When Karl wakes up in a dilapidated house on the outskirts of a South African mining town, he does not know who or where he is, but it’s clear that the townsfolk know him.

Next door lives a ten-year-old boy, Henry. Henry’s father is a violent drug-dealer, his mother helpless in protecting them against him. A gap in the hedge between the two houses allows Henry to slip into Karl’s yard, and Karl and Henry strike up a gentle friendship as glimpses of Karl’s troubled past and his time in the army emerge.

When a drug deal goes wrong, Henry’s mother is killed. His father unceremoniously dumps her body in a disused mineshaft, but a murder investigation ensues after the body is discovered. All is not as it seems, however, and in a powerful climax the real connection between Henry and Karl is revealed.

Simon is ’n wereldreisiger, vertroud met die reels van vryheid en ongebonde plesier. Van Bali tot Melbourne, van Tokio tot Kaapstad, soek hy ontmoetings en ervarings op. Deurentyd keer herinneringe terug: kleintyd in die Oos-Kaap, sy pa, die plaas en voorligting aan die hand van ’n beesboerdery. In sy sielkundige se spreekkamer bind Simon die grepe van oomblikke en ervarings saam, met dr. Spiteri se insigte. ’n Vreeslose verkenning van moderne seksualiteit, intimiteit, en identiteit.

Hierdie versameling kortverhale bied 'n histeriese kykie op alledaagse situasies: 'n tango-les in die platteland; die tannie so "eenvoudig soos 'n ses-stuk legkaart"; 'n besoek aan 'n tandarts en sy assistent wat meer as net 'n spreekkamer deel. Lloyd Zandberg se debuut is 'n boek vol deernis en humor, met vriendelike gebruiksaanwysings vir mense wat nie so goed lees nie. Kyk een keer deur sy oe na die lewe, en niks sal ooit weer dieselfde wees nie.

Adéle Bothma ken die woord “kanker” maar al te goed. Met vernietigende vraatlus het die siekte haar liggaam opgeëis. Gelate gee sy haar oor aan die versorging van haar twee dogters, San en Bella, in haar ou huis in die dorpie Vergenoeg. Siekte en die dood bring hulle in direkte kontak met hulleself, en mekaar. Konfrontasie is onvermydelik tussen die vrypostige Bella – chanteuse in Parys – en die verantwoordelike San, wat haar eie geheime dig hou.

Vergenoeg is ‘n oorrompelende roman oor moeders en dogters, oor die soet en dit bitter van die lewe en die dood, en die onlosmaaklike band tussen susters.

Single mom Delilah’s life goes up in smoke when her Grade 6 daughter – star pupil Daisy – isn’t made Head Girl. The honour goes to Rosie Roberts, Daisy’s nemesis. But when Rosie is pushed off the second-storey balcony at school, accusing glances are cast at Daisy…

Did she push Rosie, and to what lengths will Delilah go to clear her darling daughter’s name?

This laugh-a-minute book features a delicious PI named Jonty, a closeted ex-husband married to a LBW (“Little Blonde Wife”), and a dashing widower who presides over Daisy’s disciplinary hearing – all the reasons why Delilah will be trending

Willem Prins wanders the streets of Paris, disillusioned and glum. Once, he showed great promise as a South African writer of distinction, but years of disappointment have left their mark. Drowning himself in the Seine may well be the only option left to drive up his book sales. His reason for being in Paris - the French translation of an erotic novel he wrote under a pseudonym - is not exactly something to be proud of. He is no stranger to Paris. An ex-wife of his (one of three) lives in the city with his eldest son, a young man who barely knows his father. Willem finds an unlikely companion in Jackie, a young South African working as an au pair in the city, a woman old enough to be his daughter. Together, the two of them will face the chaos of the terror attacks on Friday the thirteenth in Paris. You Lost Me is bestselling author Marita van der Vyver's thirteenth novel, a story about life's thunder clouds and the bonds between us that offer shelter. It is a tale of disillusionment and loss, told with warmth and wicked humour.

Willem Prins bewandel die strate van Parys. Eens was hy op koers om ’n gerekende skrywer in Suid-Afrika te word, maar na jare se probeer wink die koue water van die Seine – miskien sal sy verdrinking sy boekverkope bietjie opstoot, dink ’n swartgallige Willem.

Tot sy skaamte is dit die erotika wat hy onder ’n skuilnaam skryf wat hom na Frankryk gebring het. Terug na die stad waar een van sy drie eksvroue saam met sy oudste seun woon, ’n jong man wat sy pa skaars ken.

Vir Willem is Parys nie juis die stad van liefde nie, maar dit is hier waar hy vir Jackie ontmoet, ’n jong Suid-Afrikaner wat as au pair werk. Dit is ook sy wat saam met hom is dié Vrydagaand die dertiende toe terreur in Parys losbars.

Misverstand is die dertiende roman van een van Suid-Afrika se gewildste skrywers. ’n Roman oor die ontnugtering van die middeljare, die lewe se onweerswolke wat dikwels dreig, en oor bande tussen mense wat beskut.

Nomsa is a beautiful college girl who was forced by her parents to marry a man chosen by them. He was from the economic social class as them. While at college she fell in love with Musa whom she loved dearly but her parents instructed her to break up with and follow their orders.

Life wasn't always this hard for fourteen-year-old Mvelo, who lives with her mother, Zola in the shacks on the margins of Mkhumbane township.

There were good times when they lived with Sipho, Zola's lawyer boyfriend. But when the beautiful and mysterious Nonceba Hlathi arrives, Zola has to make a choice. She also has her pride. Now their social grants have been discontinued: the one for Mvelo being underage reared by a 31-year-old single mother, and the other for Zola because of her status. And there is also an elephant growing in their shack as the terrible thing that happened that night in the revival tent remains unspoken.

In her second novel, Futhi Ntshingila once again introduces us to a cast of strong women who have little, but are determined to shape their own destinies.

Lucky is 'n rentboy. Die vryhede wat die nuwe demokratiese bestel het, het hy nie benut om geleertheid te bekom nie. Al is hy begaafd. Hy het ook nie die politiek aangegryp nie. Al loop hy oor van charisma. Lucky vier sy vryheid op die direkste moontlike manier, naamlik met die lyf, en aan enigeen wat kan betaal - man, vrou, oud en jonk, boer en burgemeester - bied hy die ekstases van die lyf. En op die Karoodorp Santa Gamka versmelt al die opsigtelike verdeelthede ondergronds tot 'n poel kolkende begeerte. Wit en swart, bodorp en onderdorp, boer en plaaswerker, toeris en dorpenaar, wankel almal heerlik preker saam op die donker ondergrond waar Lucky sake roer.

Phobias abound at the Centre for Improved Living, where Nazma goes for help. She's crazy about baking and desperately wants to become a pastry chef, but her fear of driving keeps her stuck working in a train-station kiosk, where she sells stale food to commuters while dreaming of butter croissants and fresh strudel. The Centre is also a lifeline for Sam, who is scared to death of being robbed and spends his days in his pyjamas in front of his computer, his house alarm always armed. Like the rest of the patients, Nazma and Sam want to face their fears, but will four weeks at the Centre be enough to change their lives? And will the two allow their budding romance to bloom without letting their phobias get in the way? Meanwhile, the Centre risks losing its funding, a fear that Ruby, the Centre's eccentric director, must face while she tries to manage the patients' fears. Set in a Cape Town as peculiar as its characters, The Peculiars is Jen Thorpe's heart-warming and humorous debut.

For Hannah, born from Nandi, and adopted by Patrick and Fiona, it is not so easy to work out who she really is. Is she the privileged daughter of an upper middle class British couple or is she an unwanted South African child who needed an adoptive family? How can she reconcile these two personas, especially when she looks so different from her adoptive parents?

In her questioning mind, she appears to be not white enough for Britain, but not black enough for Africa. As she grows older, her identity issues become greater until they threaten to engulf her.

Her parents, wanting to be faithful to a promise they made to her birth mother, but also desperately frightened of losing their child to her birth heritage, are not forthcoming when it comes to answering her questions. This makes her feel she can’t trust them and alienates her further. It is only when she re-establishes a connection with the country of her birth that Hannah starts to work through the issues that trouble her in her search to find the peace that appears to be so elusive.

Maria was a medical doctor graduate who took over the reins as a chief after the death of her father, Masombuka. While accepting the crown she encountered discrimination and prejudice as a woman.

At the time she became the chief of Masombuka village, traditional norms and cultural practices was against women taking part in any powerful positions in the community. Maria broke all taboo and became the chief, much to the annoyance of her uncle Gwebu who was earmarking himself for that position. When he realised that the traditional house had amended the rules to allow her to sit in the tribal court and preside over all matters pertaining the community, he decided to hunt for Amos. Amos was the son of chief Masombuka who had gone awol with his mother when he was very young. He was actually the rightful heir to take over his father but because he could not be found some of the elders decided to crown Maria.

Gwebu plans to successfully locate Amos, to wage and fuel fire between Amos and Maria.

Meet Tannie Maria: the loveable writer of recipes in her local paper, the Klein Karoo Gazette.

One Sunday morning, as Maria stirs apricot jam, she hears her editor Harriet on the stoep. What Maria doesn't realise is that Harriet is about to deliver a whole basketful of challenges and the first ingredient in two new recipes - recipes for love and murder.

A delicious blend of intrigue, milk tart and friendship, join Tannie Maria in her first investigation. Consider your appetite whetted for a whole new series of mysteries . . .

Poet John Carson lives in a crumbling seaside house with his sister and niece. Winter is upon him, and he writes feverishly to the woman who has abandoned him as a lover yet kept him as a correspondent. Theresa: beautiful, generous . . . and married. 'Will John and Theresa find a way to overcome everything that holds them apart or is a state of permanent longing, in fact,  really what poets need?

Die oorlog en Gordon Fraser veroorsaak ’n oënskynlik onoorbrugbare kloof tussen Catriona en Rudolf Dreyer.

Waar daar kort gelede nog liefde was, lees Catriona haat, afkeer en veragting in sy oë. Hy glo sy was vir sy twee broers se teregstelling verantwoordelik en sy kan hom nie bereik om hom van die teendeel te oortuig nie.

Hierdie is die tweede boek in ’n tweeluik na Onder 'n Sterrehemel.

Gebaseer op die treffer TV-reeks. Jacques Rynhard, een van die land se gewildste skrywers, verdwyn op die kruin van sy loopbaan. Joernalis Carina Human moet uitvind waar hy is, maar meer belangrik, hoekom hy verdwyn het. Sy krap 'n perdebynes oop van verraad, donker geheime, moord en mislukte verhoudings.

Tristan Hansen is 'n man wat R15 000 per nag vra en die land se mees invloedryke en wêreldwyse vroue soveel plesier gee dat hulle terugkom vir meer. Maar wanneer een van sy kliënte haar eie lewe neem, verander die plesierengel in 'n doodsengel, en bely sy kliënte die een na die ander wat agter toe deure gebeur het. Maar waarom doen hy dit? Beslis nie net vir die geld nie. 'n Sielkundige, Erika Hamilton, ontmoet hom toevallig. Albei van hulle bied op beroepsvlak verligting van neurose, onvervuldheid en frustrasie - die een op akademiese wyse, die ander met lyflike plesier. Wat gebeur wanneer hulle ontmoet?

Die roman wat by uitstek met die naam van Van Melle geassosieer word, is Bart Nel, de opstandeling (1951), wat eers in Nederlands met Afrikaanse dialoë gepubliseer is, in 1942 volledig verafrikaans is tot En ek is nog hy en in 1951 vir ’n herdruk sy finale titel, Bart Nel, gekry het.

Die essensie van die roman is ook nie die historiese Rebellie van 1914 waaromheen die gebeure van hierdie roman gebou is nie. Bart Nel is trouens nie ’n historiese roman nie. Dis eerder ’n sielkundige of karakterroman wat handel oor ’n komplekse vereensamingsproses.

Daarmee was die werk verrassend modern in Afrikaans, soseer dat niemand dit aanvanklik besef het nie. Aan die hand van ’n nugter, maar darem nie gevoellose verteller nie word die leser binnegelei in die sel van Bart en Fransina se leef- en dinkwêreld, wat onvermydelik en dus tragies in twee vyandige selle splits en vanweë trots en onbegrip nie meer tot eenwording in staat is nie.

Hierdie gebeure van ’n genadelose afstropingsproses, waarby geliefdes en besittings in die slag bly, was in dié stadium uniek in die Afrikaanse prosa. Volgens Olivier (1981:55) wat op Spangenberg (1980) gereageer het, is daar min romans “waarin die onmag en die beperktheid van mense, en die onmoontlikheid om selfs naasbestaandes en geliefdes te begryp, op so ’n beklemmende en oortuigende manier uitgebeeld word”.

Sister-sister is the unforgettable story of twins, Thulisile and Sindisiwe Nxumalo, set in a dystopian near-future South Africa. In childhood, gregarious Thuli and stuttering, introverted Sindi, are inseparable. But the arrival of an uncle they never knew they had sets into motion a course of events that will destroy their relationship and, eventually, their lives. In the twins' world, petrol-driven cars have been banned, and diesel pirates sell illegally distilled b-diesel to fuel junks. An unspeakable illness has run wild, disseminating populations in poverty stricken rural areas, and creating a market for untainted girls. In the townships a new religion, led by The Black Preacher, urges women to become Mothers for a New Mankind, and only those with pure blood are allowed into the Believers fold. The novel is told in five parts, interweaving present and past as the twins unwind their tragic stories and find salvation in the most unexpected of places. The second novel from the highly lauded author of Gem Squash Tokoloshe.

Alison seems to have life sorted. Despite her high-flying job producing commercials she still manages to keep her infant son on the breast and her daughter in Strawberry Pops. But her texts to her best friend Evie tell a much less glamorous story.

Beth is new to the ad industry and desperate to impress. But the more she succeeds at work, the more things seem to be unraveling at home. And to make matters worse, she’s finding it hard to resist the advances of a sleazy colleague.

Things get really messy when a shoot takes their team to an isolated hell-hole in the middle of the South African bush. Accidents happen and dark secrets are revealed, and soon both Beth and Alison are forced to face some home truths.

Saucy and smart, Thirty Second World is a funny, moving, real-world tale set in the unreal world of the South African film industry.

Emma Caine is pushing forty and life is hitting her hard. Her husband has been brain damaged, she’s lost her job, and she might lose her home. Instead of giving up, Emma starts hitting back. Drawing on experiences from a misspent youth, she opens a domination dungeon in an outbuilding in her garden and sets herself up as a dominatrix.

Whipping, torturing and abusing the wealthy slaves who soon start lining up for her services is surprisingly easy for Emma, especially since she has no sexual contact with her clients. In fact, she believes them all to be sick perverts. The unthinkable happens when she falls in love with one of them – the disturbingly likeable Simon Nel.

Fighting her emotions every step of the way, Emma finds herself drawn into a twisted and potentially doomed relationship that will force her to reconsider everything she thought she knew about love, sexuality and power.

Paul du Toit settled in the United Kingdom after leaving under a cloud ten years before. Now he is divorced and middle-aged, and bogged down in a boring job and a floundering relationship.

He therefore readily accepts a straightforward – or so he thinks – assignment from a wealthy London financier that takes him back to South Africa. But the country has changed, and the waters are treacherous.

Suddenly Paul has to battle not only the shadows of his own life, but also the hidden powers that control South Africa.

God would never have designed such a species.' So says Seamus Butler of his famous fall-goats, the genetic strain his father inadvertently bred on this Settler family's farm. They have an inborn fault: when startled, they keel over instantly in a dead faint. But it is precisely this which makes them worth their weight in gold, as a single fall-goat placed in a flock of sheep becomes the only prey when an enemy strikes, leaving the flock unharmed. These pathetic goats, with their mocking yellow eyes, have given the Butlers wealth and influence in the Eastern Cape - important factors in a time of political upheaval - but even they are unprepared for the moment when oil is discovered right in the middle of Port Cecil, the local harbour town. The implications of this discovery bring the local black civic organisation's demand for a unified city council sharply into focus. At the forefront of these aspirations is MaNdlovu Thandani, larger than life and seemingly indestructible. In opposition: Seamus Butler himself - a man whose dark moods and recurring depressions surge relentlessly through him. And, while history dictates that these two separate worlds will inevitably converge, the families on both sides cannot remain unaffected, threatening to fall apart beneath the weight of their place in history. This is the backdrop to the story of the stud master of the farm known as Fata Morgana. It is a story which carves a path through the lives of the people of this Eastern Cape district, all of them inextricably involved, inescapably trapped in their heritage during a time when beauty and cruelty, violence and hope all become entangled.

’n Welder, ’n sjef, ’n finansiële bestuurder en ’n fortuinverteller saam op die lang pad met ’n boks human remains...

Om die as te strooi van ’n vriendin wat lank vooraf geweet het sy gaan doodgaan, is nie speletjies nie. Janine het gans te veel tyd gehad vir plannetjies maak en leidrade wegsteek vir hierdie laaste avontuur wat sy in as-vorm meemaak. Haar vier mede-avonturiers moet in ’n begraafplaas ronddrentel, die misterieuse Miskloof soek en teen kloktorings opklouter, om nie te praat nie van ’n vark met die naam Daisy wat dink die pad behoort aan haar. Die vier is mín lus.

Maar wat nie doodmaak nie, maak sterk. Vir dié vier vroue wat bittermin ooghare het vir mekaar, is die swaarste taak om agter mekaar se toe deure in te loer – daar waar alles beslis nié blink nie.

Einde ten laaste vind Sonja, Madie, Gerda en Karien egter dat dit makliker was om moeilik te wees vóór hul pienk Volksie se wiele uit die Kaap gerol h