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Leo
(Paperback)
Deon Meyer; Translated by KL Seegers
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R305
R272
Discovery Miles 2 720
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GRIESSEL AND CUPIDO ARE EXPECTING A QUIET LIFE
Detectives Benny Griessel and Vaughn Cupido remain on duty in beautiful
Stellenbosch, but run-of-the-mill police work in a leafy university
town famed for its vineyards is a far cry from their previous life in
Cape Town fighting crime at the highest level. For now, Benny has more
pressing things to worry about - it's the countdown to his wedding day
on 12 June.
BUT THE PEACE IS ABOUT TO BE SHATTERED
When a student is found dead on a mountain trail, and the key suspect,
a local businessman, is found murdered in what looks like a
professional hit delivering a message - suffocated by fast-action
filler foam sprayed down his throat - Griessel and Cupido both know
this the work of professionals.
Benny also knows he needs a cool head to untangle this web of deceit,
and to manage the incessant pressure. He needs to stay calm, focused -
and sober. And it all needs to be wrapped up by 12 June.
THE CLOCK IS TICKING. AND CHAOS IS COMING...
In many ways, the brothers Carl and Roy Opgard have succeeded in life.
Or at least they’ve had as much success as is possible in a small town
like Os where they've had to kill their way to the top. Carl manages
the area’s swanky spa hotel, while Roy has made ambitious plans for an
amusement park complete with a roller coaster.
The only way is up for the two brothers. Unless the local sheriff can
bring them down.
The sheriff believes he has new evidence that will prove the brothers
involvement in several past murders, but Carl and Roy Opgard are used
to covering their tracks, and they're not afraid to get their hands
dirty.
The high body count of Os is about to get higher.
Blood Ties is a grandiose and explosive suspense novel about loyalty,
family ties, consuming love, and the fight against powerful forces. It
will transport you to a community in crisis and tell the story of two
brothers on the verge of losing all that they’ve fought for.
Detective Chief Inspector Ryan’s worst nightmare has just become a reality. Notorious serial killer The Hacker has escaped prison and kidnapped one of his best detectives from her own home. His brutality is the stuff of legend – Ryan lost his sister and nearly his own life bringing the man to justice first time around. Can Ryan do it again to save his friend?
There’s a nationwide manhunt underway but the trail has gone cold and fear spreads like a virus. Ryan and his team must find The Hacker before he takes another life – but are they too late?
The clock is ticking…
*The No.1 New York Times and Sunday Times bestseller* Discover the
electric new thriller from the No.1, million-copy bestseller, Lucy
Foley There was a murder here last night. Who holds the key to the
mystery of apartment three? 'Dazzling' The Times 'Up-all-night
reading' Erin Kelly 'Gloriously twisty' Ruth Ware 'Combines
edge-of-your-seat tension with out-and-out Parisian chic' Adele
Parks
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In a beautiful old apartment block, deep in the backstreets of
Paris, secrets are stirring behind every resident's door. The
lonely wife The party animal The curtain-twitcher The secret lover
The watchful caretaker The unwanted guest One resident is missing.
Only the killer holds the key to the mystery...
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What readers are saying about The Paris Apartment: 'One to devour
entirely in one delicious sitting. Stupendous' 'Twisty and
mysterious and surprising' 'Had me gripped right from the
beginning' 'Has "book of the year" written all over it' 'A
page-turner with an amazing setting' 'A fabulously tense and
mysterious read!' The Paris Apartment was a New York Times No.1
bestseller for w/e 06/03/2022 The Guest List was a Sunday Times
No.1 bestseller for w/c 14/09/2022 The Guest List was the Goodreads
Choice Awards winner for Crime & Mystery 2020
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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Death Sentence
(Paperback)
Mikkel Birkegaard; Translated by Charlotte Barslund
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R453
R409
Discovery Miles 4 090
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A murder committed on paper, safely within the confines of a novel,
is one thing. To see that same crime in the real world, is
something else entirely. . . Frank Fons is a very successful crime
writer. His novels, famed for their visceral descriptions of
violent death, have made him a household name. But now someone is
copying his crimes. For Frank what once seemed a clever, intriguing
plot twist, has suddenly become a terrifying, blood-spattered
reality. In the novel, a redhead who was scared of water is
drowned. In the mirror-image of the real world, she has become an
ex-girlfriend chained and left to die at the bottom of the harbour.
A corrupt police-officer tortured to death becomes a contact who
dies with fear in his eyes. Someone is taking Franks' fiction and
using it to destroy his life. The writer must become the detective.
In fiction, the bad guy always gets caught, but in real life there
is no such guarantee. Fear becomes real. The knife cut hurts like
hell. Our narrator may not survive. No-one is promising you a happy
ending. For Frank what had once been a game is now a matter of life
and death.
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.
Bethany's back - and this time it's personal!Spiteful and twisted,
Bethany Johnson is a woman scorned. After spending the past twenty
years exiled, she's about to set foot on British soil and there's
only one man in her sights, the man who once rejected her - Tommy
Carter. Determined to make Tommy pay, Bethany will stop at nothing
to get close to him again. But with his family and business
interests in freefall Tommy hasn't got time to play Bethany's
warped games. But ignoring Bethany again could be Tommy's biggest
mistake, with devastating results for everyone. Don't miss the
shocking next instalment in this gripping gangland series by Kerry
Kaya! Perfect for fans of Kimberley Chambers, Heather Atkinson and
Caz Finlay. Please note this is a re-release of Scorned, previously
published by Kerry Kaya.
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Marlowe
(Paperback)
John Banville, Benjamin Black
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R425
Discovery Miles 4 250
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Governess-turned-sleuth Miss Silver must follow a trail of
poison-pen letters to save an heiress from murder. Rachel Treherne
has always had a steady head on her shoulders; it's why her late
father named her the sole trustee of his considerable fortune. But
the decision galled a number of Rachel's relatives, including her
married older sister, her socialist nephew, and her father's
ambitious young cousin. Rachel fears she may be overreacting to the
anonymous letters she's received threatening her life, but then
someone tampers with the chocolates she bought herself. If her
cousin hadn't partaken first and noticed an unwholesome taste, who
knows what may have happened? Miss Silver suspects someone in
Rachel's inner circle has grown tired of being a poor relation, and
she travels incognito to the Treherne country home to unmask the
culprit--before it's too late--in this intriguing entry in the
beloved series featuring a contemporary of Agatha Christie's Miss
Marple. Lonesome Road is the 3rd book in the Miss Silver Mysteries,
but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.
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