Dit is die tweede boek in die Zeus van Wyngaardt-reeks.

Hierdie keer word Zeus se buurman, Atif Dinali, se tienerdogter Tahina vermis. Zeus vermoed dat mensehandel en prostitusieringe iets met haar verdwyning te doen het. Sy ondersoek lei hom na die verleidelike Wildene du Bois, ’n courtisane wat eens op ’n tyd betrokke was by ’n mensehandelsindikaat.

Zeus besef egter gou dat hierdie saak maar net een tentakel van ’n groter monster is.

Toe Ami hoor dat ’n man voor haar gim geskiet is, weet sy daar is moeilikheid. Hoekom is die Valke op die misdaadtoneel? Was dit ’n sluipmoord? En wat is dit wat die speurder optel en in sy sak druk? Voor Ami hierdie raaisels kan oplos, kruis haar pad met dié van ’n Duitse joernalis wat bewerings van ’n ontstellende voorval in Mosambiek ondersoek. Is daar werklik ’n verband tussen die twee stories?

A pulse-pounding thriller, now a major TV series on DSTV.

A housewife running from years of domestic abuse. A bodyguard hired to escort a smuggled rhinoceros. A group of Islamic terrorists based in a quiet residential street. A secret government agency threatened with amalgamation within a bigger department. A retired policeman trying to get used to his new career in the private sector. Each of these strands of a brilliant narrative is populated with superbly-drawn characters, and woven into a stunningly exciting drama by the undisputed king of South African suspense fiction.

Not only a heart-pounding thriller, but also a love story and a fabulous kaleidoscopic picture of South African society, this is the finest novel yet from an author whose reputation is growing all around the world.

Journalist Alex Derksen’s new assignment in Tanzania should be easy, but he soon finds himself on the wrong side of the news.

It starts when he meets Ranna, a beautiful photographer with something to hide. When an IT billionaire washes up onshore after seasonal flooding, he finds himself at the center of an investigation.

Should he listen to his heart and help Ranna hide the bloody trail leading to her?

An unputdownable story of murder, revenge and betrayal from international number one bestseller Jeffrey Archer.

In London, the Metropolitan Police set up a new Unsolved Murders Unit – a cold case squad – to catch the criminals nobody else can. In Geneva, millionaire art collector Miles Faulkner – convicted of forgery and theft – was pronounced dead two months ago. So why is his unscrupulous lawyer still representing a dead client? On a luxury liner en route to New York, the battle for power at the heart of a wealthy dynasty is about to turn to murder.

And at the heart of all three investigations are Detective Chief Inspector William Warwick, rising star of the Met, and ex-undercover operative Ross Hogan, brought in from the cold.

But can they catch the killers before it’s too late?

Ellie hou van haar nuwe lewe op die platteland. Net wanneer sy nie kan slaap nie gaan sit sy in die spaarkamer, waar haar kaarte, diagramme en lyste opgeplak is. Erens in die web is haar pa se moordenaar. Sy moet net hard genoeg soek. En toe hulle kom vir haar, weet sy als was vir hierdie dag. En dat sy sal moet uitvind wie haar soek, en waarom. Die lang wag is verby! Die vervolg op 2014 se Dubbelspel.

Two women and two sides to the story. Whose do you trust?

Laila and her husband arrive for a week's holiday in Greece in desperate need of a reset. As Laila sits by the pool she finds herself inexplicably drawn to the other family staying in their resort.

Em has no idea who Laila is, or that she has been watching her and her teenage sons and husband so intently. Five days later their worlds will be blown apart by a horrifying event.

Laila thinks she knows the truth of what happened. But in telling Em what she's seen, she stands to lose everything she holds dear.

And what if she's got it wrong?

’n Ligte spanningsverhaal met ’n tikkie liefde.

Nerien-hulle se huishulp vertel haar van kinderdae af van die nagreisiger. Sy kry dikwels nagmerries oor hom – ’n man wat haar in die donker agtervolg of langs die pad staan en duimgooi. Sy kan nooit sy gesig uitmaak nie. Op ’n dag besef Nerien dat die nagreisiger mens se gewete is – en dis onmoontlik om dit te ontvlug. Waarheen ook al jy gaan – jou gewete reis saam …

Die Nagreisiger het oorspronklik in 1995 as ’n tydskrifverhaal in Huisgenoot verskyn, en is in 2004 as roman gepubliseer. Hierdie boek is ’n verwerkte weergawe van die 2004-publikasie.

When Amy Blahn died on a London rooftop, Layla Mahoney was there. Layla was holding her. But all she can say when she's arrested is that 'It was Michael. Find Michael and you'll find out everything you need to know.'

The problem is, the police can't find him – they aren't even sure he exists.

Layla knows she only has forty-eight hours to convince the police that bringing in the man she knows only as 'Michael' will clear her name and reveal a dangerous game affecting not just Amy and Layla, but her husband Russell and countless others.

But as the detectives begin to uncover the whole truth about what happened to Amy, Layla will soon have to decide: how much of that truth can she really risk being exposed?

For fans of Knives Out comes a spellbinding thriller from the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller The Woman in the Window.

“I’ll be dead in three months. Come tell my story.”

So writes Sebastian Trapp, reclusive mystery novelist, to his longtime correspondent Nicky Hunter, an expert in detective fiction. With mere months to live, Trapp invites Nicky to his spectacular San Francisco mansion to help draft his life story . . . while living alongside his beautiful second wife, Diana; his wayward nephew, Freddy; and his protective daughter, Madeleine. Soon Nicky finds herself caught in an irresistible case of real-life “detective-fever.”

“You and I might even solve an old mystery or two.”

Twenty years earlier—on New Year’s Eve 1999—Sebastian’s first wife and teenage son vanished from different locations, never to be seen again. Did the perfect crime writer commit the perfect crime? And why has he emerged from seclusion, two decades later, to allow a stranger to dig into his past?

“Life is hard. After all, it kills you.”

As Nicky attempts to weave together the strands of Sebastian’s life, she becomes obsessed with discovering the truth . . . while Madeleine begins to question what her beloved father might actually know about that long-ago night. And when a corpse appears in the family’s koi pond, both women are shocked to find that the past isn’t gone—it’s just waiting.

Reacher never backs down from a problem. And he's about to find a big one, on a deserted road in Arizona, where a car has crashed into the only tree for miles around. Minutes later, Reacher is heading into town. To introduce himself to the shadowy crew who made it happen.

Their boss has a terrifying reputation and the stakes are high. Just to get in and meet him, Reacher is going to have to achieve the impossible. To get answers will be even harder.

There are people in this hostile, empty place who would rather die, than reveal their secrets. But then, if Reacher is coming after you, you might be better off dead.

The 2018 independently published word-of-mouth hit featuring psychological suspense with an unforgettable twist, from the author of TikTok sensation It Ends With Us.

Lowen Ashleigh is a struggling writer on the brink of financial ruin when she accepts the job offer of a lifetime. Jeremy Crawford, husband of bestselling author Verity Crawford, has hired Lowen to complete the remaining books in a successful series his injured wife is unable to finish.

Lowen arrives at the Crawford home, ready to sort through years of Verity's notes and outlines, hoping to find enough material to get her started. What Lowen doesn't expect to uncover in the chaotic office is an unfinished autobiography Verity never intended for anyone to read. Page after page of bone-chilling admissions, including Verity's recollection of the night their family was forever altered.

Lowen decides to keep the manuscript hidden from Jeremy, knowing its contents would devastate the already grieving father. But as Lowen's feelings for Jeremy begin to intensify, she recognizes all the ways she could benefit if he were to read his wife's words. After all, no matter how devoted Jeremy is to his injured wife, a truth this horrifying would make it impossible for him to continue to love her.

The brand new novel from the queen of crime and iconic No. 1 bestseller Martina Cole.

Dara Tailor has had to grow up fast. With a mother addicted to cocaine, Dara must look after her seven younger siblings, until social services split them up for ever.

Grace Perry has led a sheltered life. Until her widowed mother is attacked and left for dead and Grace is taken into care.

At Holly Brookes Children's Home, the two girls unite in the face of horrific abuse and form an unbreakable bond of loyalty.

But when their loyalty is tested can they rely on each other to do the right thing?

Friendship - it's all about trust.

From the bestselling author of The Clockmaker's Daughter, comes a breathtaking mystery of love, lies and a cold case come back to life, told with her trademark intricacy and beauty.

Adelaide Hills, Christmas Eve, 1959. At the end of a scorching hot day, beside a creek in the grounds of a grand and mysterious mansion, a local delivery man makes a terrible discovery. A police investigation is called and the small town of Tumbilla becomes embroiled in one of the most shocking and perplexing murder cases in the history of South Australia.

Sixty years later, Jess is a journalist in search of a story. Having lived and worked in London for almost twenty years, she now finds herself laid off from her full-time job and struggling to make ends meet. A phone call out of nowhere summons her back to Sydney, where her beloved grandmother, Nora, who raised Jess when her mother could not, has suffered a fall and been raced to the hospital.

At a loose end in Nora's house, Jess does some digging into her past. In Nora's bedroom, she discovers a true crime book, chronicling the police investigation into a long-buried tragedy: the Turner Family Tragedy of Christmas Eve, 1959. It is only when Jess skims through the book that she finds a shocking connection between her own family and this once-infamous crime – a crime that has never been truly solved. And for a journalist without a story, a cold case might be the best distraction she can find . . .

An epic novel that spans generations, Homecoming asks what we would do for those we love, and how we protect the lies we tell. It explores the power of motherhood, the corrosive effects of tightly held secrets, and the healing nature of truth.

Almost fired for insubordination, detectives Benny Griessel and Vaughn Cupido find themselves demoted, exiled from the elite Hawks unit and dispatched to the leafy streets of Stellenbosch. Working a missing persons report on student Callie de Bruin is not the level of work they are used to, but it's all they get. And soon, it takes a dangerous, deeply disturbing turn.

Stellenbosch is beautiful, but its economy has been ruined by one man. Jasper Boonstra and his gigantic corporate fraud have crashed the local property market, just when estate agent Sandra Steenberg desperately needs a big sale. Bringing up twins and supporting her academic husband, she is facing disaster. Then she gets a call. From Jasper Boonstra, fraudster, sexual predator and owner of a superb property worth millions, even now.

For Sandra, the stakes are high and about to get way higher. For Benny Griessel, clinging to sobriety and the relationship that saved his life, the truth about Callie can only lead to more trouble.

The brilliant new novel in the number one bestselling Alan Banks crime series - by the master of the police procedural.

Late November, 1980. Student Nick Hartley returns from a lecture to find his house full of police officers. As he discovers that his ex-girlfriend has been found murdered in a nearby park, and her new boyfriend is missing, he realises two things in quick succession: he is undoubtedly a suspect as he has no convincing alibi, and he has own suspicions as to what might have happened . . .

Late November 2019. An dig near Scotch Corner unearths a skeleton that turns out to be far more recent than the Roman remains the archaeologist is looking for. Detective Superintendent Alan Banks and his team are called in and, as an investigation into the find begins, the past and the present meet with devastating consequences.

A gripping, twisting and totally unpredictable thriller from the number one bestseller, perfect for fans of Harlan Coben, Linwood Barclay and David Baldacci.

The first 48 hours.... will decide if you live or die.

A cop needs to crack a deadly case. He's a detective hunting cold-blooded killers, but does he know more than he admits?

A mother has to save her daughter. She's a lawyer who must defend a murderer - but how far will she go to protect her only child?

A couple will commit the perfect crime. They have a plan - but can they trust each other with their lives?

Three stories. Two days. Does one secret connect them all?

The first 48 hours... May also be their last.

Die Koors het byna almal gevat. Maar nie dertien jaar oue Nico Storm en sy pa, Willem, nie.

Deur ’n Suid-Afrikaanse landskap feitlik sonder mense, met al hoe minder blikkieskos in die verlate winkels, Koeberg-bestraling in die Wes-Kaap en al hoe meer moorddadige hondebendes – én mensebendes – swerf Nico en sy pa, op soek na ’n plek om die samelewing weer te vestig.

Wanneer hulle dit eindelik sover het by die ou Vanderkloof – nou Amanzi – met ’n groepie swerflinge wat saam van voor af wil begin, steek al die ou sondes van die mensdom kop uit. Gou is Amanzi op geloofs- en politieke lyne verdeel, en verdediging teen die swaar gewapende motorfietsbendes wat dwarsoor Suid-Afrika plunder en moor raak al hoe moeiliker. En wat van die geheimsinnige, yskoue Domingo, wat by Amanzi aangery kom op ’n motorfiets van sy eie en spoedig as paramilitêre leier ontpop – kan hý ooit vertrou word?

Dis nie lank nie, of moord kom inderdaad ook na Amanzi …

In Koors vertel die volwasse Nico Storm die verhaal van die moord op sy pa. Dit is ’n aksiebelaaide nuwe rigting vir Deon Meyer, met al die aspekte wat lesers van sy spanningsfiksie verwag en nog vele nuwe lekkertes daarby.

Criminal defense lawyers must make their peace with one harsh fact of life: most of their clients are guilty. Yet when William Tucker, a celebrated and self-centered star college football player, is suddenly arrested and charged with the brutal rape and murder of a college co-ed two years before, his broken-down, drunken estranged father Frank can't believe he's guilty. What father could?

But Frank is also an ex-criminal defense lawyer. Now Frank must find a way to sober up and save his son from the death penalty sought by an ambitious district attorney.

Can a father's love for his accused son save him from death?

Klippe, messe en pyle uit ’n kruisboog: Die vreemste – en wreedste –misdaadtoneel in Kaptein Nicci de Wee se loopbaan.

Dan moet sy en haar nuwe taakspan boonop bontstaan om saam met die nimlike Blackie Swart ’n internasionale insident te voorkom.

Ook op haar lessenaar: die dood van twee jong meisies. En die angswekkende vermoede dat al hierdie sake met mekaar verband hou.

Met soveel kinkels in die kabel soos dooies in die staatslykhuis, moet Nicci-hulle alles tot hul beskikking inspan om ’n nuwe hel af te weer: van ’n rekenaarfundi, tot stiletto’s en selfs ’n paar petrolbomme.

Gou kom Nicci agter die monsters wat haar lewe en dié van haar kollegas bedreig, is gevaarliker as Ramoth, vlymskerp polisiefotograaf Stella Jansen se mak Komododraak.

In Jagter, haar derde Nicci de Wee-riller, draai Bettina Wyngaard al die krane oop.

The un-put-downable sequel to the bestselling The Kind Worth Killing.

TWO'S COMPANY, THREE'S FATAL

'Do you remember me?' she asked, after stepping into my office.

When private detective and former teacher Henry Kimball is hired to investigate an ex-pupil's cheating husband, he senses all is not quite what it seems, and before he knows it he's gotten far too close to the other woman. As the case gets ever stranger, he turns to the only person he can trust, Lily Kintner, someone with dark secrets of her own...

With its ingenious clockwork-like plot, and twists aplenty, The Kind Worth Saving is a crime novel to savour from a modern master.

Liverpool: a suburban crime family grips a whole city with fear. And their ambition reaches further still.

Galicia: an entire community waits on the windswept edge of Europe for the delivery of four tonnes of cocaine, brought across the ocean in an almost unbelievable craft.

London: Jonas Merrick, grey and quiet, alone in a small office, seems an unlikely character to be tasked with bringing down an international drug network. But while Jonas's colleagues regard him as scratchy, fastidious, old, he is also ruthless, cunning and brutally pragmatic. And he has a man on the inside: a would-be money-launderer on that wild Spanish coast. A man who has been undercover for so long, he has almost forgotten who he really is. And he is due to come home. Has to. For he will be given no mercy if he is caught. But Jonas needs him to stay.

The superb Jonas Merrick is fast becoming one of the great figures of British spy fiction. In At The Kill may be his most compelling story yet.

She will kill your worst enemy. All you have to do is kill hers.

One dark evening in New York City, two strangers meet by chance. Over drinks, Amanda and Wendy realise they have so much in common.

They both feel alone. They both drink alone. And they both desperately want revenge against the two men who destroyed their families.

Together, they have the perfect plan. If you kill for me, I'll kill for you...

Wenner van die Hertzogprys vir Fiksie vanaf die Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns.

Etienne is twee-en-twintig en studeer filmkuns in London nadat hy uit Suid- Afrika gevlug het om diensplig te vermy. Dit is 1986, die tyd van Thatcher, optogte teen apartheid, en Vigs, maar ook van eksperimentele kuns, postpunk en die Royal Vauxhall Tavern. Etienne raak verlief op ’n Duitse kunstenaar in hierdie skadustad waar mense in bouvallige kunstenaarskommunes woon.

In Londen kom Etienne af op die eerste van drie filmspoele wat tydens die dertigerjare in Duitsland verfilm is. Etienne begin na die verlore spoele soek, ’n soektog wat ’n obsessie word wanneer sy geliefde vermis raak in Berlyn. Terwyl Etienne die gevaarlike ruimtes weerskante van die Muur navigeer, begin die verhaal van ’n groepie Joodse filmmakers in Nazi-Duitsland vorm aanneem.

Etienne word egter teruggeruk na die hede en na Suid-Afrika, maar sy soektog na die vermiste film duur voort.

Argitektuur, kinematografie, seks, musiek, siekte, verlies en liefde deurweek SJ Naudé se kosmopolitaanse en roerende Die Derde Spoel, waarmee hy nuwe grond vir die roman in Afrikaans breek.

In November 1905 beskryf ’n Windhoekse koerant Siegfried Bock as ’n nuwe soort held. Maar die moordenaar wat hy voor die hof gebring het se advokaat stel Siegfried in ’n heel ander lig. Boonop is oberleutnant Berghammer en die Namakryger Jager Orlam albei daarop uit om Siegfried te laat boet. En dan is daar die burokraat Stauffacher met sy ondraaglike planne. Siegfried sien nie uitkomkans nie. Maar daar móét een wees, veral noudat liefde vir hom wink . . .