Don't miss the debut crime thriller of 2026 - perfect for fans of The List of Suspicious Things. A murder mystery unlike any other...

Glasgow, 1979. Twelve-year-old Janey won’t take her dog, Sid Vicious, for a walk. Not anymore. It’s Sid’s fault she found the murdered woman.

Janey claims she can’t remember what she saw at the abandoned railway, but the police think she’s hiding something. And they’re not the only ones interested.

Fear and rumour rip through the tight-knit community of Possilpark. Janey and her nana, Maggie, are dragged into the hunt for a murderer. And Maggie’s struggle to keep her beloved granddaughter safe becomes ever more desperate.

Because Janey’s memories can’t stay hidden forever.

And neither can the killer…

Met haar aankoms by Noordeberg Hospitaal is Lola Anley aangenaam verras om aangewys te word as een van die topmediese studente wat blyplek in die gesogte Straumann Huis kry.

Maar haar opgewondenheid is van korte duur wanneer sy uitvind dat sy in die kamer gaan bly van ’n student wat ’n jaar gelede op die kampus vermoor is. Die raaisel rondom Asher Parker se dood is nooit opgelos nie en die moordenaar is nog op vrye voet.

Wie het vir Asher vermoor en hoekom? En waarom voel dit asof iemand Lola dophou en wag vir die regte oomblik om toe te slaan?

In die Straumann Huis begin vreemde dinge gebeur. Boonop word Lola se slaap versteur deur drome oor haar oorlede tweelingsuster. Om al die spoke ter ruste te lê móét sy die geheim van Asher se moord ontrafel – sónder dat iemand die waarheid oor haar eie verlede leer ken.

Waar bloed kruip is Marieta Carrick se debuutroman, nou heruitgegee. Die gebeure vind plaas voor dié van haar gewilde Bloed van ’n vlinder.

Everyone is going to the housewarming party. All the people who lived on the street the day Abi vanished... Will her mother finally learn the truth?

Ava only left her daughter in the pushchair for five minutes. The buckle was fastened, and she was sure it was safe. But when she came downstairs, Abi was gone - she walked past the Lovegoods' house, and was never seen again.

A year later, the Lovegoods are planning their housewarming party. Ava doesn't want to go, but her husband insists a night out might do her good.

But as her friends and neighbours chat, Ava learns something new about the day she has re-lived a thousand times. A throwaway comment which could change everything.

Ava thought she knew every last detail of that day.

She's about to find out she was wrong...

Tender, heart-wrenching and often laugh-out-loud funny, The Secret of Snow is a stunning, award-winning debut about family, loneliness and community. Perfect for fans of Fredrik Backman and Jonas Jonnasson.

Máriddja is eighty-five years old and more than a little eccentric. When she finds out she has cancer, her first thought isn't for herself. It's for her beloved husband. Without children or grandchildren, Máriddja and Biera have only ever had each other. She's determined to keep her diagnosis a secret from Biera, and to find the one person who might take care of him when she's gone.

Kaj is new to the village, recently engaged to the love of his life, and mourning the death of his mother. One day, he finds a box of Sámi handicrafts that once belonged to his mother, the carefully wrapped objects placed together like a crisp new set of jigsaw pieces. If he can solve the puzzle, it will unlock a secret he could have never imagined.

Summer, 1986. Tween sisters Georgie Ayyar and Agatha Krishna welcome their aunt, uncle and young cousin - newly arrived from India - into their house in rural Wyoming where they'll all live together. Because this is what families do. That is, until the sisters decide that it's time for their uncle to die.

To understand why, you need to hear Georgie's story. It's one of violence hiding in their house and history, of her once-unshakeable bond with her sister, of being an Indian-American girl in the heart of the West. Her account is cheeky, unflinching and infectiously inflected with the trappings of teendom: pen pal letters, how-to guides, games of MASH and teen-magazine-style quizzes. And the tale she weaves is either:

a) a vivid portrait of an extended family
b) a moving story of sisterhood
c) a playful ode to the 80s
d) a murder mystery (of sorts)
e) a ruthless meditation on history and language, trauma and healing, and the meaning of independence

Or maybe it's really:

f) all of the above.

Cairo 1915. A wealthy Egyptian jeweller commissions a Fabergé egg as a wedding anniversary gift to his "queen."

Cairo 1976. After leaving Paris, Lilianne is recruited by the CIA to keep tabs on a charming, corrupt jeweller. But when a betrayal renders Cairo unsafe, Lilianne and a broken Gilles must leave for the US - unaware they are carrying priceless cargo. Back on the Connecticut coast, their marriage of convenience deepens into a singular kind of love - until devastating news forces them to make an impossible choice.

Southport, Connecticut present day. Decades later, Sophie has lost everything; her husband, her house, and her picture-perfect life. When her parents' old friend Helen visits with an exquisite antique doll, Sophie discovers a stunning treasure - and a truth about her birth mother that sends her on a journey of self-discovery. In the green mountains of Vermont, she is drawn to the strong, silent Owen and to the family she never knew . . . until another secret upends her life again.

Three priceless treasures. Three extraordinary women. Three powerful legacies.

A lush, atmospheric and achingly magical standalone adult fantasy romance set in Renaissance Italy from a #1 New York Times bestselling author.

As a sculptress, Ravenna Maffei has always shaped beauty from stone, but she has a terrible secret. Desperate to save her brother, she enters a competition hosted by Florence's most feared immortal family, revealing a dark power in a city where magic is forbidden.

Now a captive in the cutthroat city, Ravenna is forced into a dangerous task where failure means certain death at the hands of Saturnino dei Luni, the immortal family's mesmerizing but merciless heir. But as he draws her closer, Ravenna realizes the true threat lies beyond Florence's walls.

The Pope's war against magic is closing in, and Ravenna is no longer just a prisoner but a prize to be claimed. As trusting the wrong person becomes lethal, Ravenna must survive the treacherous line between the pope's obsession and the seductive immortal who might be the end of her - or surrender her power to a city on the brink of war.

Opulence. Sex. Betrayal ... Sometimes friendship can be deadly.

Meet the women of Buckhead--a place of expensive cars, huge houses, and competitive friendships.

Shannon was once the queen bee of Buckhead. But she's been unceremoniously dumped by Bryce, her politician husband. When Bryce replaces her with a much younger woman, Shannon sets out to take revenge ...

Crystal has stepped into Shannon's old shoes. A young, innocent Texan girl, she simply has no idea what she's up against ...

Olivia has waited years to take Shannon's crown as the unofficial queen of Buckhead. Finally, her moment has come. But to take her rightful place, she will need to use every backstabbing, manipulative, underhand trick in the book ...

Jenny owns Glow, the most exclusive salon in town. Jenny knows all her clients' secrets and darkest desires. But will she ever tell?

Who amongst these women will be clever enough to survive Buckhead--and who will wind up dead? They say that friendships can be complex, but no one said it could ever be this deadly.

From the International Booker Prize-Shortlisted author of HEAVEN and BREASTS AND EGGS.

Hana has nothing but she’s hopeful. She’s fifteen years old. She lives in a tiny apartment in a suburb of Tokyo with her young mother, a hostess at a local dive bar. They have no money, no security. Then Kimiko appears.

Kimiko is older, a bright light in Hana’s dark world. Together they set up Lemon, a bar that, despite its shabby setting and seedy clientele, becomes a haven for Hana. Suddenly Hana has a job she loves, friends to share her days with, and the glittering promise of money. She feels like a normal girl. She feels invincible.

But in the narrow alleys of Sangenjaya, nothing is as it seems. Soon all of Hana’s hope, her optimism, and her drive, will be tested to the limit . . .

A story of enduring friendship and deep betrayal, Sisters in Yellow is a masterpiece of teenage dreams and adult cruelties that confirms Mieko Kawakami as one of the great writers of her generation.

Met die aanvang van die Anglo-Boereoorlog besluit Robert Campbell, ’n dokter in Pretoria, en sy aptekersvriend, Thomas Park, om ’n ambulans na die gevegsfront te stuur. Campbell se dogter, Eleanor, saam met Thomas se dogter, Mary, en hul buurvrou, Martha, sluit aan as verpleegsters.

Dr. Campbell se seun, Rory, onderbreek sy mediese studies in Skotland om by die ambulanspoging aan te sluit. Op pad na Pretoria ontmoet hy drie Russe wat as vrywilligers aan die Boerekant gaan veg, insluitend Ivan van Sint Petersburg.

Soos die oorlog groei en baie gewondes in Eleanor se sorg kom, word haar geloof geskud deur die gruwels van die oorlog, die geweld en die verlies.

Wanneer Ivan in die Slag van Elandslaagte gewond word, versorg Eleanor hom. Gedurende hierdie tyd raak hulle verlief, maar hulle besef gou dat daar te veel struikelblokke tussen hulle liefde staan. Tydens die onrus van die oorlog word Eleanor mislei en sy glo dat Ivan gesterf het.

Ná die oorlog bly Eleanor ongetroud en help sy haar moeder as vroedvrou in haar praktyk. Maar, in 1919, verskyn Ivan weer ...

A wonderful novel full of laughter and heart, about marriage, family and what happens when life doesn’t go as planned…

Rachel (Rocky) is seemingly living her best life as the irreverent, funny beating heart of her family. Her ageing father is his unique, adorable self; daughter Willa is prone to bouts of existential angst whilst berating the fact that her mother has zero filter; husband Nick is steady, logical, sometimes infuriating.

And like most normal people, Rocky worries about what might happen next. So when a former classmate of her son Jamie dies in a seemingly random accident, Rocky becomes obsessed.

For if accidents can happen – and they do – is it truly safe to love anyone?

Fresh, honest, laugh out loud funny and genuinely relatable, WRECK follows Rocky and her family through one rollercoaster year as they negotiate the unpredictable and beautiful messiness of life.

When two people find out their online crushes are actually their IRL enemies, they must figure out a way to work with each other in this charming and geeky enemies-to-lovers romcom perfect for fans of Olivia Dade.

When your favorite player turns out to be your very real boss, the rules are a lot more complicated.

Elizabeth Gordon-Bettencourt is rebuilding her life on her own terms, starting with a new internship, a shot at her dream job as a civil engineer, and a whole lot of distance from her family’s drama. With her life full of change, the one constant is @theanswerisno, a charming gamer who seems to just . . . get her. Even if he has no interest in meeting her in real life.

Elizabeth would feel a lot more confident about her job if her new boss wasn’t so hard to read. Lincoln Carden is quiet, demanding, and adamant about avoiding small talk—especially in the office. What she doesn’t know is that online, he’s someone else entirely: quick, confident, and a little bit flirty. And his favorite player to team up with is @pancakesareelite, the one person who never makes him feel like he has to try so hard. As their two worlds start to collide, Elizabeth and Lincoln start to wonder: with their careers on the line and their online friendship at risk, is a romance IRL worth it?

Billie and Mickie Banks grew up on a small farm in the American Mid-West. As sisters, they couldn’t be more different. Billie, kind, loving and a gifted science graduate, longs for love. While hard-hearted Mickie, who has no interest in education or her sister, relies on her striking looks and charm, and has no regard for who she hurts to get everything and everyone she wants.

Determined to seek fame and fortune, Mickie moves to Los Angeles and becomes a model. She swiftly becomes involved with Alex Addison, a rich, smooth-talking, but unscrupulous surgeon. Billie, who has joined her sister in LA where work is more plentiful, becomes deeply suspicious of the mystery around Mickie’s new life and the person she’s involved with, but her concern and love for her sister is met with contempt.

But just as Mickie discovers the life of wealth and extravagance she’s always craved, a major scandal threatens to blow her seemingly perfect world apart. Is Alex a criminal or is he a genius? As Mickie risks a prison sentence, Billie must ask herself whether bad people can ever truly change.

In 1916 keer Caleb Kelly, ’n jong WOI-veteraan, getraumatiseerd en geskend terug na die Oos-Kaap. Die afgryse wat hy in Frankryk beleef het, is ingebrand in sy wese.

Kort ná sy terugkeer vernietig olifante die windpomp op sy plaas.

Caleb is woedend en gereed om wraak te neem. Maar dan gebeur iets onverwags en sy toorn maak plek vir ’n vriendskap met ’n trop wat bedags tussen die ruigtes naby die plaas skuil.

Intussen word grootskaalse landbou-ontwikkeling in die Sondagsriviervallei deur die regering van stapel gestuur. Dewald Troskie word aangestel om die olifante in die omgewing uit te dun.

Deur historiese feite met fiksie te verweef neem Bakkes lesers op ’n reis vanaf 1919 tot die stigting van die Addo-olifantpark in 1931. Soetdoring in die ruigtes is meer as ’n historiese roman – dit is ’n meditasie oor trauma en genesing, oor die mensdom se vermoë tot
beide vernietiging en verlossing. Die onbreekbare band tussen Caleb en sy trop olifante sal lesers ontroer, uitdaag en inspireer.

Helga Roets is dalk aan die verkeerde kant van 80, maar jy kan haar steeds deur ’n ring trek, elke dag van die week. Sy woon nou al amper vyf jaar by Silwerhare Aftreeoord in Pretoria, en hoewel die aanpassing swaar was, voel haar blyplekkie deesdae soos huis. Sy het darem nog haar motortjie waarmee sy gereeld winkel toe ry.

Soms besoek sy vriendinne of gaan sit by ’n koffiewinkel om die mense om haar te bekyk.

Dit kom dus as ’n groot skok wanneer die oogarts makulêre degenerasie in albei haar oë diagnoseer. En vandeesweek is hoeka so ’n bedrywige week: twee begrafnisse, en Saterdag ’n troue in die Paarl.

Ten spyte van haar kinders se teenkanting, glip Helga Dinsdag suutjies uit by die aftreeoord, bagasie gepak, reg om haar reisavontuur te begin. Maar wie wag onder die lamppaal? Niemand anders nie as Stefaans de Wet, so ewe van plan om haar op haar tog te vergesel – net omdat sy nie mooi kan sién nie.

DIE AARDE HOU AAN MET DRAAI

As jy iemand verloor, gaan die lewe voort. Jý moet ook. Dit is wat die Van Wyk-gesin leer met een van hulle se dood.

Op ’n manier moet hulle sin maak uit wat gebeur het – en uit wat volg.

Daar is Ruan, die chirurg-pa wie se werk altyd eerste gekom het.

Markus, die matriekseun van wie almal groot verwagtinge het, wat bots met sy eie. Die drie jaar jonger Leandri wat besef sy het nooit haar ma geken nie. En Sophia wat met haar eerste skooljaar begin.

Veelbekroonde skrywer François Bloemhof het hierdie TV-reeks, wat só die land se verbeelding aangegryp het, verwerk tot ’n aangrypende roman wat wyd byval sal vind.

In this twisty thriller from New York Times bestselling author Colleen Hoover, a frustrated author looks for her muse in a remote hideaway, but what she finds defies all expectations…and reality.

Her words used to set the page on fire. But a viral backlash over her latest film adaptation forced Petra Rose to take a hiatus, resulting in missed deadlines and an overdue mortgage. Branded a fraud and fame-hungry opportunist, she learned the hard way what happens when the internet turns on you. And she’s been uninspired to write ever since.

Now, with her next suspense novel outlined and savings nearly gone, she retreats to a secluded lakeside cabin, hoping to find inspiration. It’s Petra’s last-ditch attempt to save her career―and herself.

Then he shows up.

Detective Nathaniel Saint arrives with disturbing news, his presence igniting a creativity in her she thought long since burned out. Petra’s words return in a rush, and her fictional cop character begins to mirror the very real cop who’s becoming her muse.

Their “research” sessions blur the lines between fantasy and reality. Each glance, every touch pulls Petra deeper into a world she thought she’d never lose herself in again. She’s never felt more alive. But inspiration this powerful comes at a cost.

When Saint starts taking his role in her career a little too seriously, Petra’s forced to confront the chaos she created. But doing so could cost her more than the reputation she’s been trying to salvage. The reputation the world wrote for her―the reputation only she can reclaim.

"Be the biggest, baddest witch in town so no one ever dares bully you again." That was her grandmother's advice and it's been Emberlyn's law since she was a child. It's kept the local coven at bay - until now...

They're furious she won't give up Black Willow Manor, her grandmother's prized home and worse - that the land beside it and Emberlyn herself has been left to Jax 'Ripper' Stone, a rugged, brooding Alpha werewolf.
The chemistry between them has always been white hot but Ripper knows to be careful with witches- especially one with her reputation. Now they are allies it becomes harder to ignore - Emberlyn calls to him. Drives him to claim her. But danger's closing in, threatening to take her from him.

Not that Emberlyn can't handle it. She's no damsel. Doesn't need a hero. Sometimes, it takes a wicked witch to get things done. And Emberlyn has ever excelled at being wicked.

Welcome to Chilgrave... HEA guaranteed!

Die moord-en-roofspeurder Adriaan Kruger verhuis saam met sy nuwe vrou na Overberg, ’n dorpie in die Suid-Kaap. Daar ontdek hy gou onheil is nie beperk tot die grootstad nie. Die egpaar is nog besig om hul voete te vind toe hy skielik gekonfronteer word met ’n
raaiselagtige verdwyning, ’n dorpenaar wat sterf weens vergifting, en ’n ou, onopgeloste saak wat lyk asof dit met die twee onlangse sake verband hou.

Drie misdade, wat oënskynlik geen raakpunte het nie – maar los jy één op, so vermoed Adriaan, word die ander los drade ook vasgeknoop . . .

Waldo is ravenous. Horny. Blunt. Naive. Wise. Impulsive. Lonely. Angry. Hurting. Endlessly wanting. And the thing she wants most of all? Mr. Korgy, her creative writing teacher.

Mr Korgy, with the wife and the kid and the mortgage and the bills, with the dead dreams and the atrophied looks and the growing paunch. She doesn’t know why she wants him. Is it his passion? His life experience? The fact that he knows books and films that she doesn’t? Or are they actually kindred spirits, sharing the same filter with which they each take in the world around them? Or, perhaps, it’s just enough that he sees her when no one else does.

In Klipkoud kyk sy weer na die dossiere van vermiste mense. Sy heroorweeg die leidrade en luister weer na die onderhoude wat sy gevoer het. Baie van hierdie inligting is nog nooit voorheen bekendgemaak nie.

In ’n poging om ’n mate van afsluiting te bied aan die slagoffers se geliefdes, laat val Engelbrecht die soeklig op sowel ou as nuwe onopgeloste sake. Hierdie sake wissel van ’n onbekende vrou wie se oorskot onder ‘n swembad ontdek is tot ‘n jong man wat deur die gevangenisstelsel se krake geval het; van ‘n sakereis wat dodelik ontaard het tot ‘n meisie wat reg voor haar huis ontvoer is.

Engelbrecht neem die leser saam in haar deurtastende soeke na die waarheid.

Naledi is a woman unravelling slowly, painfully, purposefully. Once full of promise, her life has shrunk into the claustrophobic walls of a home that no longer feels safe, with a husband whose love has curdled into something dark and dangerous. Between Instagrammable scones, lockdown picnics and a nursery that remains heartbreakingly empty, Naledi wages a quiet war against erasure of her name, her dreams, her body and her sanity.

Aunty, the quiet force in the shadows of Naledi’s crumbling marriage, carries her own scars. A Zimbabwean domestic worker with a fierce devotion to the children she left behind, Aunty watches, waits and bears witness. Between the two women, a fragile sisterhood grows – tender, complicated and not without its betrayals.

Told in alternating voices, Bosadi is a devastating exploration of gender, grief, immigration, violence and the impossible expectations that swallow Black women whole.

Leilani Stellarion is cursed.

The last of a ruined bloodline, she's shunned for her volatile Starborn magic, which grants her prophetic visions but is slowly corrupting her mind. Branded a pariah, Leilani is blamed for the Sickening, a wasting curse that fractured the realms of Arcelia and plunged them into war.

When her dying mother's health deteriorates and a forced marriage threatens her future, Leilani seizes the chance to reclaim her fate. A prophecy speaks of an ancient relic that could end the Sickening – and she's determined to find it.

To retrieve the sceptre, she must survive the deadly climb to the Astral Mountain, forge alliances with enemies, outwit rebel forces, and navigate her own treacherous feelings for a rival envoy, which grow under the watchful eye of her betrothed.

Hunted by a vengeful spectre and haunted by her magic, Leilani must decide what she's willing to sacrifice in the name of redemption – before her powers consume her.

Waldo is ravenous. Horny. Blunt. Naive. Wise. Impulsive. Lonely. Angry. Forceful. Hurting. Perceptive. Endlessly wanting. And the thing she wants most of all: Mr. Korgy, her creative writing teacher with the wife and the kid and the mortgage and the bills, with the dead dreams and the atrophied looks and the growing paunch. She doesn’t know why she wants him. Is it his passion? His life experience? The fact that he knows books and films and things that she doesn’t? Or is it purer than that, rooted in their unlikely connection, their kindred spirits, the similar filter with which they each take in the world around them? Or, perhaps, it’s just enough that he sees her when no one else does.

Startlingly perceptive, mordantly funny, and keenly poignant, Half His Age is a rich character study of a yearning seventeen-year-old who disregards all obstacles—or attempts to overcome them—in her effort to be seen, to be desired, to be loved.

Esther first sees Ted walking in a park in London. They lock eyes and for a fraction of a second, she feels something she’s never felt before.
 
She starts by reading up about his life in Canada and his work as an actor. Then she watches every interview with him online. It isn’t long before she’s joined Ted’s fan site online where her and the ‘Tedettes’ stalk his every move.
 
When Ted gets a new celebrity girlfriend, Esther decides that things have gone far enough. She leaves her husband, takes all their savings, and buys a one-way ticket to Canada.
 
After all, Ted might not know it yet, but they are meant to be together – he just needs a little bit of persuading.