An Act of Murder

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Eaton, Tom

ISBN

9781776380374

Format

Trade Paperback

Recommended Price

R320.00

Published

April 2025

About the book:

It hasn’t been a great week for struggling actor Arnold Prinsloo. His career has hit rock bottom, he’s about to be evicted from his cottage in Melville, and worst of all, Zelda, the love of his life, has finally run out of patience and left him.

But when Arnold is accused of murdering insurance billionaire JP Mulder, his problems are only just starting.

Now, Arnold must tackle the greatest and most dangerous acting role of his life: pretending to be a hard-boiled East Rand detective in a race against time to clear his name, win back Zelda, and finally take off these way-too-tight polyester pants.

The curtain is rising …

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About the Author

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 three novels – The De Villiers Code, an instant bestseller, Texas and The Wading, which was described by JM Coetzee as “refreshingly original in conception and assured in its prose style”. 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 wrote both series of the SAFTA-award winning ‘Shoreline’ for SABC, as well as co-creating the SABC3 comedy ‘Those Who Can’t’ with Alan Committee, and co-founded Hayibo.com back when fake news was still funny and not deciding elections. He has 110 000 followers on Twitter, 9000 friends and followers on Facebook, and the therapy bills to prove it.