Extracts
Extract: This Shining Life by Harriet Kline
29 July 2021
A boy struggling to process an unexpected loss believes he has been given a series of clues to the biggest puzzle of all—the meaning of life—in this deeply felt debut novel.
PROLOGUE
“HE FELL OVER AND LAY in the grass, laughing. ‘I didn’t think I’d had that much to drink.’
The sky...
Extract: Not a Happy Family by Shari Lapena
29 July 2021
The new domestic suspense novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Couple Next Door and The End of Her who has sold more than
7 million copies of her books worldwide.
PROLOGUE
“THERE ARE MANY EXPENSIVE houses here in Brecken Hill, an enclave on the edge of Aylesford, in the Hudson Valley. Situated on the...
Extract: The Night She Disappeared by Lisa Jewell
29 July 2021
A cold case, an abandoned mansion, family trauma and dark secrets lie at the heart of Lisa Jewell's remarkable new novel.
ARACHNOPHOBIA
ARACHNOPHOBIA. It’s one of those words that sounds as bad as that which it describes. The hard ‘ack’ at the end of the second syllable suggestive of the repulsive angles of a spider...
Uittreksel: Bloedsteen deur Irna van Zyl
29 July 2021
Van Londen se donker strate tot Antwerpen se diamantebeurs, van Port Nolloth se verlate kuslyn tot Storm se geliefde Hermanus, ontvou die storie in Irna van Zyl se derde misdaadroman teen die pas van ’n sneltrein.
VOORAF
LONDEN
“SPEURADJUDANT STORM VAN DER MERWE se ma val nie per ongeluk onder ’n trein op...
Uittreksel: Gifbeker deur Irna van Zyl
29 July 2021
Moord is op die spyskaart. Speurders Storm van der Merwe en Andreas Moerdyk is terug in Irna van Zyl se riller, Gifbeker.
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“DIT IS DIE DAG WAAROP die land se bekendste kosblogger dood neerslaan in sjef Zeb Tswalo se deftige restaurant.
Die een oomblik is almal nog gedemp aan die gesels, beleefd besig met hulle elegante...
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