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Books > Fiction > Genre fiction > Adventure / thriller > General
No electricity, no family, no connection to the outside world. For
eight years, Cooper and his young daughter, Finch, have lived in
isolation in a remote cabin in the northern Appalachian woods. And
that's exactly the way Cooper wants it, because he's got a lot to
hide. Finch has been raised on the books filling the cabin's
shelves and the beautiful but brutal code of life in the
wilderness. But she's starting to push back against the sheltered
life Cooper has created for her - and he's still haunted by the
painful truth of what it took to get them there. The only people
who know they exist are a mysterious local hermit named Scotland,
and Cooper's old friend, Jake, who visits each winter to bring them
food and supplies. But this year, Jake doesn't show up, setting off
an irreversible chain of events that reveals just how precarious
their situation really is. Suddenly, the boundaries of their safe
haven have blurred - and when a stranger wanders into their woods,
Finch's growing obsession with her could put them all in danger.
After a shocking disappearance threatens to upend the only life
Finch has ever known, Cooper is forced to decide whether to keep
hiding - or finally face the sins of his past. Vividly atmospheric
and masterfully tense, These Silent Woods is a poignant story of
survival, sacrifice, and how far a father will go when faced with
losing it all.
Marc Schlosser, 'n huisdokter, begaan 'n mediese fout en as gevolg
daarvan sterf een van sy pasiente. Schlosser moet voor die Mediese
Raad verskyn om verantwoording te doen. Schlosser is nie te
bekommerd oor die Mediese Raad nie: Hy sal seker 'n paar maande
geskors word, wat nie te erg is nie. Wat die saak egter kompliseer,
is dat die pasient 'n baie bekende akteur, Ralph Meier, is, wat
miskien net te veel aandag gegee het aan Schlosser se pragtige
vrou, Caroline. Of hou die hele gedoente verband met wat by die
Meiers se vakansiehuis gebeur het toe die Schlosser-gesin daar op
besoek was? Soos in Die aandete is die hoofkarakter van die verhaal
ook die verteller wat net vertel wat hy wil he die leser moet weet
en so die leser aan die raai hou oor wat werklik gebeur het.
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Adriana vra Ranna en Alex om onder die dekmantel van joernalistiek die storie
van ’n jong vrou onder haar beskerming te ondersoek. Dit bring hulle op die spoor
van ’n ou misdaad – die verdwyning van ’n talentvolle jong kunstenaar wat in
haar matriekjaar spoorloos verdwyn het. Die meisie se destydse kêrel en haar
kunsonderwyser is verdink, maar die saak is nooit opgelos nie. ’n Foto van die
meisie naby ’n aborsiekliniek in Johannesburg speel ’n kardinale rol. In die foto
kyk sy oor haar skouer, asof sy bang is sy word agtervolg. Alex dek ook ’n
storie oor ’n jong onwettige immigrant wat van vervolging in sy eie land gevlug het
om ’n nuwe lewe in SuidAfrika te maak. Maar xenofobie dreig om sy drome te
verwoes. AJ Williams is op dertig kaptein in die polisie, maar sy veg om die
stereotipering te oorkom wat haar bruin vel en geslag ontlok. ’n Foto van Ranna
in Pretoria sit AJ op dié se spoor.
An incisive workplace satire and twisty murder mystery featuring a
young executive assistant who realizes the peril in being diligently
attentive to her boss's whims.
As the assistant of the CEO of a Fortune 500 company, Nicole Underwood
has plenty of tasks on her to-do list—one of which is the blowout
birthday celebration for her nightmare, one-percenter boss, Xander
Chambers. But when the party ends in chaos and murder and Nicole is one
of the survivors, suspicion—from the investigators to the media—lands
on her. Was she the reason for all the bloodshed?
A year after those deadly events, Nicole tries to set the public record
straight by agreeing to consult on a feature film based on her story.
However, on the set in LA, she's sidelined by inappropriate casting and
persistent, bizarre script changes, while also haunted by the events of
that party weekend with visions of her now-deceased boss. It seems
clearing her name isn't so simple when the question of guilt or
innocence is...complicated.
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