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Books > Fiction > Genre fiction > Adventure / thriller
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1984
(Hardcover)
George Orwell
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Piranha
(Paperback)
Rudie van Rensburg
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When Captain Kassie Kasselman of Newlands SAPD starts investigating a missing ex-colleague, it’s quickly clear that more is going on than a simple drug-related disappearance. It somehow seems linked to the kidnapping that has struck his colleague Rooi Els’ wife’s place of work, a curio shop. From the Cape ganglands to Kruger’s rhino poachers, from a grisly smallholding to the glitz of the diplomatic world, Kassie has to feel his way quickly but carefully – or Rooi Els’ wife is fish food. Afrikaans readers have grown to love anti-hero Captain Kassie Kasselman since Rudie van Rensburg’s first crime novel, Slagyster (2013). His unique style of detective story, with a strong focus not only on the investigation but also on the criminals in question, creating a complex and satisfying web of motives and plot, is now available in English for the first time.
Cambridge professor Emily Wilde is good at many things: She is the foremost expert on the study of faeries. She is a genius scholar and a meticulous researcher who is writing the world’s first encyclopaedia of faerie lore. But Emily Wilde is not good at people. She could never make small talk at a party—or even get invited to one. And she prefers the company of her books, her dog, Shadow, and the Fair Folk to other people.
So when she arrives in the hardscrabble village of Hrafnsvik, Emily has no intention of befriending the gruff townsfolk. Nor does she care to spend time with another new arrival: her dashing and insufferably handsome academic rival Wendell Bambleby, who manages to charm the townsfolk, muddle Emily’s research, and utterly confound and frustrate her.
But as Emily gets closer and closer to uncovering the secrets of the Hidden Ones—the most elusive of all faeries—lurking in the shadowy forest outside the town, she also finds herself on the trail of another mystery: Who is Wendell Bambleby, and what does he really want? To find the answer, she’ll have to unlock the greatest mystery of all—her own heart.
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Never Lie
(Paperback)
Freida McFadden
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A twisting, pulse-pounding thriller from the New York Times bestselling
author of The Housemaid and The Coworker!
Sometimes the truth kills…
Newlyweds Tricia and Ethan are searching for the house of their dreams.
They think they've found it when they visit the remote manor that once
belonged to Dr. Adrienne Hale, a renowned psychiatrist who vanished
without a trace years ago. But when a violent winter storm traps them
at the estate, the house begins to lose its appeal.
Stuck inside and growing restless, Tricia stumbles on a collection of
audio transcripts from Dr. Hale's sessions with patients. As Tricia
listens to the cassette tapes, she learns about the terrifying chain of
events leading up to the doctor's mysterious disappearance.
With each tape, another shocking piece of the puzzle falls into place,
and a web of lies slowly unravels. But by the time Tricia reaches the
final cassette, the one that reveals the entire horrifying story, it
will be too late…
From New York Times bestselling author Freida McFadden comes an
addictive, unpredictable thriller that will keep you asking the
question: what is the truth?
Summer 1999. Will joins five other idealistic graduates working for an
eccentric psychology professor. They’re going to launch a website to
change online dating forever.
No-one expects it to end in tragedy.
Twenty-five years later, Will gets an invitation: a dinner party. A
chance to see the old gang again.
But as soon as he arrives, something doesn’t seem right.
There’s an unexpected guest. The hosts are clearly keeping a secret.
And on the way in, Will is sure he heard crying.
Everyone has something to hide about what really happened that summer.
But only one of them is willing to kill to find the truth…
'A racy, classy political thriller ...' - Jennifer Byrne In 2005,
Marin Katich, living in Croatia under an alias, is being watched.
Before the year is out, he has been assaulted, arrested, charged
with serious war crimes and locked up in Scheveningen Prison in The
Hague, waiting for his case to come before the International War
Crimes Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia. In Sydney, Anna Rosen, a
freelance journalist, is emailed photos of a man she knows to be
dead - gunned down in a brutal ambush in Bosnia over a decade ago.
A man she'd once loved but who had betrayed her. Is it possible
that the photos really are of Marin Katich? And if so, what the
hell had happened in 1992? From Croatia to The Hague to Bosnia and
Herzegovina to Sydney, Anna and Marin's intertwined history fuels
her determination to tear apart, piece by piece, his secrets, while
continuing to keep her own. In a dangerous pursuit of justice and
revenge, navigating the murky world of national and international
secret agencies and those who would still be warlords, Anna fights
for what she believes in and for those she loves. Tony Jones, one
of Australia's most admired journalists, blurs the lines between
fiction and political reality, creating a page-turning, intriguing
and gripping thriller. 'A political thriller in the Robert Harris
mould.' - Jennifer Byrne on The Twentieth Man 'Extremely readable,
fascinating and very cleverly done.' - AustralianCrimeFiction.org
on The Twentieth Man
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Migrations
(Paperback)
Charlotte McConaghy
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R409
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June, 1975.
The Taylor family shatters in a single night when two teenage siblings
are found dead in their own home. The only surviving sibling, Vincent,
never shakes the whispers and accusations that he was the one who
killed them. Decades later, the legend only grows as his career as a
horror writer skyrockets.
Ghostwriter Olivia Dumont has spent her entire professional life hiding
the fact that she is the only child of Vincent Taylor. Now on the brink
of financial ruin, she's offered a job to ghostwrite her father's last
book. What she doesn't know, though, is that this project is another
one of his lies. Because it's not another horror novel he wants her to
write.
After fifty years of silence, Vincent Taylor is finally ready to talk
about what really happened that night in 1975.
Die derde boek in die Abel-trilogie. Die polisie word ontbied na ’n kamer in die Sleep Inn in Bez Valley. Bloed en hare in die bad dui op ’n slagting, maar daar is geen lyk nie. Wanneer ’n gelooide en onthaarde vel in formalien gevind word, weet Ella Neser sy is weer op Abel Lotz se spoor. Abel bevind hom in Brugge, by sy vriend Ignaz Bouts. Kort voor lank soek hy weer na velle met tatoes vir die omslae van die tien volumes van sy Kosmiese Reise, hierdie keer met die hulp van Ignaz. Hy het twee velle en kort nog agt. Intussen word die lyk van ’n amptenaar van Binnelandse Sake kaal en bevrore langs ’n dam gevind, sy keel afgesny. Dit blyk dat ’n joernalis op sy spoor was, nadat ’n Suid-Afrikaanse paspoort aan die lyk van ’n meesterbrein van Al-Kaïda gevind is.
Three women, connected by one of the most brutal mass slayings in US history. Lucy is sick of turning the other cheek. Ten years ago, an anti-Mormon mob drove her family and friends from their homes in Illinois. But now, the tables have turned. Rumor has it, some of those same men are traveling through Utah on their way to California. And this time, Lucy won’t run. Katrina knew the trek west would be difficult. But she had no idea she’d be walking straight into hell. The young mother of four is prepared to do whatever it takes to protect her family from the violence closing in, but the battle to survive will be more harrowing than anything she can imagine. Sally has just been “gifted” to a man she barely knows—as his fourth wife. Trapped and lonely, she tries to make the best of her new life. But when her husband insists on joining a group of religious zealots’ plans for revenge, she’s forced to reconsider her loyalties. Even if it means putting her own life on the line.
In a violent storm off the west coast of Anglesey in North Wales, a
young woman is plucked from the sea by a rescue helicopter. She is
unconscious and dressed in unusual clothing. The only evidence of
her identity is the life jacket she is wearing bearing her name,
lzzy, and the name of a yacht reported missing two weeks earlier.
The crew are at odds to explain why, with no sign of wreckage or
any other bodies, she is the only survivor from a family of five.
Discover what happened to Izzy and her family as we join them four
weeks earlier preparing to depart from Deganwy Marina on their
yacht, Nicole, for their annual sailing holiday. Written with
warmth and sensitivity for its main characters, Arthur's Seed will
plunge you into a brutal yet beautiful world on a journey that has
more twists and turns than a detective novel. You will be in awe of
the scale of their hidden subterranean world and its secrets, but
be warned, there are dark forces at work to take control of your
mind and emotions at the turn of every page. For you will be moved
to tears of sorrow and joy as lzzy and her two brothers' incredible
story unfolds. Arthur's Seed: Cuddfan, Myrddin's Legacy is David's
debut novel of a planned trilogy following the exploits of Izzy and
her two brothers Daniel and George as they struggle to save the
hidden world of Cuddfan from the forces of evil.
In a violent storm off the west coast of Anglesey in North Wales, a
young woman is plucked from the sea by a rescue helicopter. She is
unconscious and dressed in unusual clothing. The only evidence of
her identity is the life jacket she is wearing bearing her name,
lzzy, and the name of a yacht reported missing two weeks earlier.
The crew are at odds to explain why, with no sign of wreckage or
any other bodies, she is the only survivor from a family of five.
Discover what happened to Izzy and her family as we join them four
weeks earlier preparing to depart from Deganwy Marina on their
yacht, Nicole, for their annual sailing holiday. Written with
warmth and sensitivity for its main characters, Arthur's Seed will
plunge you into a brutal yet beautiful world on a journey that has
more twists and turns than a detective novel. You will be in awe of
the scale of their hidden subterranean world and its secrets, but
be warned, there are dark forces at work to take control of your
mind and emotions at the turn of every page. For you will be moved
to tears of sorrow and joy as lzzy and her two brothers' incredible
story unfolds. Arthur's Seed: Cuddfan, Myrddin's Legacy is David's
debut novel of a planned trilogy following the exploits of Izzy and
her two brothers Daniel and George as they struggle to save the
hidden world of Cuddfan from the forces of evil.
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The Sons
(Paperback)
Anton Svensson
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R507
R148
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'Unique and stunning. One of the most powerful novels you'll read this year'
Stephen Booth on The Father
In the second part of the highly acclaimed and internationally bestselling series Made in Sweden, one brother fictionalises the real crimes of his own family for a remarkable and epic novel.
After six years in prison, Sweden's most notorious criminal Leo Dûvnjac is free, acquitted of all but two of the ten bank robberies he and his two younger brothers pulled off.
While behind bars, he befriended Sam Larsen, who was convicted of murdering his own father - and also happens to be the brother of the cop who caught Leo, Detective John Broncks.
With Sam at his side, Leo seeks out his now-law-abiding brothers for one last job and a chance at redemption - or revenge. But Bronks is on to him, and Leo's father has other plans for his sons . . .
Now two sets of brothers will play out the tragic and thrilling destinies of childhoods built on heartbreaking betrayal.
Some doors are locked for a reason…
While eleven-year-old Nora Davis was up in her bedroom doing homework,
she had no idea her father was killing women in the basement.
Until the day the police arrived at their front door.
Decades later, Nora’s father is spending his life behind bars, and Nora
is a successful surgeon with a quiet, solitary existence. Nobody knows
her father was a notorious serial killer. And she intends to keep it
that way.
Then Nora discovers one of her young female patients has been murdered.
In the same unique and horrific manner that her father used to kill his
victims.
Somebody knows who Nora is. Somebody wants her to take the fall for
this unthinkable crime. But she’s not a killer like her father. The
police can’t pin anything on her.
As long as they don’t look in her basement.
SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER ***The explosive fifth novel in the Red
Rising Series*** The Number One New York Times bestselling author
of Morning Star returns to the Red Rising universe with the
thrilling sequel to Iron Gold. He broke the chains Then broke the
world.... A decade ago Darrow led a revolution, and laid the
foundations for a new world. Now he's an outlaw. Cast out of the
very Republic he founded, with half his fleet destroyed, he wages a
rogue war on Mercury. Outnumbered, outgunned but not out thought.
Is he still the hero who broke the chains? Or will he become the
agent of the world's destruction? Is it time for another legend to
take his place? Lysander au Lune, the displaced heir to the old
empire, has returned to the Core. First he must survive Gold
backstabbing, then Darrow. Will he bring peace to mankind at the
edge of his sword? And on Luna, Mustang, the embattled sovereign of
the Republic, must save both democracy and her exiled husband
millions of kilometres away. The only thing certain in the Solar
System is treachery. And that the Rising is entering a new Dark
Age. PRAISE FOR THE RED RISING SERIES: 'Pierce Brown's
empire-crushing debut is a sprawling vision . . . Ender, Katniss,
and now Darrow' - Scott Sigler, New York Times bestselling author
of Pandemic '[A] top-notch debut novel . . . Red Rising ascends
above a crowded dystopian field' - USA Today '[A] spectacular
adventure . . . one heart-pounding ride . . . Pierce Brown's
dizzyingly good debut novel evokes The Hunger Games, Lord of the
Flies, and Ender's Game. . . . [Red Rising] has everything it needs
to become meteoric' - Entertainment Weekly
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