George Bracke Thriller #4 – Kismet

Boek George Bracke Thriller #4 – Kismet

Ghent is preparing for ten days of music, crowds and celebration. More than a million visitors are expected to fill the historic city centre during the annual Ghent Festival.

For George Bracke, the massive police operation surrounding the festival should no longer be his concern. But disturbing warnings from European intelligence services suggest that large public events may become targets for a new terrorist network.

At first the information is vague. No one knows exactly who is behind the threat, where an attack might take place or when it could happen.

Then violence erupts elsewhere in Europe.

Meanwhile, Berker Kerim leaves a remote village in Anatolia and begins a journey towards Belgium. He carries with him the weight of a tragedy that has haunted his family for generations. His motives appear to reach much further back than contemporary politics or religion.

As Ghent fills with music, packed terraces and thousands of unsuspecting visitors, seemingly separate stories begin to converge.

Somewhere in the festival crowds, a man may be preparing an act of devastating violence.

George Bracke is drawn into a race against time in which modern terrorism, family history and an old debt become dangerously intertwined. The closer the festival approaches its climax, the more urgent one question becomes: can a tragedy set in motion generations ago still be stopped?

Kismet is the fourth George Bracke thriller, following Botero, Tango Mortale and Cold Fire. The novel combines police investigation, international suspense and psychological tension with the distinctive atmosphere of Ghent during its famous summer festival.

Each novel in the ten-book series contains a complete investigation and can be read independently, while George Bracke, his family and his colleagues continue to develop throughout the series.

Short description

The fourth George Bracke thriller. As more than a million visitors descend on Ghent for its famous summer festival, George Bracke faces a possible terrorist threat linked to a tragedy and a family debt stretching back generations.

Stefaan Van Laere is a Belgian author, journalist and publisher who has been writing professionally since 1988. Over more than three decades, he has published fiction and non-fiction across a wide range of genres, including crime, historical fiction, biography, sport, social commentary, food and drink, and technology.

He is the founder and publisher of Partizaan and previously worked as editor-in-chief of Seniorennet.be. He is also a contributor to Boomager, a Belgian platform aimed at readers who approach later life with curiosity, independence and humour.

His books have appeared in Dutch and in translations including English, French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Polish and Italian.

The ten George Bracke thrillers combine police investigation, psychological tension and dry humour with the personal lives of characters who continue to evolve throughout the series.