The sun begins to set and twilight falls over the Cape Town suburb of Salt River. The year is 1960, the year of the Sharpeville massacre. Three friends, Ainey, Haroun and Cassius, comrades in arms and merry pranksters, make a discovery that changes their lives. Mired in their troubled families, they valiantly struggle through their childhood. With the help of a mysterious yet powerful woman they confront an awful truth that forever changes their lives…

The prologue of By The Fading Light sets up the story by an unidentified narrator who, it is later discovered, is one of the three main characters, now grown up, reflecting on the past. A young boy, Amin Gabriels, disappears, an event that creates fear and anxiety in the community, especially for his friends, the main characters, who are three eleven-year-old boys, Ainey, Haroun and Cassius.

The boys’ adventures offer a poignant, compelling but also humorous glimpse into the world from their youthful perspectives. Ainey lives with his fussy grandmother and his authoritarian father who blames him for his mother’s death. Haroun lives with his depressed mother and bigamist father. Cassius lives with his sister and snobbish mother who wishes that she were white. Through these and other minor characters, a mysterious yet powerful older woman, a police officer, and a murderer, the reader encounters a spirited and robust community.

With its elements of historical fiction, literary realism and absurdist humour, By The Fading Light weaves together themes of troubled families, vibrant Muslim culture, South African politics, the resilience of children, loss of innocence and coming of age.

If only a young boy had not taken the long way home on a cold winter’s day. If only he had gone straight home, things might have been different. But he did not, and events in the tight-knit community of Salt River take a turn that inspire fear…

Harriët se droom is om die beste kleremaakster in die Kaap te word. Maar haar droom lê aan skerwe toe haar dobbelverslaafde pa haar aan ’n dobbelb aas beloof om sy skuld af te betaal.

Haar lewe verander onherroeplik toe die skatryk Jurgens Hendrikssen tot haar redding kom met ’n vreemde huweliksaanbod.

Harriët se droom om topkleremaakster te word kry weer vlerke.

Kan sy dit waag om ook te droom dat haar liefde beantwoord sal word?

South African playwright Hannah Meade arrives in London for the opening night of her new play. She has arranged to meet Pierre, the student she was in love with when she taught English in Paris. During their time together, they lied their way towards truths they were too young and inexperienced to endure. Perhaps this time they will have a second chance.

As the reader is drawn from contemporary London back to Paris on the eve of the war in Iraq, the mystery of past events is brought to vivid life in a series of dramatic, intriguing and deeply moving encounters. Written in layered, stark prose, The White Room lays bare many of our assumptions about language, identity, memory, loss and love.

‘Craig Higginson is at the vanguard of the latest and most exciting novelists in South Africa, both robust and sensitive, offering a barometer of the best to be expected from the newest wave of writing in the country.’ – André Brink

‘In its conception and execution, The White Room is remarkable ... Evocative and dreamlike, yet all too nightmarishly real, this is a story so moving that it leaves a powerful afterimage on the reader’s imagination.’ – Craig Mackenzie

As Imogen Zula Nyoni, aka Genie, lies in a coma in hospital after a long illness, her family and friends struggle to come to terms with her impending death.

Genie has gifts that transcend time and space, and this is her story. It is also the story of her forebears – Baines Tikiti, who, because of his wanderlust, changed his name and ended up walking into the Indian Ocean; his son, Livingstone Stanley Tikiti, who, during the war, took as his nom de guerre Golide Gumede and who became obsessed with flight; and Golide’s wife, Elizabeth Nyoni, a country-and-western singer self-styled after Dolly Parton, blonde wig and all.

With the lightest of touches, and with an overlay of magical-realist beauty, this novel sketches, through the lives of a few families and the fate of a single patch of ground, decades of national history – from colonial occupation to the freedom struggle, to the devastation wrought by the sojas, the hi virus, and The Man Himself. By turns mysterious and magical, but always honest, The Theory Of Flight dwells not on what was lost and what went wrong in a nation’s history, but on the personal triumphs and why they matter.

Look closely around you. Have you ever asked yourself what happens to all the girls who are in the system?

Girls that are orphans…
The boys…
The mothers in shelters…
All the battered women…
The downfall of the most powerful…

I’m leaving the agenda BARE for those who seek to find it. I have a story for you. No mercy…

Back like I never left!

Tim Morgan
Undisclosed location

The savage, senseless murders of children and the youth. It carries Treasure’s story from Book 1 and ends with the fight for life between Paul and Tim Morgan. We look at the disappearance of young people, human trafficking, cults and mental illness in men.

This story is inspired by real-life events and researched data from global social ills and Jackie looks into SA political faces that have sex scandals as part of her research.

Niekie Rabie is haar moeilike aktrise-suster, Irene, se oorwerkte assistent en val al jare lank vir Irene se miserabele akteur-ekse. Ná haar laaste traumatiese verhouding sweer sy alle mans af.

Toe die aksieheld Ruhan Arendse op die filmstel verskyn, bly Niekie ver uit sy pad, want Irene het die man vir haarself opgeëis. Ruhan laat hom egter nie voorskryf nie en sien Niekie raak in die skadu van haar suster, en ontdek haar talent.

Maar wat is sy motiewe?

Toe Marina vra of sy haar derde roman in die stilte van die bos op sy plaas kan kom skryf, sê Hugo ja. Marina was altyd ’n vaal meisietjie met haar neus in die boek, maar dit pas hom.

Hugo is self stil, met dikwels net sy hond Brutus vir geselskap op die plaas in Zimbabwe.

Maar Marina is deesdae alles behalwe vaal. Sy is nou beroemd en gewoond aan die stadslewe. Gaan hulle in vrede kan saamleef?

Jong dokters Mia en Dolf word vir drie dae in ’n hysbak vasgevang ná ’n ontploffing. Hulle leer mekaar in daar die put van vrees en pyn ken.

Ná hul redding, neem Dolf se ouers hom Kanada t oe. Mia her stel nog, toe sy uitvind sy is swanger.

Toe hul paaie nege jaar later weer kruis, keer die herinneringe stadig na Mia terug. Maar hoe vertel sy vir haar seuntjie dat sy pa leef? En wat van Dolf wat nie eens weet hy is pa nie?

Privaatspeurder Willem Lotriet se besigheid floreer, maar dis al. Sy liefdeslewe is een groot gemors. Hy was reeds in vele verhoudings, maar kon sover nie een maak werk nie. Nou vrees hy dat hy nooit tot trou sal kom nie. Dan tref drie rampe hom binne 24 uur.

Terwyl hy soek na die mense wat daarvoor verantwoordelik is, kry hy boonop 'n opdrag om iemand in Katar se agtergrond te ondersoek. In die proses ontmoet hy twee vroue in wie hy belangstel. Ilse, sy opdraggewer se persoonlike assistent en Susan Naudé, 'n joernalis met burgerskap in beide Suid Afrika en Katar. Susan is besig met 'n storie oor die opstande in die Arabiese wêreld en ondersoek 'n groep mans wat klaarblyklik skuldig is aan aanhitsing tot opstand en finansiering daarvan. Toe sy al ses van hulle aan 'n nuwe maatskappy kan verbind en ook uitvind dat vier vermoor is, vra sy Willem om haar te help. Tydens hulle ontleding van die leidrade, raak hulle by mekaar betrokke. Kort daarna moet Willem terugkeer SuidAfrika toe en glo sy probleem om tot trou te kom is opgelos.

Dan kry hy die finale skakel tussen die moorde en ontplof alles rondom hom.

Pandora se kruik is oop ...

Ná ’n liefdesteleurstelling en ’n moeilike inperktyd, is Emma uiteindelik reg om weer uit haar dop te kruip. Net betyds vir baas Wim se aanloklike aanbod: ’n Projek neem hom Midde-Ooste toe en hy kort haar ondersteuning. Binnekort verdaag Emma na Siprus onder die voorwendsel om by haar suster te gaan kuier.

Maar die skone Siprus is nie net kristablou waters, sonnige strande en Griekse oudhede nie. Emma is immers daar om internasionale geldwasnetwerke oop te vlek, en gou ontdek sy dat die gevaar nader is as wat sy of Wim besef.

Wat kom maak die superseiljag saans naby die seegrotte? Waar lê hulle plaaslike agent Nikos se lojaliteit? Weet die vissermanne dalk meer as wat hulle voorgee?

Skielik lyk dit asof Pandora al die wêreld se euwels opnuut vrygelaat het. As Emma ooit weer vir Wim wil sien, en hom wil vertel hoe sy oor hom voel, sal sy een stappie voor moet bly.

In haar derde boek soek Marie Spruyt in die antieke wêreld na liefde en hoop vir al ons moderne euwels.

Verhale uit die hartland.

Al die Karoostories wat Etienne van Heerden tot op hede geskryf het, word vir die eerste keer in een bundel versamel. Dit sluit onder andere in “Die gas in Rondawel Wilhelmina”, een van sy heel sterkste tekste.

Heerlike verhale wat Van Heerden se suiwer aanvoeling vir die woord en sy vermoë tot knap karakterisering en situasietekening demonstreer, almal geplaas binne ’n landskap wat hom besonder na aan die hart lê.

Belladonna, Krista Joubert se dating-agentskap, moet so gou moontlik vir Andreas Meyer ’n vrou vind. Hy moet binne ses weke trou, of hy verbeur ’n groot erfporsie. Toe Krista nie betyds iemand kan vind nie, bied sy self aan om ’n ring aan sy vinger te steek. Andreas maak dit duidelik: Hy glo nie juis in die liefde nie. Die hart weet egter wat die hart wil hê en Krista moet uiteindelik vra: Hoe lank is Andreas se “vir altyd”?

Eiva Richter het twee probleme: sy is blykbaar koud in die bed en het nog nooit ’n klimaks ber eik nie. Sy steek dit weg totdat sy haar enkel verstuit.

Die aanraking van haar fisioterapeut, Clark Kensington, dryf haar tot raserny. Sy gee haarself aan hom oor en vind bevryding in sy arms. Maar niemand het Eiv a voorberei op die gevoelens wat saam met die die vr yheid kom nie.

Clark se geraamtes in die kas maak dat hy nie beloftes wil maak nie. Maar as hy Eiv a wil behou, sal hy w eer moet dink .

As jy die Groot- en die Klein-Karoo en hulle se stories wil kry, moet jy ’n grootpad soek wat ’n grondpad is, en daarlangs moet jy ry…

Kontreistaaltjies, moordverhale, spookstories en ander vertellings oor besonderse mense en gebeure uit die dorre streke van Suid-Afrika.

The enigmatic and darkly compelling Harry O'Connor, better known as Badger, is back in a fourth gripping crime thriller from Amanda Coetzee.

This time the Major Crimes detective must pit his skills and wits and his dedicated team against a deadly sniper whose dark past in Afghanistan and South Africa has come back to haunt the streets of Bedford as they explode in an unprecedented drug war.

The ex-sniper from the British Armed Forces is a suspect in a series of killings and, despite the unusual affinity that Badger feels for the man, he must put aside his own devastating personal loss to track him down - from the rooftops of Bedford to the diamond auctions of the North West province in South Africa - to prevent the body count from climbing any higher.

Daar is ’n kluis in ’n winkeltrollie op die dak van Wille Willemien se 4×4.

Want sy en haar sus is op pad. Richtersveld toe. Om tussen Eksteenfontein en Khuboes hul pa se kluis – en sy sneeujas – nou ná sy dood oor ’n afgrond te boender.

Terwyl die twee vroue reis, ontvou die verhaal van Willemien en haar pa:

’n Storie oor ’n Afrikaanse Al Capone, ’n man wie se duister sakeondernemings nie net tot die grense van Suid-Afrika beperk was nie. In Palm Springs dra sy lyfwagte koeldrank vir die fbi-agente aan vanwaar hulle sy huis dophou. Vroeër jare moet Willemien in haar pa se kattebak wegkruip terwyl hy sake in verlate parkeerareas doen. Ná sulke uitstappies was haar beloning altyd ’n lekkerny, en só word haar lewenslange stryd met kos aangevuur.

Van Kaapstad na San Francisco en selfs Sri Lanka, met ’n wavrag vol seks, drugs & rock ’n’ roll, tref Anoeschka von Meck se nuutste roman jou soos ’n reusegolf en spoel sy die verhoudings oop wat van ons denkende, spirituele wesens maak.

The Five Firm Friends – Edith, Cordelia, Amanda, Doris and Beauty – are five sassy career women who confront life head- on. But when Beauty suddenly becomes ill and, after six short weeks, passes away, their world is thrown into confusion. On her deathbed Beauty begs Amanda to promise her one thing – that she and the rest of the FFF will not waste their lives as she has done. All because of an unfaithful husband ... ‘Ukhule,’ she begs of Amanda. May you live a long life, and may you become old.

Beauty’s Gift is a moving tale of how four women decide to change their own fate as well as the lives of those closest to them. This is Sindiwe Magona at her very best – writing about social issues, and not keeping quiet. Speak up, she says to women in Africa. Stand up, and take control of your own lives.

Alicia van Aarde is tuis in haar werk as bibliotekaresse en in Amsterdam. Toe haar ma, Elizabeth, vir Alicia na haar troue uitnooi, word hulle bande weer versterk.

Alicia is aanvanklik geïrriteerd met Ruben Retief, die neef van Elizbeth se aanstaande, wat ook in Europa werk en vir die troue Suid-Afrika toe reis. Tog verras Ruben, ’n operasanger, haar met sy andersheid.

Hulle families het verwagtinge oor hulle twee, maar albei is versigtig vir seerkry. Sal die liefde die gaping tussen hulle kan oorbrug?

Fiona Viviers, ’n suksesvolle ortotis is in ’n ongelukkige verhouding vasgevang. Anton Bruwer, ’n enkellopende spysenier, help Fiona in ’n ongemaklike situasie.

Die insident beland op die internet en Anton word as ’n held gesien, wat hom dwing om verder betrokke te raak. Fiona waardeer sy hulp, al hou sy nie daar van om “gered” te word nie.

Gaan sy hom die kans gee om ’n tikkie towerkrag in haar lewe te bring?

Toe haar oorheersende aanstaande Renske se onderwysloopbaan ruïneer, bied haar peetma seer flating ’n nuwe begin. Saam met die huis op Soutbosb aai erf Renske vir Tippie, die opt elhond, en die buurman, Rocco du Randt.

Weens haar vorige ondervinding verwar Renske Rocco se sorgsaamheid aanvanklik met voorskriftelikheid. Maar die troeteldiere dwing hulle toenemend in mekaar se geselskap sodat ’n gemaklike vriendskap tog ontwikkel.

Sal hulle betyds besef die lewe is te kosbaar om op misv erstande te vermors?

For years, it has been what is called a 'deteriorating situation'. Now all over South Africa the cities are battlegrounds. The members of the Smales family - liberal whites - are rescued from the terror by their servant, July, who leads them to refuge in his native village. What happens to the Smaleses and to July - the shifts in character and relationships - gives us an unforgettable look into the terrifying, tacit understandings and misunderstandings between blacks and whites.

Jake Logan knows what he wants to do with the rest of his life, but the bar and restaurant he wants to open on one of the world`s most scenic bays is going to cost some serious cash. So when Frank Palmer, his old Special Forces buddy now with a semi-secret government agency offers him a big money, high risk job, Jake accepts even though he knows that jobs like this only pay well because living through them is hardly a given.

Twenty kilos of cocaine and two viscious gangsters in Cape Town mix together in a deadly undercover cocktail where Jake must impersonate a German enforcer. Then things get interesting.

A revenge seeking Colombian and a hit man from Honduras throw a wrench in the works while a bodyguard with a personality disorder and a face to match wants Jake dead. Enter Frank`s sexy sister as well as two Russians with a secret of their own and Jake finds himself with nowhere to turn, no one to trust and a long way from making it back alive.

Barry James is detained in a quarantine facility in the blistering heat of the Great Karoo. Here he exists in two worlds: the discordant and unforgiving reality of his incarceration and the lyrical, snowy landscapes of his dreams.

He has cut all ties with his previous life, his health is failing, and he has given up all hope. All he has to cling to are the meanderings of his restless mind, the daily round of pills and the journals he reluctantly keeps as testimony to a life once lived. And then there’s an opportunity to escape.

But to escape what? And where to? Can there be a life to go back to? Is there still a world out there in the barren wasteland beyond the fence?

Ná ’n huwelik vol leuens en ontrou, is Riana klaar met mans.

Tot sy een aand op aandrang van haar vriendinne ’n spoedafspraak-geleentheid bywoon en vir Jacques ontmoet.

Jacques is aantreklik, selfversekerd en laat haar hart vinnig klop. Ná sy egskeiding, het hy net op sy werk gefokus, maar ’n ligte hartaanval het hom sy prioriteite laat heroorweeg.

Van die eerste ontmoeting spat die vonke tussen Riana en Jacques. Maar kan hulle dit waag om weer te vertrou en lief te hê?