Extracts
Extract: The Cloisters by Katy Hays
20 January 2023
The Secret History meets Ninth House in this sinister, atmospheric novel . . . the discovery of a mysterious deck of tarot cards lays bare shocking secrets within a close-knit circle of researchers at New York's famed Met Cloisters museum.
PROLOGUE
Death always visited me in August. A slow and delicious...
Extract: We All Want Impossible Things by Catherine Newman
19 January 2023
A heart-wrenching yet laugh-out-loud celebration of friendship at its imperfect and radiant best.
Prologue
“Edi. Are you sleeping?”
I’m whispering, even though the point is to wake her up. Her eyelids look bruised, and her lips are pale and peeling, but still she’s so gorgeous I could bite her face. Her...
Extract: Private Beijing by James Patterson
19 January 2023
The new thriller in James Patterson's bestselling Private series, featuring private investigator Jack Morgan.
CHAPTER 1
THE LIGHTS OF Beijing, city of twenty-two million souls, stretched as far as the eye could see and shimmered and danced in the July heat, adding a touch of magic to the darkness. Shang Li loved this city,...
Extract: Junx by Tshidiso Moletsane
15 November 2022
Prepare for a party night that courses from Soweto to the Joburg CBD as Tshidiso Moletsane’s explosive novel serves shots of sex, drugs and anxiety while tearing into life, death, race and politics.
“THE SOUTHERN LIGHTS ARE STILL DANCING ABOVE ME. The rain against the metal train carriages sounds like applause. The...
Extract: The Quality of Mercy by Siphiwe Gloria Ndlovu
15 November 2022
In her most magnificent novel yet, award-winning author Siphiwe Gloria Ndlovu showcases the history of a country transitioning from a colonial to a postcolonial state with a deft touch and a compassionate eye for poignant detail. Linked to The Theory of Flight and The History of Man, Ndlovu’s novel nevertheless stands...
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