uncomfortable possibility: perhaps he has been asking the wrong questions all along.

Murder on Time is a suspenseful mystery filled with believable characters, hidden motives, emotional conflicts, misleading clues, and unexpected revelations.

In this captivating Gabriel Marais mystery, appearances can be deceiving, sympathy can cloud judgement, and even the most convincing evidence may conceal a carefully constructed lie.

Because when it comes to murder, being at the right place at the right time doesn't always mean you're telling the truth.