Teutonic Tongue: In Osnabrück on a reading tour in March 2010, famous actor Dietmar Mues was unimpressed with Deon's German pronounciation.

Criminal intent: At the Stellenbosch 'Woordfees' literary festival with the new star of Afrikaans crime fiction, Karin Brynard.

Beauty and the Beasts: Deon wrote the script for the new Afrikaans romantic comedy 'Jakhalsdans". At the premiere near Loxton in the Karoo, with movie stars Christina Storm and Theuns Jordaan.

Three's company: At a book signing with Johan Bakkes and Ilza Roggeband - respectively South African legends in travel and music writing.

Worcester visit: Deon was the guest speaker at the Spring Festival of the De la Bat School for the Deaf in Worcester. Pictured here with some of the students, he says it was 'an experience I will cherish'.

'13 Hours' receives accolade: Deon's latest novel won the ATKV prize for best suspense novel in September 2009. (he won the same award for 'Blood Safari' in 2008).

'13 Hours' will be published in 2010 by Hodder in the UK, Grove Atlantic in the US, Random in Canada, Le Seuil in France, Aufbau in Germany and Centerpolygraph in Russia.

Movie Magic: In April 2009, Deon's new '13 Hours' became the first winner of the new M-Net Awards category for most filmic novels. The book was published in the original Afrikaans in October 2008, and spent six weeks as South Africa's number one bestseller.

Book Fair: After Deon's latest Afrikaans novel '13 uur' (English: '13 Hours") became the first winner of the new M-Net Literary Awards' Film Category, he spoke to Francois Smit about the great honour during the Cape Town Book Fair.

Organised Crime: At the Time of the Writer Festival in Durban: Deon Meyer, Margie Orford, Karabo Kgoleng, Angela Makholwa and Mike Nicol.

Top Cop: Legendary SAPS detective Director Piet Beyleveld (left) is South Africa's most successful hunter of serial killers, and boasts a 100% success rate in all his sensational cases. He and Deon were guest speakers at a literary event in Pretoria. Deon used the opportunity to catch up on research.

Bremen Bash: German crime author Jürgen Alberts (left) was the moderator at a delightful reading in the beautiful city of Bremen.