Meet Charismatic Author Mike Nicol

Delicious Lunch at Buitenverwachting Restaurant

Thursday 11^th October at 12 noon for 12h30

Born in Cape Town, guest speaker Mike Nicol was educated here and in Johannesburg, where he began his working life as a journalist. During the 1980s he moved back to Cape Town and worked on the magazine Leadership for a number of years. Towards the end of that decade, he published his first novel, The Powers That Be, resigned from the magazine and began what he calls "the scary life of a freelance journalist and writer." 

His genre: Thriller

September saw the publication of Mike Nicol’s exhilarating new thriller Sleeper. Set in locations in and around the city of Cape Town, the book features cool cat surfer PI Fish Pescado and Vicki Kahn, a gutsy local spy who has excellent taste in wine… she drinks Buitenverwachting, she is Fish’s girlfriend, both are well-known Nicol characters.

About the book:

The first bombshell Sleeper drops is the killing of the minister of energy. Then the cop investigating the murder commits suicide. Fearing a conspiracy, the minister’s lover hires PI Fish Pescado to find the killer. Then she goes missing. And Fish is being stonewalled by the cops because…

… In the dark shadows of Cape Town, there’s another game being played out. A complex one involving Iranian agents, the theft of highly enriched uranium, and the kidnapping of a top scientist. Ex-spy Vicki Kahn is bribed by her former handler to track the terrorists. The hunt is deadly and nothing is what it seems. A sleeper has been awoken… ISIS is involved. So is the CIA. There is chatter of a dirty bomb headed for Europe.

The price per person for a gourmet luncheon including Buitenverwachting’s elegant wines is R440 per person fully inclusive.  For more information or to book, please telephone Sandy on 021 685 8016 or get in touch by email sandybailey@telkomsa.net.

Looking forward to a delightful afternoon.