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Highlights
catal gue
JULY-DECEMBER
2018
Fiction and Non- fiction
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July
Us Against You
Fredrik Backman
A community is only as great as the sum
of its choices, and when tragedy visited
Beartown, the town lost its way.
Fiction Beartown’s hockey club is on the
cusp of being terminated and it falls to
general manager Peter, to try to save
The Possible World the beloved team.
Liese O’Halloran Schwarz
As Peter and his wife Mira find
themselves drifting apart, a local
Ben is the sole survivor of a crime that
politician known for expediency rather
claims his mother and countless others.
than convictions offers him a lifeline:
He is just six years old, and already he must
the new owners of the factory will step
find a new place for himself in the world.
in as sponsor – if Peter can guarantee
Lucy, the doctor who tends to Ben, is
that ‘The Group’ is ousted from the club.
grappling with a personal upheaval of her
‘The Group’ is a gang of men known both
own. She feels a profound connection to
as shady businessmen and protectors.
the little boy who has lived through the
Not to mention die-hard hockey
unthinkable. Will recovering his memory
supporters. To go against ‘The Group’
heal him, or damage him further?
would be suicide…
Clare has long believed that the lifetime
of secrets she’s been keeping don’t matter
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to anyone anymore, until an unexpected
encounter prompts her to tell her story.
As they each struggle to confront the
events – past and present – that have
defined their lives, something stronger than
fate is working to bring them together… A captivating, high-concept novel
The incredible follow up to Beartown
about the power of maternal love
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Trade paperback | R290 | 9781786331199 and the ties that bind us together. Fredrik He is a Swedish He is the author of A Man Called
Backman columnist, Ove, My Grandmother Asked Me
DID YOU blogger to Tell You She’s Sorry, Britt-Marie
KNOW? and writer. Was Here and Beartown.
Liese O’Halloran Schwarz grew up in Washington, DC after
an early childhood overseas. She attended Harvard University and
then medical school at University of Virginia. While in medical “Evident in all [Backman] “Backman combines
school, she won the Henfield/Transatlantic Review Prize and also
novels is an apparent ability to a singular style with a large
published her first novel, Near Canaan.
She specialised in emergency medicine and like most doctors, state a truth about humanity and compassionate
she can thoroughly ruin dinner parties with tales of medical with breathtaking elegance.” perspective for his characters.”
believe-it-or-not.
—Kirkus Reviews —The Washington Post
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Murder in Paradise
Small Country James Patterson
Gaël Faye
THE LAWYER LIFEGUARD with Doug
Burundi, 1992. For ten-year-old Gabriel, life in his
Allyn: Defense lawyer Brian Lord
comfortable expat neighbourhood of Bujumbura
survived the car bomb that killed his
with his French father, Rwandan mother and little
fiancée. Out of work and out of his
sister, Ana, is something close to paradise. These are
mind, he takes on a lifeguard job at
happy, carefree days spent with his friends sneaking
the beach. But there’s one wave he’ll
cigarettes and stealing mangoes, swimming in the
never see coming…
river and riding bikes in the streets they have turned
THE DOCTOR’S PLOT with Connor
into their kingdom. But dark clouds are gathering
Hyde: Abi Brenner is the new medical
over this small country, and soon their peaceful idyll
examiner in the Napa Valley, a dream
will shatter when Burundi and neighbouring Rwanda
job in a dream location. But her fairy
are brutally hit by war and genocide.
tale will take a terrifying turn when
A haunting and luminous novel of extraordinary
she uncovers a series of murders –
power, Small Country describes a devastating end of
with one sinister thing in common.
innocence as seen through the eyes of a young child
THE SHUT-IN with Duane
caught in the maelstrom of history. It is a stirring
Swierczynski: Confined to a studio
tribute not only to a time of tragedy, but also to
apartment, Tricia Celano watches the
the bright days that came before it.
outside world through a flying drone.
But when her high-tech toy records
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a vicious murder, she’s determined
to track down the killer – a killer who
knows she’s being watched.
Fugitive Six Paperback | R175 | 9781787461727 Love Will Tear Us Apart
Pittacus Lore
Holly Seddon
It’s a year since John Smith and the Lorien Garde helped
Kate and Paul have been married for ten years.
defeat the Mogadorian invasion of Earth. Now all over the
Childhood best friends who reconnected as
planet teenagers are developing new powers – new Legacies.
adults, Paul now has a high-flying job while
But this terrifies everyone else. Those with Legacies are
Kate looks after their two adorable children.
forced to register themselves. They are cast out of families.
Their friends think they’re the perfect couple.
Hunted. Some are murdered.
Everything should be wonderful.
So the Garde create an Academy. A place where the gifted
But Kate has a secret. One she’s sure Paul
may come and learn. They will be trained to use their powers
doesn’t know. Because if he did, would he really
to help protect humankind. 3-in-1
love her as much as he says he does? Or would
But some believe there’s a better use of their talents. collection
he decide that their life together isn’t worth
They have other plans.
the vow he made all those years ago…?
And they don’t care who dies to bring them about…
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Meet Me at the Museum House of Stone
Anne Youngson Novuyo Rosa Tshuma
When Tina Hopgood writes a letter Bukhosi has gone missing. His father, Abed, and his mother,
of regret to a man she has never Agnes, cling to the hope that he has run away, rather than
met, she doesn’t expect a reply. been murdered by government thugs. Only the lodger
When Anders Larsen, a lonely seems to have any idea.
museum curator, answers it, Zamani has lived in the spare room for years now. Quiet,
nor does he. polite, well-read and well-heeled, he’s almost part of the
They’re both searching for family – but almost isn’t quite good enough for Zamani.
something, they just don’t know Cajoling, coaxing and coercing Abed and Agnes into
it yet. revealing their sometimes tender, often brutal life stories,
Anders has lost his wife, along Zamani aims to steep himself in borrowed family history,
with his hopes and dreams for the so that he can fully inherit and inhabit its uncertain future.
future. Tina is trapped in a marriage
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Slowly their correspondence
blossoms as they bare their souls find out more about Novuyo
to each other with stories of joy, Rosa Tshuma on her website
anguish and discovery. But then
Tina’s letters suddenly cease, and
Talion
Anders is thrown into despair.
Beyers de Vos
Can their unexpected friendship
survive?
The victim and his sister Freya Rust believes she knows
Swan Song everything about her twin brother Ben, but when he is
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Kelleigh Greenberg-Jephcott murdered, she realises his life was full of secrets. She is
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determined to avenge his death, no matter the cost.
In the autumn of 1975, after two decades of intimate The teacher Rugby coach Mr October has his hands full with
friendships, Truman Capote detonated a literary grenade, a wild teenage daughter, but it is his own guilty conscience
forever rupturing the elite circle he’d worked so hard to that haunts him as he roams Pretoria with a loaded gun.
infiltrate. Why did he do it, knowing what he stood to The drug dealer Slick’s ruthless apprenticeship under Mama
lose? Was it to punish them? To make them pay for their Africa taught him that power and retribution go hand in
manners, money and celebrated names? Or did he simply hand, a lesson that drives him as he carves his path through
refuse to believe that they could ever stop loving him? Pretoria’s shadowy underworld.
Whatever the motive, one thing remains indisputable: The detective Benjamin Rust’s murder lands on the desk
nine years after achieving wild success with In Cold Blood, of Inspector Nolwazi Mngadi. Amid the corruption and
Capote committed an act of professional and social suicide inefficiency of a Pretoria police station, she begins her
with his most lethal of weapons… Words. investigation into his mysterious death.
A dazzling debut about the line between gossip and Why did Ben die? Who killed him? And what is the price
slander, self-creation and selfpreservation, Swan Song is the of justice? Defying the conventions
tragic story of the literary icon of his age and the beautiful, of the crime novel, Talion
wealthy, vulnerable women he called his Swans. Softcover | R250 | 9781485903482 captures the dark and
Ook beskikbaar in afrikaans: Wrok brutal consequences of
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grief, anger and revenge.
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Non-fiction
Die Lucky Strike
Steve Hofmeyr
The Prison Letters of
Nelson Mandela
Net toe Die Sluiper sy rug wou keer op sy lewe as
Sahm Venter
huurmoordenaar en vrede met die wêreld wil maak,
vind hy dat sy verlede hom ingehaal en verbygegaan
To be published upon the centenary of his
het. Dit wag vir hom op ’n wildsplaas in die Kgalagadi,
birth, The Prison Letters of Nelson Mandela
en ook in Kabinda in die DRK tussen strydende
is a landmark work: the first, and only,
militêre magte.
authorised and authenticated collection of
Daar sal rekenskap wees. En vergelding. Hy is
correspondence spanning the twenty-seven
gereed daarvoor, want hy was in sy element – die
years Mandela was held as a political prisoner.
element van vrees. Maar eers wag sy neef, majoor
Darius Keiser, en sy geliefde Tes op hom. Ook sy twee
Mandela’s letters are organised chronologically
eertydse kamerade in Spesmagte, Gertjan en Carlos.
and divided by the four prison venues in which
En die lang vrou met ’n donkerbril wat haar Lucky
he was incarcerated as a sentenced prisoner
Strikes met soveel toewyding rook …
from 1962 to 1990: Pretoria Local Prison,
Dit is ’n diggeweefde web van verraad en misleiding
Robben Island Prison, Pollsmoor Prison, and
wat hy eiehandig sal moet ontrafel. Sonder genade.
Victor Verster Prison. The book provides an
Want hy is Die Sluiper en genade is God se domein.
intimate portrait of a political activist who
was as much a devoted husband, adoring
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father, dedicated student (studying for
a law degree behind bars), and abiding friend.
A father of five when he was sentenced to
Now available in Paperback
life imprisonment, his letters home became
a critical means of parenting in absentia–
particularly as he was denied visitation
Poignant, impassioned, gripping,
Origin rights until his children had reached the
and always inspirational, the
Dan Brown age of sixteen. Letters to comrades and old
acquaintances are infused with optimism and letters – many of them never before
Robert Langdon, Harvard professor of symbology and religious warmth, as well as a steely resolve to stay the seen by the public – have been
iconology, arrives at the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao to attend course. Mandela reminisces and often frets assembled from the collections
the unveiling of a discovery that “will change the face of science over the future, yet never loses hope. held by the Nelson Mandela
forever”. The evening’s host is his friend and former student, The book covers every aspect of life behind Foundation and the South African
Edmond Kirsch, who claims he will reveal an astonishing scientific bars for the future South African leader,
National Archives among others.
breakthrough to challenge the fundamentals of human existence. and provides new insight into how Mandela
But when the meticulously orchestrated evening is blown apart maintained his inner spirits while living in
before Kirsch’s precious discovery can be revealed, Langdon is almost complete isolation.
click here to
forced into a desperate bid to escape, along with the museum’s watch a video
director, Ambra Vidal. Together they flee to Barcelona on a perilous Hardcover | R425 | 9781631495465 about the book
quest to locate a cryptic password that will unlock Kirsch’s secret.
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Ralph Haynes
Going to the Mountain Godfather van die Wes-Rand
Ndaba Mandela
Izak du Plessis
In Going to the Mountain, Ndaba weaves the trials and frustrations of
Bekendes soos Steve Hofmeyr het hom ’n vriend genoem. Vir
his early life with tales of Madiba’s watchful eye and council to paint
die armes van Randfontein was hy ’n vrygewige Robin Hood
a new portrait of the man to whom so many feel a unique connection.
wat groente en geld kom aflewer het. Vir sy vrou, Jacky, was hy
This inspiring book reveals the transformative power of the life
agter toe deure die man wat minderwaardig gevoel het oor sy
lessons that Mandela shared with Ndaba as his grandson grew up
kunsbeen en omdat hy oorgewig was.
alongside him – lessons of resilience, peace and hope.
Maar vir die meeste mense was hy die gevreesde Godfather van
Going to the Mountain is a testament to the potential for all of us
die Wes-Rand. Saam met sy ewe berugte vriende, Ferdi Barnard,
to change ourselves and our world.
Corrie Goosen en Dawie Lötter, het Ralph Haynes sy slagoffers
behoorlik laat deurloop met die een verbysterende skelmstreek
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na die ander. Miljoene rande is uit mense geswendel met valse
transaksies in goud, diamante, motors en selfs kookolie.
Op 21 Januarie 2011 verdwyn Ralph Haynes egter spoorloos
nadat hy saam met Frikkie Lutzkie in ’n helikopter geklim het.
Vandag wonder almal steeds wat van hom geword het.
follow
Brugbouers izak du plessis Radiojoernalis Izak du Plessis het onderhoude met die mense
Rudi Buys on twitter naaste aan Ralph Haynes gevoer in sy ondersoek na die lewe en
verdwyning van dié enigmatiese en kleurryke figuur van die Suid-
In 2008 is Suid-Afrika tot in sy fondamente geskud deur Afrikaanse onderwêreld.
die omstrede Reitz-video-voorval aan die Universiteit van
die Vrystaat. In dié video onderwerp vier wit mansstudente Sagteband | R250 | 9781776092734
vyf swart werkers aan sogenaamde keuringstoetse vir
koshuisplasing.
Om die situasie te help beredder, het die universiteit
vir Rudi Buys as versoeningskonsultant gewerf, waarna Tastes of Durban
hy as studentedekaan aangestel is. Buys se werk by die David Bird & Reshnie Govender
universiteit sou uiteindelik simbolies word van ’n feller
konflik in Suid-Afrika – tussen versoening en ’n dreigende The city of Durban, once known as Port Natal, is the third largest
rassestryd, ou en nuwe denkwyses, hoop en wanhoop. city in South Africa, the largest in the province of KwaZulu-
Vir Buys was die proses by Kovsies ook ’n geleentheid Natal, and the largest port in Africa. It is a melting pot of African,
om van sy eie Afrikaner-verlede sin te maak. Die gebeure European and Asian cultures, and is often used as a springboard for
by die universiteit illustreer dat Afrikaners, in hulle strewe trips to the Drakensberg mountain resorts, the historical battlefield
om hul eie verlede met ’n toekoms in die land te versoen, sites and the province’s abundant game parks.
oor die potensiaal beskik om ware brugbouers te wees en Its rich, multicultural heritage is reflected in the foods that are to
medeargitekte te word van ’n nierassige toekoms. be found throughout the city, from spicy, aromatic Indian cuisine
Brugbouers bied
and fish and seafood to dishes influenced by the Portuguese, Zulu
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waardevolle lesse vir nation and British. Tastes of Durban is a celebration of these foods
elkeen wat ernstig is oor that can be savoured here while on a visit and then recreated once
aktiewe burgerskap en you return home.
sinvolle transformasie
in Suid-Afrika. Softcover | R260 | 9781432308551
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Gigged
Sarah Kessler
The full-time job is disappearing. Today more workers than
ever are going freelance – driving for Uber or cycling for
Deliveroo, developing software or consulting for investment
banks. Welcome to the gig economy.
In Gigged, Sarah Kessler meets the people forging this
new world of unorthodox employment: from the computer
programmer who chooses exactly which hours he works
each week, via the Uber driver who is trying to convince
his peers to unionise, to the charity worker who thinks
freelance gigs might just transform the fortunes of
a declining rural town.
Their stories raise crucial questions about the future
of work. What happens when job security, holidays and
benefits become a thing of the past? And could the gig
The People vs Tech economy really change the world of work for ever? The first in-depth
Jamie Bartlett account of life working
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in the gig economy.
The People Vs Tech is an enthralling
account of how our fragile political
system is being threatened by
Cat among the Pigeons the digital revolution. Bartlett
David Muirhead explains that by upholding six key
Here’s another batch of David Muirhead’s unrespectable
pillars of democracy, we can save
it before it is too late. We need to
Now available in Paperback
creatures, following his successful earlier volume of become active citizens; uphold a
hilarious animal accounts. shared democratic culture; protect
Finding My Virginity
Richard Branson
It offers a wealth of accurate information on each of free elections; promote equality;
the profiled creatures, while revealing their softer sides safeguard competitive and civic
This is the true account of how the Virgin Founder reinvented
and the near-human frailties from which they suffer – and freedoms; and trust in a sovereign
himself and his brand for the 21st century, while continuing to
temptations for which they fall. Delightful, humorous pen- authority. This essential book
push boundaries, break rules and reach for the stars in more
and-ink sketches accompany many of the stories. shows that the stakes couldn’t be
ways than one. This is the story of the man behind the beard, the
Muirhead’s mix of humour, mythology, anecdotal tales higher and that, unless we radically
business, the bravado and the brand. Find out how the ultimate
and folklore builds quirky and captivating portraits of each alter our course, democracy
entrepreneur did it for the first time – all over again.
animal, and makes for a lighthearted, funny – as well as will join feudalism, supreme
illuminating – read. monarchies and communism as
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This new anthology, offering something different from just another political experiment
the standard collection of animal CVs, will appeal to anyone that quietly disappeared.
interested in humorous writing and the natural world,
no matter their age or level of knowledge. Paperback | R195 | 9781785039065
Softcover | R180 | 9781775845133
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Fiction
Liar Liar
James Patterson
Detective Harriet Blue is clear about two
things. Regan Banks deserves to die. And
The Secret Keeper Watching You Memo From Turner
she’ll be the one to pull the trigger.
Susan Lewis Lisa Jewell Tim Willocks
But Regan – the vicious serial killer
responsible for destroying her brother’s
18 years ago, Olivia learned to You’re back home after four During a weekend spree in Cape
life – has gone to ground.
live without Sean Kenyon. years working abroad, Town a young, rich Afrikaner
Suddenly, her phone rings. It’s him.
She moved on, building new husband in tow. You’re fatally injures a teenage street
Regan.
a life with her husband keen to find a place of girl with his Range Rover but is
‘Catch me if you can,’ he tells her.
Richmond and their two your own. But for now too drunk to know that he has
Harriet needs to find this killing machine
children in the picturesque you’re crashing in your big hit her. His companions – who
fast, even if the cost is her own life. So she
town Kesterley-on-Sea. brother’s spare room. do know – leave the girl to die.
follows him down the Australian south
But when Sean That’s when you meet the The driver’s mother, a self-made
coast with only one thing on her mind.
unexpectedly appears man next door. mining magnate called Margot Le
Revenge is coming – and its name is
on Olivia’s doorstep, her He’s the head teacher Roux, intends to keep her son in
Harriet Blue…
world is turned upside at the local school. Twice ignorance of his crime. Why should
down once more. your age. Extraordinarily his life be ruined for a nameless
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As old feelings resurface, attractive. You find yourself girl who was already terminally
and new truths come to watching him. All the time. ill? But by chance the case falls
The third novel in the light, Olivia finds herself But you never dreamed to the relentless Warrant Officer
No. 1 bestselling series questioning everything. that your innocent crush Turner of Cape Town homicide.
Is her husband really the might become a deadly When Turner travels to the remote
featuring Detective person she thought he was? obsession. Or that someone mining town that Margot owns, he
Harriet Blue. The past and present is watching you. finds her determined to protect
collide, and Olivia must her son at any cost.
uncover the truth before Trade paperback | R290 As the battle of wills escalates,
James Patterson is a prolific author who has written detective
it’s too late. But if everyone 9781780896441 and the moral contradictions
stories, thrillers, science fiction, romance and young adult novels.
is keeping secrets, how will multiply, Turner rediscovers a long-
His first book was published in 1976; 20 years later he left his
she know who to trust? forgotten truth about himself…
advertising career to focus on writing. Patterson holds the
PHOTO: Rankin
Guinness World Record for having the most books on The New
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James
The Lost Letters
So Much Life Left Over Brabazon of William Woolf
Louis de Bernières did you Helen Cullen
know?
Rosie and Daniel have moved to Ceylon with their little daughter
to start a new life at the dawn of the 1920s, attempting to put
the trauma of the First World War behind them, and to rekindle
a marriage that gets colder every day. However, even in the lush
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James
Brabazon is an
William Woolf works as a letter
detective in the Dead Letters Depot
of East London; daily he tries to
solve the mysteries of hundreds of
plantation hills it is hard for them to escape the ties of home award-winning undelivered letters and parcels to
frontline
and the yearning for fulfilment that threatens their marriage. help them complete their journeys.
journalist and
Back in England, Rosie’s three sisters are dealing with different documentary When he starts to find letters written
challenges. Around them the world is changing, and when filmmaker. by a woman named Winter to her
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Daniel finds himself in Germany he witnesses events taking Great Love, (whom she has never
a dark and forbidding turn. met), he becomes convinced that she
By turns humorous and tragic, gripping and touching, is writing to him. William’s marriage
So Much Life Left Over follows a cast of unique and captivating is crumbling and Winter’s letters
He has made
characters as they navigate the extraordinary interwar years over thirty offer him an alternative romantic
both in England and abroad. international possibility.
The Break Line current Torn between his love and
affairs films
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commitment to his wife and his
by the BBC, romantic idealism, William must
Officially, Max McLean doesn’t exist. Channel 4, follow the clues in Winter’s letters to
The British government denies all CNN, SABC solve his most important mystery yet:
and the
An Unwanted Guest knowledge of the work he does on
Discovery
the human heart.
Shari Lapena their behalf to keep us safe. But Max Channel.
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As the guests arrive at beautiful, remote Mitchell’s other. And they give him one last 9780718189150
Inn, they’re all looking forward to a relaxing chance to prove he’s still their man.
weekend deep in the forest, miles from anywhere. Sent to a military research facility to
They watch their fellow guests with interest, from meet a former comrade-in-arms, Max
a polite distance. finds the bravest man he ever knew
With a violent storm raging, the group finds locked up for his own protection. His
itself completely cut off from the outside world. friend lost his mind during an operation in
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Nobody can get in – or out. And then the first body West Africa. The reason? Absolute mortal
is found… and the horrifying truth comes to light. terror. Max is determined to find out why.
There’s a killer among them – and nowhere to run. Ahead lies a perilous, breathtaking
mission into the unknown that will He lectures on
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Max once believed in. practicalities
of reporting
A dream holiday turns deadly in Max lands in Sierra Leone with his
from war
friend’s last words ringing in his ears:
the new pulse-pounding thriller zones.
‘They’re coming, Max. They’re coming…’.
from the No. 1 Sunday Times
bestseller, Shari Lapena. Trade paperback | R290 | 9781405929431
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Bad Apple
Sticks and Zoje Stage
Stones
Jo Jakeman Seven-year-old Hanna has never said a word. Although
she knows her daddy loves and understands her – and she
Imogen’s husband is loves him with all her heart – she doesn’t feel she can trust
a bad man. His ex-wife her mummy. Wilful and clever, she chooses not to speak.
and his new mistress Suzette loves her daughter, but after years of tantrums,
might have different difficulties with babysitters and schools, and Hanna’s
perspectives but Imogen markedly different behaviour towards her and her husband,
thinks she knows the truth. she starts to fear the strained time alone with her. While
And now he’s given her an her husband is sympathetic, he can’t see that his beautiful
ultimatum: get out of the family home in the next wife and adorable daughter are engaged in a silent battle.
fortnight or I’ll fight you for custody of our son. Then Hanna speaks for the first time, alone, to Suzette.
In a moment of madness, Imogen does But what she says is chilling. With her husband blind to
something unthinkable. Something that puts what his daughter may be capable of, could she be in
her in control. But how far will she go to protect danger from her own child?
her son and punish her husband? And what
will happen when his ex and his girlfriend get Clock Dance Trade paperback | R290 | 9780593079867
tangled up in her plans? Anne Tyler
Trade paperback | R290 | 9781787300323 Willa Drake can count on one hand the defining
moments of her life: when she was eleven and her Green as the Sky is Blue
mother disappeared, being proposed to at twenty- Eben Venter
Last Time I Lied one, the accident that would make her a widow at
Riley Sager forty-one. At each of these moments, Willa ended For Simon, an expat writer living in Australia, life is
up on a path laid out for her by others. about freedom and pleasure.
Have you ever played So when she receives a phone call telling her But unsettling memories well up every so often:
two truths and a lie? that her son’s ex-girlfriend has been shot and of his youth on a farm in the Eastern Cape; of his
Emma has. Her first needs her help, she drops everything and flies father; and of a complex sexual awakening.
summer away from across the country. The spur-of-the moment He attempts to find solace with the help of
home, she learned how decision to look after this woman – and her a therapist, but when he is forced to return to
to play the game. And nine-year-old daughter, and her dog – will lead South Africa, Simon must prepare for a final
she learned how to lie. Willa into uncharted territory. Surrounded by confrontation with the country of his birth, and
Then three of her new new and surprising neighbours, she is plunged with those he has forsaken.
friends went into the woods and never returned… into the rituals that make a community, and takes
Now, years later, Emma has been asked to go pleasure in the most unexpected things. Softcover | R260 | 9781415209974
back to the newly re-opened Camp Nightingale. A bittersweet novel of hope and regret,
She thinks she’s laying old ghosts to rest but fulfilment and renewal, Clock Dance brings us the
really she’s returning to the scene of a crime. everyday life of a woman who decides it’s never
Because Emma’s innocence might be the too late to change direction, and choose your
biggest lie of all… own path.
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Fiction continued
The Theory of Flight
The Enumerations Siphiwe Gloria Ndlovu
Máire Fisher
As Imogen Zula Nyoni, aka Genie, lies in a coma in hospital after a
Set in the Cape, The Enumerations tells the story of Noah
long illness, her family and friends struggle to come to terms with her
Groome, a seventeen-year-old boy who suffers from Obsessive
impending death.
Compulsive Disorder, and his family. Kate, his mother, bears the
Genie has gifts that transcend time and space, and this is her story.
brunt of the parenting burden as his successful but emotionally
It is also the story of her forebears – Baines Tikiti, who, because of his
blank father, Dominic, secretly deals with the demons lurking
wanderlust, changed his name and ended up walking into the Indian
in his past. Noah’s sister Maddie is his ally and protector, but
Ocean; his son, Livingstone Stanley Tikiti, who, during the war, took
beneath the surface she too is profoundly affected by her
as his nom de guerre Golide Gumede and who became obsessed
brother’s condition.
with flight; and Golide’s wife, Elizabeth Nyoni, a country-and-western
As the story opens, we are tipped straight into Noah’s mania:
singer self-styled after Dolly Parton, blonde wig and all.
the neurotic numbering of everything from breaths to steps
With the lightest of touches, and with an overlay of magical-realist
to the tiles on the bathroom wall. The counting – everything in
beauty, this novel sketches, through the lives of a few families and
fives – is his way of managing his anxiety. Specifically, it is his
the fate of a single patch of ground, decades of national history –
way of managing the controlling voice in his head.
from colonial occupation to the freedom struggle, to the devastation
Unsurprisingly, Noah is an object of derision at school. When he
wrought by the sojas, the HI virus, and The Man Himself. By turns
rises to the bait and breaks the arm of a bully, a chain of events is
mysterious and magical, but always honest, The Theory of Flight
set in motion that will see Noah sent to a treatment centre and his
dwells not on what was lost and what went wrong in a nation’s
family forced to confront the dark secrets lurking beneath their
history, but on the personal triumphs and why they matter.
seemingly perfect veneer. follow
Máire Fisher
Softcover | R280 | 9781415209646
on twitter Softcover | R270 | 9781415209424
Now available in Paperback The Wife
Meg Wolitzer
Film
tie-in
Hellbent Joe and Joan Castleman are on route to Helsinki, Joe is thinking
Gregg Hurwitz
about the prestigious literary prize he will receive and Joan is plotting
how to leave him. For too long Joan has played the role of supportive
To some he was Orphan X. Others knew him as the Nowhere Man. But to
wife, turning a blind eye to his misdemeanours, subjugating her own
Jack Jones he was a boy named Evan Smoak. Taken from an orphanage,
talents and quietly being the keystone of his success.
Evan was raised inside a top-secret government programme and trained
The Wife is an acerbic and astonishing take on a marriage from its
to become a lethal weapon. By Jack. And yet for all the dangerous skill
public face to the private world behind closed doors. Wolitzer has
he instilled in his young charge, Jack Jones cared for Evan like a son.
masterfully created an expose of lives lived in partnership and the
But Jack knew too much about a programme that had gone rotten – he
truth that behind the compromises, dedication and promise inherent
was a loose end that needed to be dealt with. But if you go after the only
in marriage there so often lies a secret…
person who ever treated him like a human being, you can guarantee that
the Nowhere Man will be coming for you. Hellbent on making things right…
Paperback | R195 | 9781784709884
Paperback | R175 | 9781405928540
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Bush Cooking
Non-fiction Rita van Dyk
Bush food is the answer when
Jamie Cooks Italy you’re camping and you’re in the
Jamie Oliver
mood for more than another boerie
roll for supper. The recipes are new,
Jamie Cooks Italy is a celebration of
innovative and, most importantly,
the joy of Italian food. Jamie wants
easy! They’ve all been thoroughly
to share his love of all things Italian
tested and can be prepared over an
with accessible, best-ever recipes for
open fire or a camp stove, and are
Classic Carbonara, Salina Chicken,
so tasty that you’ll want to use this
Stuffed Focaccia, Baked Risotto Pie,
book when you are at home.
Pot-Roasted Cauliflower and Limoncello
If you enjoy cooking outdoors,
Tiramisu. This is about bringing the
whether under the stars in the
pleasure and passion of the world’s
bush, or just in your own backyard,
favourite cuisine to your kitchen
Bush Cooking will be your constant
at home.
companion.
Featuring 140 recipes in Jamie’s easy-
to-follow style, the book has chapters on
Softcover | R250 | 9781432308599
Antipasti, Salad, Soup, Meat, Pasta, Fish,
Ook beskikbaar in afrikaans:
Rice & Dumplings, Bread & Pastry, Sides,
Gramadoela-kos
Desserts and all the Basics you need.
Sagteband | R250 | 9781432308605
The recipes are familiar classics with
a Jamie twist, simple everyday dishes Le Braai
and more indulgent labour-of-love Kobus Botha
choices for weekends and celebrations.
Whether cooking for yourself or cooking Kobus Botha was raised in the Karoo, but this
for friends and family, the aromas and ‘boerseun’ has established himself in France. Setting up
follow
tastes will transport you straight to his custom-made mobile barbecue at fêtes, functions
jamie oliver
on twitter the landscapes of Italy. Viva Italia! and outdoor events, he dishes up a taste of South
Africa in his own unique style.
Jamie has travelled around Italy Hardcover | R430 | 9780718187736 Le Braai is a collection of recipes that captures
to find the best of fast and slow the larger-than-life spirit of this genial giant, whose
cooking for us all to enjoy in our personality is matched by the boldness of his dishes.
kitchens at home. Cooking over an open fire has been a way of life for
as long as Kobus can remember; his dishes evoke the
camaraderie that comes when friends gather around
1 2 3
He is England’s Although he frequently He thinks
jamie the braai. Favourites such as pork ribs, burgers, prawns
oliver second best-selling shares pictures of his women are peri-peri and homemade sausage are given a touch of
DID YOU author, after family on social media, better at BBQ
French flair, while brief introductions provide anecdotes
KNOW? JK Rowling. Jamie Oliver has banned than men.
as well as insight into how to turn your ‘tjop ’n wors’
his children – Poppy, Daisy,
Petal and Buddy – from into a meal with a touch of ‘ooh la la’!
having their own Instagram
accounts or cell phones. Hardcover | R250 | 9781432309176
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Non-fiction continued
The Graceless Fall of Robert Mugabe
Die Heel Beste Geoffrey Nyarota
Bakboek
Jane Bull
The ousting of Robert Mugabe as Zimbabwe’s
president took the world by surprise. In this book,
’n Stap-vir-stap inleiding
veteran Zimbabwean journalist Geoffrey Nyarota
tot bak wat kinders van
explains how and why the events of November 2017
beginners tot ervare
happened as they did.
bakkers laat ontwikkel.
The book describes the rifts within ZANU-PF as
Met behulp van foto’s
Mugabe sidelined anyone who might challenge his
onderskei hulle tussen verskillende prosesse soos
power, and the creation of opposing factions that
klits en romerig klop, en selfs wat die verskil tussen
supported vice president Emmerson Mnangagwa
’n beslag en ’n deeg is.
and First Lady Grace Mugabe respectively. It traces
Die bekroonde skrywer Jane Bull lei kinders nie
the growing ambition and power of Grace Mugabe,
net om meer as tien verskillende bakbederfies voor
culminating in the sacking of Mnangagwa as vice
te berei nie, maar ook watter metodes, gereedskap
president in November 2017, and shows how this finally
en terminologie vir elke resep gebruik word. Hulle
spurred ZANU-PF to rid itself of the president who had
leer hoe om ’n groot verskeidenheid dinge te bak,
done so much damage to the country over the decades.
van brood en muffins tot koek en koekies, met
Written with the insight of a journalist from inside
variasies vir elke bakmengsel.
Zimbabwe, this is a fascinating account of the rise and
fall of one of Africa’s longest-ruling dictators.
Hardeband | R190 | 9781432309718
The Home Gardener: Bonsai Softcover | R220 | 9781776093465
David Squire and Allan Haschick
Striped
Crochet Bonsai, the practice of growing miniaturized
Blankets trees in shallow containers, can transform SWAPO Captive
Haafner Linssen even the tiniest outdoor space into a Oiva Angula
beautiful landscape, or create points of
Patterns for 20 interest both indoors and out. The selection A young Namibian goes into exile to join SWAPO’s military
beautiful striped of plants that can be developed into bonsai wing, PLAN, in the late 1970s. After dedicating his life to the
blankets, from simple ranges from conifers, maples and bamboos movement, a series of purges within the organisation lead to
patterns that use only the most basic stitches to to leafy and flowering trees and shrubs, and him being wrongfully branded an apartheid spy and traitor.
more complex creations that use less commonly hardy indigenous species that are adapted So begins Oiva Angula’s terrifying story of betrayal and
known stitches. to local conditions. With its wealth of sound torture by his comrades, which culminates in imprisonment
Each project comes with a written pattern, advice and helpful tips, this book will guide in the omalambo – the hidden pits in Lubango, Angola, into
chart, colour advice and instructions for making novices through their first steps, as well as which he, along with many others, is cast and left to die.
it in a variety of sizes. All the basic crochet offer new ideas and insight to experienced SWAPO Captive threads together personal narrative and
techniques are clearly explained. practitioners of this captivating botanical art. national history, and reveals little-known narratives from ‘the
The blanket stripes are solid, textured and other side’ of the Border War: life in a PLAN training camp,
cabled, lacy, diagonal, chevron, intricate and Softcover | R150 | 9781432308681 political education in the Eastern Bloc, and a foot soldier’s
eclectic. role in the war for independence.
Softcover | R200 | 9781432309817 Softcover | R230 | 9781776093618
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Non-fiction continued
The Creative Curve
Licence to Loot Allen Gannett
Stephan Hofstatter
In this book Allen Gannett – data
Licence to Loot is a fast-paced, hard-hitting investigation wizard and successful entrepreneur
into parastatal looting, written by journalist Stephan – reveals the four laws of creativity
Hofstatter. At the centre of the story is Eskom, the largest that are proven to work.
power utility in Africa, which could determine the success Packed with stories and insights
or failure of South Africa’s economy. ranging from the team behind
Hofstatter’s story begins in 2016, with the Guptas’ Dear Evan Hansen to the founder
controversial purchase of Optimum coal mine and Eskom of Reddit, from the Chief Content
chief executive Brian Molefe’s key role in the deal. From the Officer of Netflix to Michelin
diary entries of a Saxonwold security guard to first-hand starred chefs, The Creative Curve
accounts of backroom dealmaking, it traces the origins of will help you spend less time on
a shadowy network between the Guptas and Eskom that ideas destined to fail and more
ultimately allowed the family to extract billions of rands time on ideas that really break out.
from the parastatal. This book is for everyone, whether
Licence to Loot reveals the complicated deals and you’re a business leader, a creative
machinations underpinning state capture and the artist or a budding entrepreneur
subsequent ministerial and board appointments that ceded – and will teach you the secret to
How the plunder of Eskom the control of the country’s parastatals, including Eskom, conceiving great ideas that can
and other parastatals Transnet, SAA and Denel, to Gupta-linked moneymen. achieve major success.
almost sank South Africa.
Softcover | R260 | 9781776093120 Trade paperback | R320
Die tale wat ons praat 9780753548738
Danny Fourie, Jana Luther en Fred Pheiffer
Is knormoer regtig ’n woord? Waar kom die peet
What Makes Them Great? in peetouer vandaan? Hoe verskil relikte, relieke en
Douglas Kruger
relikwieë? Wanneer tap ’n mens ’n ui? Wat doen jy
as jy varkoor gooi? Waar kry volstruis sy naam?
What Makes Them Great? sets out in 50 practical
Vir jare al, Sondae net ná elf, word al dié vrae en nog
suggestions exactly what it would take for you to
baie meer in die RSG-program Die tale wat ons praat
become so formidable within your own industry that
beantwoord. Ook word aktuele sake en interessanthede
your competitors struggle to keep up. Because, when
oor Afrikaans bespreek.
you are the industry leader, the undisputed expert, the
Van die deelnemers aan die program is taalkundiges,
dynamics change: the media and the deals come to
leksikograwe en huidige en oudlede van die SA
you; your level of earning is exponentially higher; you
Akademie se Taalkommissie.
enjoy privileged access and extraordinary leeway; you
In hierdie boek bring Jana Luther en Fred Pheiffer,
arrive to find the door already open.
saam met Danny Fourie as samesteller, van die gewildste
Find out what it would take for you to become the
bydraes deur dié luisteraars en taalkenners byeen.
Branson of business, the Clarkson of cars, the Oprah of
Vir elkeen wat getrou by die radio luister – en almal
talk-show television. Find out how you can become the
wat lief is vir Afrikaans!
leading name in your industry.
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kruger on twitter
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Non-fiction continued
Around the World in 80 Days
More Together Mark Beaumont
Than Alone
Mark Nepo
On Monday 18th September 2017, Mark Beaumont pedalled
through the Arc de Triomphe in Paris. 78 days, 14 hours
Mark Nepo presents an
and 40 minutes earlier he set off from the same point,
empowering guide to the power
beginning his attempt to circumnavigate the world in
of community and why it’s essential
record time. Covering more than 18,000 miles and cycling
in our lives, now more than ever.
through some of the harshest conditions one man and his
He investigates what brings
bicycle can endure, Mark made history. He smashed two
us together and what throws us
Guinness World Records and beat the previous record by
apart. He considers what we have
an astonishing 45 days.
in common as well as what makes
Around the World in 80 Days is the story of Mark’s
us unique. He gathers stories and
amazing achievement
lessons from across cultures and
history to show that, despite the
Trade paperback | R320 | 9780593080412
hardships we face, we have the
power to create connections and
draw strength from one another.
The inspiring story of one man's record-
Featuring thought-provoking
analysis and practical takeaways, breaking cycle around the world.
More Together Than Alone will
From the Corner of the Oval Office
help us inhabit a stronger sense of
Beck Dorey-Stein
togetherness in our lives to achieve
our highest potential, as individuals,
and as communities.
In 2012, Beck Dorey-Stein was just scraping by in Now available in Paperback
Washington DC when a posting on Craigslist landed her,
improbably, in the Oval Office as one of Barack Obama’s Mythos
Trade paperback | R320
stenographers. The ultimate DC outsider, she joined the Stephen Fry
9781846045868
elite team who accompanied the president wherever
he went, recorder and mic in hand. On whirlwind trips The Greek myths are amongst the best stories ever told, passed
across time zones, Beck forged friendships with a tight down through millennia and inspiring writers and artists as varied
group of fellow travellers – young men and women as Shakespeare, Michelangelo, James Joyce and Walt Disney.
who, like her, left their real lives behind to hop aboard They are embedded deeply in the traditions, tales and cultural
Air Force One in service of the president. But as she DNA of the West.
learned the ropes of protocol, Beck became romantically You’ll fall in love with Zeus, marvel at the birth of Athena, wince
entangled with a colleague, and suddenly, the political at Cronus and Gaia’s revenge on Ouranos, weep with King Midas
became all too personal. and hunt with the beautiful and ferocious Artemis.
Set against the backdrop of a White House full of Spellbinding, informative and moving, Stephen Fry’s Mythos
glamour, drama and intrigue, this is the story of a young perfectly captures these stories for the modern age – in all their
woman making unlikely friendships, getting her heart rich and deeply human relevance.
broken, learning what truly matters and discovering her
voice in the process. Paperback | R195 | 9781405934138
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September
A Ladder to the Sky
John Boyne
If you look hard enough, you can
find stories pretty much anywhere.
They don’t even have to be your own.
Or so would-be writer Maurice Swift
decides very early on in his career.
Fiction A chance encounter in a Berlin
hotel with celebrated novelist Erich
Transcription Ackermann gives him an opportunity
Kate Atkinson to ingratiate himself with someone
more powerful than him. For Erich
‘Think of it as an adventure, Perry had said right is lonely, and he has a story to tell.
at the beginning of all this. And it had seemed like Whether or not he should do so is
one. A bit of a lark, she had thought. A Girls’ Own another matter entirely.
adventure.’ Once Maurice has made his name,
In 1940, eighteen-year old Juliet Armstrong is he sets off in pursuit of other people’s
reluctantly recruited into the world of espionage. stories. He doesn’t care where he finds
Sent to an obscure department of MI5 tasked them – or to whom they belong – as
with monitoring the comings and goings of British long as they help him rise to the top.
Fascist sympathizers, she discovers the work to be The House Across the Street Stories will make him famous but
by turns both tedious and terrifying. But after the Lesley Pearse they will also make him beg, borrow
war has ended, she presumes the events of those and steal. They may even make him
years have been relegated to the past for ever. Twenty-three year old Katy Speed is fascinated by the do worse.
Ten years later, now a producer at the BBC, Juliet house across the street. The woman who lives there,
is unexpectedly confronted by figures from her Gloria, is the most glamorous neighbour on the avenue, Trade paperback | R290
past. A different war is being fought now, on a owning a fashionable dress shop in Bexhill-on-Sea. 9780857523501
different battleground, but Juliet finds herself once But who is the woman who arrives in the black car
The magnificent
more under threat. A bill of reckoning is due, and most Saturdays while Gloria is at work? Sometimes
she finally begins to realise that there is no action new novel by the she brings women to the house, other times they
without consequence. bestselling and have children.
Transcription is a work of rare depth and texture, Hilda, Katy’s mother, disapproves of Gloria. She
award-winning Kate
a bravura modern novel of extraordinary power, wonders if these mysterious visitors have just been
wit and empathy. It is a triumphant work of fiction Atkinson, a major released from prison. Is Gloria secretly bringing
from one of this country’s most exceptional writers. publishing event. criminals, or worse, into the heart of the community?
Then one night, the house burns down. In the
Trade paperback | R290 | 9780857525895 wreckage, the bodies of Gloria and her daughter are
found. Katy is sure the unexplained visitors must be
Kate Atkinson’s 2013 novel Life After Life won the South Bank Sky responsible until her father is arrested and charged with
Arts Literature Prize, was shortlisted for the Women’s Prize, and voted murder. Have the police arrested the correct person?
Book of the Year for the independent booksellers associations on both Are the rest of the street safe? Can Katy find the truth
sides of the Atlantic. It also won the Costa Novel Award, as did her before it’s too late?
subsequent novel A God in Ruins (2015).
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Fiction continued
Shadow Tyrants
Revenge Clive Cussler & Boyd Morrison
James Patterson
Nearly two thousand years ago, an Eastern emperor charged
Former SAS soldier David Shelley
a small group with safeguarding a body of knowledge and
was part of the most covert
secrets powerful enough to change the history of mankind.
operations team in the special
They went down in legend as the Nine Unknown Men –
forces, along with the woman he
and now two rival factions of the descendants are fighting
went on to marry. Now settling
a mighty battle.
down to civilian life in London,
Both sides think they are saving the world, but one of them
they have plans to set up a private
is willing to use horrifying means to accomplish its goals.
security company and enjoy a safer
Now it is up to Cabrillo and his team of expert operatives
and more stable existence. But
to stop both of them from the destructive path they’re on,
the shocking death of a young
and save the earth from a dynasty of terror.
woman Shelley once helped
protect puts those plans on hold.
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The police rule the death
a suicide but the grieving parents
can’t accept their beloved daughter
Cussler is an internationally recognized authority on
would take her own life. They need
shipwrecks and the founder of the National Underwater and
to find out what really happened, Clive Marine Agency, (NUMA) a non-profit organization (named
and they turn to their former
Paris Echo Cussler after the fictional Federal agency in his novels) that dedicates
bodyguard, Shelley, for help. DID YOU itself to preserving American maritime and naval history,
Sebastian Faulks KNOW? searching for lost ships of historic significance.
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Here is Paris as you have never seen it before – a city
9781780899169
in which every building seems to hold the echo of an
unacknowledged past, the shadows of Vichy and Algeria. Bad
American postdoctoral researcher Hannah and runaway Chloé Esposito
Moroccan teenager Tariq have little in common, yet both
are susceptible to the daylight ghosts of Paris. Hannah Alvie Knightly may be waking up in the Ritz, but her life is
listens to the extraordinary witness of women who were no bed of roses.
present under the German Occupation; in her desire to Firstly, she has the mother of all hangovers. Secondly,
understand their lives and through them her own, she her beautiful, spoiled twin sister Beth has just been found
finds a city bursting with clues and connections. Out in dead in Sicily – and the police want Alvie for questioning.
the migrant suburbs, Tariq is searching for a mother he And thirdly, Alvie’s hot new boyfriend has vanished with
barely knew. For him in his innocence each boulevard, every penny of the millions they stole from Beth.
Métro station and street corner is a source of surprise. But he picked the wrong girl to mess with.
In this urgent and deeply moving novel, Faulks deals Alvie will pursue her ex to Rome in a game of cat and
with questions of empire, grievance and identity. mouse that only one of them can survive.
With great originality and a dark humour, Paris Echo Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned…
A gripping tale of murder, asks how much we really need to know if we are to But can Alvie get revenge before her crimes catch up
betrayal and revenge from live a valuable life. with her?
the world's bestselling
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thriller writer.
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Resin
City of Lies Ane Riel
Sam Hawke
Liv died when she
Jovan wears two faces. Outwardly, he is the lifelong was just six years old.
friend of the Chancellor’s charming, irresponsible At least, that’s what
heir. He’s quiet. Forgettable even. But in truth he the authorities think.
is a master of poisons and chemicals, trained to Her father knew he was
protect the Chancellor’s family. Then there is his the only one who could
sister, Kalina. She hides her frustrations behind a keep her safe in this world.
mask of serenity. Her path is full of secrets and lies So one evening he left the
– some hidden even from her own brother. isolated house his little family called home, he
It’s when the Chancellor succumbs to an pushed their boat out to sea and watched it ruin
unknown poison and an army lays siege to the on the rocks. Then he walked the long way into
city that the siblings’ world begins to truly unravel. town to report his only child missing.
Trapped and desperate, they soon discover that But behind the boxes and the baskets
this is a world built on oppression and treachery… crowding her Dad’s workshop, Liv was hiding.
This way her Dad had said, she’d never have to
Trade paperback | R290 | 9781787630130 go to school; this way, she’d never have to leave
her parents. This way, Liv would be safe.
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Set in a world of subterfuge, treachery
and the poisoner’s art, this bold and
exciting epic fantasy debut introduces Theo and Flora
follow sam hawke a remarkable new talent to the genre. Mark Winkler Now You
on twitter See Her
When novelist Charlie Wasserman’s Heidi Perks
wife Sascha divorces him, he finds
Fatal Inheritance a box of letters among the belongings Charlotte is looking after
Rachel Rhys his investment-banker wife did not care her best friend’s daughter
to remove when she signed over their the day she disappears.
London 1948: Eve Forrester is trapped in a loveless marriage, house and asked never to be contacted She thought the little girl
in a gloomy house, in a grey suburb. by him again. was playing with her own
Out of the blue, she received a solicitor’s letter. A wealthy Written between 1940 and 1944, the children. She swears she
stranger has left her a mystery inheritance but in order to find letters expose a love affair between only took her eyes off
out more, she must travel to the glittering French Riviera. Sascha’s grandfather, Theo, a forty- them for a second.
Eve discovers her legacy is an enchanting villa overlooking something lawyer, and Flora, a much Now, Charlotte must do the unthinkable: tell
the Mediterranean sea and suddenly, life could not be more younger journalist. The letters spark an idea her best friend Harriet that her only child is
glamorous. for a novel. All the while the story of Theo missing. The child she was meant to be watching.
But while she rubs shoulders with film-stars and famous writers, and Flora’s lives unfurls, always against the Devastated, Harriet can no longer bear to see
under the heat of the golden sun, rivals to her unexplained backdrop of the 1940s and what it meant Charlotte. No one could expect her to trust her
fortune begin to emerge. for Jewish people across the world. friend again.
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