Extracts
Extract: Wild Imperfections compiled and edited by Natalia Molebatsi
08 July 2021
An anthology of womanist poems for the times.
DIANA FERRUS (South Africa)
This Song of Freedom
this song of freedom
fades, sounds futile
when a lone gunman
loaded with hatred
expels from his chest
unfounded fear onto people
who have never hated him
never demanded from him
anything
but their dignity...
Extract: Triple Cross by Tom Bradby
24 June 2021
Double Agent saw Kate retire from the Service, but it won't last long...
From the bestselling author of Secret Service, Tom Bradby, comes the final instalment in the bestselling Kate Henderson series.
“NOW KATE HENDERSON WAS SURE. She had seen the clean-shaven man with faded jeans, olive T-shirt and fawn trainers while...
Extract: The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman
24 June 2021
The first book in the #1 bestselling Thursday Murder Club series by TV presenter Richard Osman, about four unlikely friends living in a retirement village who meet up once a week to investigate unsolved murders.
Part 1: Meet new people and try new things
Chapter 1: Joyce
“WELL, LET’S START WITH ELIZABETH, SHALL WE? And see...
Extract: Suspects by Lesley Pearse
24 June 2021
When Nina and Conrad move into their new home in Willow Close a body is discovered. They had thought they'd found their dream neighbourhood. But have they moved into a nightmare?
“‘WHAT ON EARTH HAS HARRY GOT NOW?’ Maureen Willis asked her husband, Rob, pointing to their Border terrier who appeared to have found...
Extract: Scorpion by Christian Cantrell
24 June 2021
A gripping cat-and-mouse thriller perfect for anyone who loved I Am Pilgrim, with a near-future twist that fans of Blake Crouch will adore.
“THE FIRST THING KIRA DOES BEFORE SHE GETS UP IS PUT ON HER LEGS. They balance on an inductive charging mat beside her bed between a set of steel rails, and the muscles in the young woman’...
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