Extract: Serpentine by Jonathan Kellerman
About the book:
A gripping new thriller featuring psychologist Alex Delaware from the Number One New York Times bestselling master of suspense.
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February 2nd, 2021
Extract - The Russian by James Patterson & James O. Born
About the book:
As Detective Michael Bennett's wedding day approaches, a killer has a vow of his own to fulfil in the thirteenth thrilling novel by James Patterson featuring the NYPD's finest detective
January 18th
Extract - At the Edge of the Desert
Within a few weeks I’d settled back into my old routine. My days began with cossie and goggles wrapped in a towel. I’d follow the road down to the Shark Island pool – a quick walk through Lüderitz – for a morning swim before returning home to edit my documentary. I spent my time attempting to make sense of South African prison gangs, struggling to decide if my film should focus on the men or their make-believe uniforms.
Uittreksel - Brandmerk deur Christelle van Rooyen-Wessels
Hy het gister weer ’n trial run gehad, maar dit was op die ou einde nie eintlik veel van ’n uitdaging nie. Sy was net dáár, langs die pad, en hy het stilgehou.
“Waarheen gaan jy?”
Die meisie het met haar kop beduie dat sy in dieselfde rigting as hy op pad was.
“Klim in, jy kan sê waar ek moet stop.”
Extract - 1986 by William Dicey
Memoirs, Mind Management & Miscellany
Our bookshelves are straining under the number of compelling and evocative non-fiction reads we've just released.
From the latest edition of Ripley's Believe It or Not, bursting with the weird and unexplained, and a fairy tale from the master of trivia himself, Stephen Fry, to inspirational books from Seth Godin and Naomi Klein. Take a look below and choose your favourite!
November 17th
Festive Food with Siba Mtongana
Looking for the stars for your festive table? We've got them right here! Culinary extraordinaire, Siba Mtongana, shares the recipes for her delicious honey-glazed gammon and mouth-watering trifle, with a twist.
The lost art of letter writing
In Nine Letters, cynical lawyer Teddy Dickerson is awaiting a slow decline and a place at an old-age home. But life sometimes brings surprises. When his prickly Aunt Val dies, she leaves an unusual bequest: her task for Teddy is to post letters to eight of her friends around the world, a job that will take him on a journey into new and unexpected territory. We’ve asked John Webb, the author, some questions.
November 16th
Extract: Promised Land - Exploring South Africa’s Land Conflict
This land is our land
‘Land reform’ and, even more headline grabbing, ‘expropriation without compensation’. Two phrases that is used to scare just as much as to promise a new beginning. In Promised Land: Exploring South Africa’s Land Conflict, Karl Kemp travels the country documenting the fallout of failing land reform. Here are two extracts.
October 21st
Extract - The History of Man by Siphiwe Gloria Ndlovu
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