Extracts
Extract: Go as a River by Shelley Read
04 May 2023
Combining unforgettable characters and a breathtaking natural setting, it is a sweeping story of survival and becoming, of the deepest mysteries of love, truth and fate.
Prologue
“Imagine what lingers on the black bottom of a lake. Debris, rivered in or tossed from boats, grows shaggy and soft. Pouty fish swim their...
Extract: Sons of Mud by Johan Vlok Louw
25 April 2023
At an army base close to Voortrekkerhoogte in Pretoria, at the height of summer and South Africa’s Border War, 18-year-old recruits endure an appalling drill sergeant bent on turning them into killing machines for the SADF. They are sleep deprived, and tension mounts in this group of disparate individuals – boys from all walks of life...
Extract: I Will Find You by Harlan Coben
25 April 2023
From the # 1 author and creator of the hit Netflix drama Stay Close, a page-turning thriller that will keep you guessing until the very last page. The new Harlan Coben blockbuster has arrived.
Chapter One
I am serving the fifth year of a life sentence for murdering my own child.
Spoiler alert: I didn’t do it...
Extract: The Love Wager by Lynn Painter
31 March 2023
After crawling out of a hotel room, Hallie decides it's time to become a full-on adult. But when she logs into the dating app to look for new love, she finds none other than Jack: the guy whose hotel room she'd snuck out of. Jack and Hallie realise that they're each other's perfect wing-person - and join forces in their searches...
Extract: So Close by Sylvia Day
31 March 2023
So Close is the first book in the Blacklist series, with Sylvia Day's trademark emotional intensity, scorching sensuality, and powerful storytelling.
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Witte
The party is a lively crush, yet I’m keenly aware of one singularly significant presence – my employer’s wife, a woman who has been dead for many...