Weer neurie die kind lispelend en vervelig herhaalde kere sy liedjie sodat Koestertjie, lamgeslaan soos sy daar staan, tot haar verbasing sien dat die slang sy bolyf laat sak totdat hy plat op die grond in al sy kronkelinge voor die kind le. ’n Vuil handjie word uitgestrek en net as dit aan die skubberige rug wil vat, pluk die reptiel homself weer orent en word die bak dreigend platgemaak. Dit is tog te mooi. Die laggie dawer deur die lug en dan word daar maar weer gesing. Weer bedaar die slang.” Wadda van die woestyn verskyn oorspronklik in 1950. In die roman word ’n wit driejarige seuntjie deur Boesmans, Boogspan en sy vrou, Koestertjie, aangeneem nadat die skip waarop hy, sy tweelingboetie en hulle ouers reis byna op die rotse loop. Wadda (’n verdraaiing van sy doopnaam “Waldo”) toon ’n besondere aanvoeling vir en beheer oor die plante- en dierelewe van die Namib-woestyn. Wanneer hy ouer word, word hy ’n leier en legende onder die inheemse bevolking. Die verhaal neem ’n onverwagse wending wanneer Wadda ’n soekgeselskap, op soek na legendariese skatte, teekom en uitvind waar hy werklik vandaan kom.

By the time Laura and Olivia notice the headlights tailing them through the hills, it’s too late. What seems, at first, like a case of road rage quickly unfolds into a heart-pounding chase – and a battle for survival.

Who are the men in the truck? What do they want? And can Laura and Olivia outrun – and outsmart – them long enough to call for help, even if it means taking their chances in the hills on foot?

As their situation grows more perilous, the girls realize that the real terror has only just begun. But flight won’t save them from their pursuers. If they’re going to make it home alive, they’ll have to fight . . .

From bestselling BookTok sensation Noelle W. Ihli comes Run on Red, a twisting mystery thriller perfect for true crime addicts, that will grab you from the first page and won’t let you go . . .

Achmed Abdullah's name was once synonymous with adventure. He published dozens of novels and hundreds of short stories in the pulp magazines of the early 20th century, thrilling millions of readers throughout the world.

One toxic family. Eight suspicious guests. Everyone is guilty. But who is a killer?

Welcome to the luxury McAlpine Lodge…

Nestled in the misty mountains, it’s the perfect getaway. Until a woman’s body is found.

Everyone is a suspect.

The cruel father.

The toxic mother.

The bitter family.

The silent staff.

The suspicious guests.

Each of them is guilty of something. But only one is a killer. You’ll never guess who…

The memoirs of a staff officer serving in Virginia. Edited from the manuscript of Colonel Surry. Originally published in 1866.

This could be called a thriller about trains. It is set in Cumbria on the Carlisle to Barrow coast line in the 1970s, when there were plenty of trains running on that line, and St Bees had a manual signal box. Stephen, aged 11, sometimes helps his uncle Dave in that signal box. They both have a great interest in railways generally, and are sometimes volunteer workers on the Ratty - (the Ravenglass to Eskdale) the preserved line that runs 15? gauge steam locomotives. Stephen lives in Whitehaven with his mother and brother, but often helps his grandmother, who does bed- and-breakfast and evening meals in her house in St Bees. A mysterious stranger books in for an indefinite stay one April. Stephen takes a instant dislike to him without knowing why. Thereafter it seems that wherever he goes, Mr Arbroax is there too, and Stephen becomes ever more uneasy throughout the spring. While cleaning Mr Arbroax's room one weekend he looks in the suitcase under the bed, which, according to its owner was heavy because it was full of books. When Stephen finds a jemmy, a crowbar and sundry other items, but no books, his suspicious become fears. In the penultimate chapter, a heroic deed is required of Stephen and he rises to the occasion very bravely and with very good effect.

I guess you're probably wondering about the next girl. Because there's always another girl, right? A girl waiting to be taken. To be swept away. I'll tell you about her.

It's been twenty years since Detective Chelsey Calhoun lost her sister, and she's been searching ever since: for signs, for closure, for other missing girls. Happy endings are rare in Chelsey's line of work.

Until one day, local teenager Ellie Black is found in Washington State woods. Two years after her disappearance, she's an echo of herself, but alive.

But something's not right about this girl. Where has she been, and who is she protecting?

Chelsey has to find out. For herself, for her sister, and before the next girl is taken.

The memoirs of a staff officer serving in Virginia. Edited from the manuscript of Colonel Surry. Originally published in 1866.

In this Parisian adventure, Abullah writes a modern adventure-romance filled with pistol fights, duels, mystery, murders, and abductions. And yet in the middle of these extraordinary events the young hero emerges as a real, engaging, and sympathetic young man.

It begins with a phone call. And it ends with a murder . . .

Seven friends gather on an idyllic Greek island.

Among them: the actress, the playwright, the housekeeper, the second husband and the wayward son.

There’s jealousy, betrayal, unrequited love, a handful of secrets and too many lies.

Thirty-six hours after they arrive one of them will be dead.

You’ll never guess who. You’ll never guess why.

Achmed Abdullah's name was once synonymous with adventure. He published dozens of novels and hundreds of short stories in the pulp magazines of the early 20th century, thrilling millions of readers throughout the world.

Carl Mackay had an okay job, a beautiful woman, and a lot of big plains. But one day he met a beautiful, frightened girl who didn't quite belong in this world . . .

’n Spieel is ’n vreemde ding, want in ’n spieel leef ’n koue leuen; alles is andersom, verkeerdom en plat. Regs is links en links is regs. ’n Spieel lieg, dink hy, want jy kan jouself nie regtig sien nie, nes mens jouself nie kan kielie nie. Tensy jy natuurlik ’n soort aap is, dan kan jy jouself kielie. En lag. Maar Dolf Eksteen lag nie. Daar’s min rede die laaste tyd om te wil lag. Joe Minnie se lewe raak verweef met die van een van die rykste besigheidsmanne in die land. Sy opdrag is om Dolf Eksteen met sy lewe te bewaak. Dolf se weelderige bestaan word versuur deur bedelbriewe, afpersboodskappe en doodsdreigemente, en die beeldskone Belinda Eksteen, ’n opkomende vermaaklikheidster, is soos ’n emosionele en finansiele tikkende tydbom aan sy sy. Met ’n rolverdeling wat ’n deursnit van die Suid-Afrikaanse gemeenskap bied – die onaantasbares, die onderdruktes, die onderduimses – word Spieelbeeld ’n intense en meesleurende, psigologiese karakterstudie wat nog vir lank by die leser sal spook. ’n Wereldklas spanningsverhaal waartydens die leser die speurder is.

Mercenary Sonja Kurtz is brought out of retirement to blow up a dam and save an African wildlife paradise.

Retired mercenary Sonja Kurtz is recruited to blow up a dam that threatens the existence of Botswana's premier wildlife area, the Okavango Delta.A coalition of environmentalists and safari lodge owners, including Sonja's former lover, Stirling Smith, are determined to see the dam destroyed, at any cost, but deals and double-crosses are going on behind the scenes. Well-meaning American wildlife researcher turned reality TV star, 'Coyote' Sam Chapman stumbles into the middle of the conflict and Sonja finds herself having to babysit a film crew while planning her daring raid.

Old flames and new ones, a rebellious teenage daughter, and her estranged father are all in Sonja's sights as her mission to save the delta turns into a full-blown civil war and a race to protect the one person she really cares for.

An old sanatorium. A terrifying murder. Six suspects and a case that never closed . . .

Akureyri, Northern Iceland, 1983.

High up in the most northern part of Iceland stands The Akureyri Sanatorium. Once a hospital dedicated to treating tuberculosis, it now sits haunted by the ghosts of its past.

One wing of the hospital remains open and houses six employees: the caretaker, two doctors, two nurses and a young research assistant.

Despite the wards closing decades ago they remain at the hospital to conduct research. But the cold corridors, draughty windows and echoey halls are constant reminders of the building’s dark history.

When one of the nurses, Yrsa, is found brutally murdered, they discover that death has never left this place – and neither did its secrets. None can escape this terrifying legacy.

Despite just five suspects the case is never solved and remains open for two decades. Until a young criminologist named Helgi Reykdal attempts to finally lay the ghosts of the hospital's past to rest . . .

When a young girl is snatched from a West Yorkshire town there are eerie similarities with a cold case from many years earlier. It can’t be the same killer, can it?

Yorkshire, 1994. Eighteen-year-old Adrian Brown spends his days working at the local newspaper, and his evenings in his local pub. But under this ordinary surface lies a haunting story. Aged ten, Adrian w as kidnapped by a shadowy figure know n as The Lollipop Man, who had abducted three children before. Adrian w as the only one to escape.

The Lollipop Man might well have returned when another missing child whips up a media frenzy. Journalist Sheila Hargreaves, troubled with memories of her own involvement in the reporting of the previous abductions, is determined to dig deeper, atone for w hat she did nearly a decade ago and bring the Lollipop Man to justice.

A boy is found with his throat ripped out,
the blood drained from his body. It’s not the first
such killing, and the town knows who to blame:
the vampyr colony in the mountains.

But out-of-state detective Barbara Atkins think the evidence
doesn’t stack up. People are lying.
And Deadhart has a history of dark secrets.

The snow keeps falling, but so do the victims.
Time is running out for Barbara.
Is she hunting a cold-blooded murderer,
or a bloodthirsty monster?

And which does she fear most?