JOBURG ZEN

Based on true events, Joburg Zen is a searing mystery that threads golf legend Bobby Locke’s enigmatic rise and fall with Johannesburg’s brutal unravelling in post-apartheid South Africa, from bestselling author Sandro Martini.

Journalist Alex Lago had been slick enough to escape Joburg’s secrets, spies, and violence decades ago.

But he’s been drawn back by the lure of his latest project—digging into what really happened to Bobby Locke, the legendary golfer who’d clawed his way out of Joburg’s grime to find global stardom, and lost it all, vanishing into obscurity in a cottage named Sandwich.

Half-century later, Locke makes international headlines for an unspeakable act of obsession. As Lago peels away the layers of Bobby Locke’s life and the shocking legacy he left behind, the sins of his own past begin to close in on him.

A vicious murder swept away with the political chaos. An ex-cop chasing closure. And a beautiful woman lost to a fateful decision on a night that shattered everything.

From the sun-drenched fairways of the ’50s to the riot-lit streets of the ’90s, Joburg Zen is a razor-sharp and stifling thriller that fuses the city’s savage heart with the harrowing downfall of a family they called white royalty.