The poaching of rhinoceros for the mythical medicinal qualities of the horns has reached alarming proportions in recet years. The magnificent beasts are facing extinction at the hands of unscrupulous criminals. Bataleur and IA3 together with Edward Brown of the CIA and Willie Engelbrecht of the Serious Crimes Unit work at source in the Kruger Park to expose a rhino poaching and horn smuggling ring.

Issued with a ‘Code 1’ sanction order the group show no mercy to those involved.

How does a mysterious cult feature and could a leading South African business tycoon be involved? Ex-merceneries and crooked rangers lead to a London gangster and his evil and violent family.

Upside Down has a realistic and topical plotline and is packed with excitement and action. Upside Down draws the reader into a better understanding of the scale of the problem and of the dangers exposed.

Oom Chris is die baas van Doodsedrif – of so het hy gedink. Sy vet, bruin kalf lê versuip langs die seekoeigat. Toe dryf oom Jan Oortjies se ou hond opgeblaas langs die oewer. Kraaibek, die mak bobbejaan, spring kort daarna waansinnig in die rivier en verdrink.

Telkens sien oom Chris se seuns die drietonige voetspoor op die riviersand. Manienk, een van die plaasseuns, meen dis Salmaklak, “die gladde nat dier wat hier by jou in die water is”. Hy trek die diere in die water in en los hul liggame om in die rivier af te dryf.

Maar wie het die Tswanaseun met ’n graaf oor die kop geslaan en in ’n vlak graf begrawe?

Toe Ami hoor dat ’n man voor haar gim geskiet is, weet sy daar is moeilikheid. Hoekom is die Valke op die misdaadtoneel? Was dit ’n sluipmoord? En wat is dit wat die speurder optel en in sy sak druk? Voor Ami hierdie raaisels kan oplos, kruis haar pad met dié van ’n Duitse joernalis wat bewerings van ’n ontstellende voorval in Mosambiek ondersoek. Is daar werklik ’n verband tussen die twee stories?

When Captain Kassie Kasselman of Newlands SAPD starts investigating a missing ex-colleague, it’s quickly clear that more is going on than a simple drug-related disappearance. It somehow seems linked to the kidnapping that has struck his colleague Rooi Els’ wife’s place of work, a curio shop. From the Cape ganglands to Kruger’s rhino poachers, from a grisly smallholding to the glitz of the diplomatic world, Kassie has to feel his way quickly but carefully – or Rooi Els’ wife is fish food. Afrikaans readers have grown to love anti-hero Captain Kassie Kasselman since Rudie van Rensburg’s first crime novel, Slagyster (2013). His unique style of detective story, with a strong focus not only on the investigation but also on the criminals in question, creating a complex and satisfying web of motives and plot, is now available in English for the first time.

Professor Nino Everhard word op sy kombuisvloer wakker met bloed oral. Iemand het ingebreek en hom en sy vrou, Willemien, aangeval, maar niks gesteel nie. Wat wou die aanvaller hê? Nino weet dit was nie toeval nie. Hy is uitgekies. Iemand wou vir hom ’n boodskap stuur. Op sy speurtog na antwoorde lei die leidrade hom op ’n kronkelpad deur sy verlede na die skadukant van die samelewing. Elke tree nader aan die waarheid is ook ’n tree nader aan lewensgevaar. Sal Nino die antwoorde kry waarna hy soek? En hoeveel van sy eie duiwels gaan hom langs die pad inhaal? Die beweging van bloed is ’n naelbytspanningsverhaal wat jou laat raai tot die einde.

Speurder Sollie Mtembu lê snags wakker oor of sy salaris ooit sy vrou se ambisies sal ewenaar. Maar in Oktober verdwyn 'n ou vriend van die polisiekommisaris en hy word opdrag gegee om dié “verdwyning” te ondersoek. Kort ná hy in Rhynveld arriveer verander die oënskynlike ontvoering in ’n moordsaak en Sollie moet sy vrese opsy skuif sodat sy speurvernuf kan seëvier. 

Sunday. Christmas Eve. There is a break-in at the Stables Estate in Pretoria East. Businessman Lafras van Zyl is left for dead and his family has disappeared without a trace. After six weeks there are still no clues, and Captain AJ Williams has been summoned to solve the case. Alex Derksen and Ranna Abramson are on the trail of Martina Buitendag (17), who went missing in Yeoville. Two crimes. Too many secrets. Nowhere to hide.

Ramon Fraser is al sy hele lewe lank 'n uitgeworpene. Sy ma vlug met hom vandat hy kan onthou. Sy is 'n fortuinverteller, maar weier om sý toekoms te lees. Tot op die verskriklike dag toe die mantelman hulle inhaal ...

Ramon moet weer vlug en beland op 'n plaas met wuiwende grasvelde, Boesmangrotte en poue wat se angsgille die dood nader roep; die poue met die sterte wat bestaan uit duisende oë wat na hom kyk. Iewers in daardie oë sien hy die mantelman wat die niemandsland tussen hemel en hel oppas en verlore siele vir ewig daar opsluit. Hy wink Ramon om deel te word van sy donkerte, moord en waansin.

En so begin die stryd tussen die mantelman en die seun wat die Sielsmokkelaar genoem word. Hy wat siele tussen die hede en ewigheid vervoer, en wie se eie siel as losprys gebruik word om die donker ryk te oorwin.

Spanning from present day until the near future, this novel tells the story of three men facing the rapid unravelling of their world, due to cataclysmic climate collapse.

Luthando’s environmental activism leads to a clash with the government. His life partner, Viwe, becomes embroiled in religious end-of-days fanaticism. And their friend Malcolm worries that his work in biotech augmentation will be used for sinister purposes.

A story about resilience and our capacity for love in the face of fear.

Naomi Mandisa Nel leads a secret life as a vigilante assassin, making sure justice is served where the system has failed to bring criminals to book. It is a life her policeman fiancé knows nothing about.

Now she has been recruited to join a team of operatives on a risky mission to save schoolgirls who have been kidnapped by terrorists in Northern Mozambique. They have a window period of only nine hours to infiltrate the enemy camp deep in the Doente Forest and extract the girls before they are moved and might disappear forever. Before the terrorists grow stronger and succeed in their plan of toppling the government. Meanwhile, Aisha Ezekwesili, one of the abductees, has a daring escape plan. But if she fails and is recaptured, she will surely be killed...

Filled with adventure and suspense, Nine Hours is a novel about courage and justice that will keep you reading with bated breath until the very end.

Magdaleen Verster probeer die stukke van haar lewe optel na die dood van haar tweelingsuster, Misha. Wanneer sy ’n onwaarskynlike vriendskap smee met haar eksentrieke buurman, die wetenskaplike Darius Achenbach, bevind sy haar in die opwindende maar omstrede wêreld van stamselnavorsing.

Asof Misha haar aksies vanuit die dood rig, vind gematigde Magdaleen dat sy skielik bereid is om groot risiko’s te neem. Sy kan haar suster nie terugbring nie, tog kan sy moontlik ’n verskil aan ander se lewens maak. Wat begin as ’n onbaatsugtige projek, vang haar gou vas in geheime bedrywighede waarvan sy min verstaan. Wie is so angstig om Darius se navorsing te ontspoor? Of wil hulle dit dalk vir hulself toeëien?

Alles kom teen ’n prys. En soms is die prys van een mens se lewe ’n ander mens se dood.

Detectives in pursuit of criminals, a brother desperate to find his wunga-addicted sibling, a search for abducted girls, a quest to be reunited with a long-lost lover – these are just some of the searches that form the basis of the stories in this collection. On a more metaphysical level there are characters seeking some form of faith or purpose. Entertaining tales that keep the reader enthralled with tension and suspense, while reflecting the realities of contemporary South Africa.

Coenraad de Buys was the most dangerous man around in the Cape of the late 1700s.

At eight he crossed his first frontier and left his mother’s house behind. Left his home (the first of many); left the Cape; left civilisation.

From the Langkloof Buys roves – a giant, a legend, polygamist and swindler; the bane of government, father to chieftains and a Buysvolk of his own. Everywhere his wild oats are sown; everywhere renegades and criminals join his band of outcasts. He interprets between Xhosa and English but speaks only his own words.

And everywhere on his travels, always there is the pack of dogs and the earless red leader that put Buys on his restless path. In Buys’ tracks, in his head, around his camp fires the slavering jaws snap.

He was born in the Langkloof. He died on the banks of the Limpopo. But Buys is not dead.

Red Dog is a novel about frontiers and borders. The Afrikaans original Buys was hugely acclaimed in 2014. Now it has been masterfully translated by Michiel Heyns.

It’s the eighties in Johannesburg. Adriana van der Hoon is eighteen years old. Her father, an anti-apartheid activist and Dutch citizen, smuggles money for the ANC using a non-profit trust as a front. But then things change . . . and South Africa’s notorious security police blackmails Adriana into following the money trail from Berlin to Johannesburg.

As political change sweeps across Europe and South Africa, Adriana acquires a new skills set, a lover and an enemy.

More than 25 years later, Adriana is safe and sound, back in Johannesburg. Together with her friend Zenani they run a restaurant called Crow’s Feet. But the past is finally catching up with her, and this time round there is no place to hide.

Circus is the first of Venter’s series to be translated into English. However, each book is a stand-alone novel. The series shares a character cast, with a different character becoming the central storyline in each book.

“Irma Venter is world class.” – Deon Meyer

A gripping story of power, ambition, and the price of desire.

From the bustling township of Mamelodi to the heart of European diplomacy in Brussels, Mbali Langa has fought for every opportunity – and sacrificed more than she cares to admit. As a rising diplomat with a sharp mind and an unwavering ambition, she is no stranger to the delicate balance of power and persuasion.

But when an illicit affair threatens to shatter her career, and hidden enemies begin to close in, she finds herself trapped in a game where trust is a luxury she can’t afford. In Brussels, behind the polished façades of diplomacy, lies a dangerous world of secrets, betrayals and high-stakes deception – where one wrong move could cost her everything.

Caught between duty, love and the weight of her past, Mbali must decide just how far she’s willing to go to secure the future she’s always dreamed of.

Dié nuwe spanningsroman delf diep in Ella se verlede. Elf jaar gelede is haar pa amper noodlottig gewond, en die skuldige, Arthur Wilky, word nou weens goeie gedrag op parool vrygelaat. Binne weke is daar egter nuwe moorde – en van die slagoffers is voormalige tronkmaats van Wilky. Hoekom kan Ella se speurderkollegas nie die verbintenisse raaksien nie? Selfs kolonel Silas wil nie ag slaan op haar vermoedens nie . .

Twee plaasdramas oor grense, tradisies, grond en bloed.

Melk & Vleis

Dis 1996. Suid-Afrika het verander, maar sekere huishoudings nog nie. ’n Suksesvolle aktuaris los haar werk in die stad nadat sy verlief raak op ’n sjarmante jong boer. Sy probeer haar bes om in te pas by die kleindorpse gemeenskap, haarself in haar huwelik te laat geld, en die familieplaas van ondergang te red. Nadat ’n erfgenaam gebore word, begin dinge egter op die plaas uitrafel ...

Bloed & Bodem

Jana besoek haar pa en oom op die familieplaas. Die plaas gaan agteruit en haar pa sit meer op die kroegstoel as die kerkbank. Een nag los hy in sy dronkenskap die hek oop en dit word ‘n aand wat niemand sal vergeet nie... ’n Verhaal oor plaasaanvalle en die desperate nalatenskap van Afrikanermans wat nooit kon heel nadat hulle aan die “verkeerde” kant van die apartheidstryd geveg het nie.

Red Ink is a gripping thriller, originally released in 2013. Set in present-day Johannesburg, it has a distinctly local flavour and brings the city to life through all its contrasts and contradictions.

When public relations consultant and ex-journalist Lucy Khambule – young, beautiful and ambitious – receives an unexpected call from Napoleon Dingiswayo – a convicted serial killer, nicknamed The Butcher by the media – her life takes a dramatic turn. Dingiswayo wants Lucy to tell his story. Intrigued by Dingiswayo’s approach, Lucy decides to take this opportunity to fulfil her life-long dream of writing a book, but it comes at a cost she could never have imagined.

After their initial contact, Dingiswayo becomes an all-too-obliging subject and Lucy soon discovers that her choice of topic is not for the faint-hearted. Soon after meeting him in Pretoria’s notorious C-Max Prison, Lucy’s world is turned upside down by a series of violent and disturbing events.

Dingiswayo is behind bars, but Lucy begins to suspect that the brutal attacks may have something to do with him. Who is this frightening man, and what motivates him? As Lucy learns that there is more to Dingiswayo’s story than the police have uncovered, she is forced to decide what price she is willing to pay to pursue her dream.

Red Ink is a gripping thriller. Set in Johannesburg, it has a distinctly local flavour and brings the city to life through all its contrasts and contradictions.

“Daar is spore doodgevee. Iemand het die opdrag gegee vir wat met
daai vyf moet gebeur. En ek wil weet wie.”

Daar is raaisels wat spook by Wim Kellerman, twee jaar ná die dood
van Jack Niemand. Hy en Portis praat min daaroor waar hulle woel in
die kweekhuis van Wim se skoenlapperboerdery op Wildernis. Maar
dit bly sluimer tussen hulle. Want wat het geword van Portis se vyf
jeugvriende wat in daai verskriklike jare van die tagtigs vermis geraak
het? En hoekom is die lyke van Simon Pope, die destydse hoof van
Bon Accord, en sy vrou, Rachel, nooit geïdentifiseer nie?

Al manier is om terug te loop op die spoor, voetjie vir voetjie. In sy
beendere weet Wim sy ou aartsvyand Simon Pope lewe nog. Dis
maklik om twee en twee bymekaar te sit, so hy koop ’n kaartjie
Kanada toe, kwansuis vir skoenlappersoektogte. En gaan soek die
meesterbrein agter die verdwyning van vyf kinders van die Kaapse
Vlakte. Kry, sal hy hom kry. Dis ’n lewenstaak – vir Portis, en vir Wim.

Bloemfonteinse speurder Sollie Mthembu en sy vrou, Nyandi, verwag hul tweede baba. Nes baba Naledi in haar buik, groei Nyandi se inkopielys van dag tot dag. Terwyl dié sersant planne beraam om naweekuitstappies na Mimosa Mall met sy kredietkaart te ontduik, sluip daar snags ’n psigopaat deur die strate van Harrismith wat kleuters met roomyse uit hul ouerhuise weglok en ontvoer.

Wanneer die oorskot van ’n verminkte vierjarige in ’n Fruitti Tutti-roomyskarretjie in die vroeë oggendure aan die voet van Platberg ontdek word, besluit kaptein Maartin Brummels om Parkweg se bulhond saam te sleep vir die ondersoek. Sollie lyk dalk na ’n bedeesde ou wat op die vreemdste tye oor sy eie woorde struikel, maar as hy iets beetkry, laat los hy nie.

Sidney Gilroy se debuutroman, Klikbek, is 2019 met groot lof deur resensente en krimi-lesers ontvang. Almal stem saam dat beide skrywer en speurder Sollie ’n groot aanwins tot die Afrikaanse krimikorpus is.

Much-maligned blogger Jacob Lynch, aka Brodie Lomax, has been called many things: Professional douchebag, The king of fratire, Tabloid Maverick, Mr Misogyny, Revenge porn Romeo, That sex-tape guy and Assholepreneur. And now he can add 'Multi-millionaire' to that list. With the renewal of his reality TV show as well as his eight-figure book deal, life is good for New York's most notorious blogger.

But he's suffering from a serious bout of writer's block, and the distractions of endless parties, drugs and meaningless sex are not helping. Trapped within his life of excess, he is teetering on the edge, the next stop: rehab. So Jacob flees the city for an isolated hunting lodge in Alaska where he can focus on getting his manuscript done, once and for all. When the mysterious beautiful Alicia unexpectedly emerges from the icy landscape, he knows he shouldn't invite her in, but pretty young things have always been his greatest weakness.

The next day Jacob wakes up chained to a bed, and that's when things take a turn for the terrifying.

Twee gewese speurders word koelbloedig langs 'n plaasdam afgemaai. En Kassie en Rooi moet die moordsaak oorneem by 'n uitgedunde Paarlse speurspan wat al 'n week lank daarmee kleitrap.

Met die ooglopendste aspekte van die ondersoek reeds afgehandel, voel dit vir Kassie of hulle 'n saak erf waarvan die karkas klaar skoon gevreet is. Kassie bevraagteken egter die Paarliete se afleiding dat diefstal die motief vir die moorde was. Wanneer hy en Rooi ander moontlikhede ondersoek, begin dinge doller as kopaf raak.

Geraamtes uit die verlede, 'n oud-lid van die Brixtonse Moord en Roof-eenheid, 'n leier van 'n eens berugte tronkbende, en 'n swendelaar wat die grootste maatskappy-gekonkel sedert Steinhoff orkestreer, sorg vir talle vrae waarvan die Spookeenheid-speurders probeer sin maak. En sit daar dalk iemand anders agter die man wat die sneller getrek het?

Om sake vir Kassie te vererger, beleef hy 'n yslike persoonlike krisis wat hy nie weet hóé om te hanteer of op te los nie.

"I want to tell you about my Father's murder. I want to tell you who killed him and why. This is the story of my life. And the story of your life and your world too, as you will see."

Nico Storm and his father drive across a desolate South Africa, constantly alert for feral dogs, motorcycle gangs, nuclear contamination. They are among the few survivors of a virus that has killed most of the world's population.

Young as he is, Nico realises that his superb marksmanship and cool head mean he is destined to be his father's protector. But Willem Storm, though not a fighter, is a man with a vision. He is searching for a place that can become a refuge, a beacon of light and hope in a dark and hopeless world, a community that survivors will rebuild from the ruins. And so Amanzi is born.

Fever is the epic, searing story of a group of people determined to carve a city out of chaos.

Polisievrou Erica van der Linde het die perfekte manier om te sorg dat mense in die getuiebeskermingsprogram in Kaapstad versteek bly. Sy vermoor hulle. En wanneer die gewese kriminele oorgaan van ’n lewe van misdaad na dié van versteekte staatsgetuies, is daar niemand wat na hulle soek nie. Maar dan kry sy opdrag om Daniël Enslin te versteek, en so ’n getuie het sy nog nooit teëgekom nie.

En skielik is dit vir Erica ook ’n taak van lewe en dood, want nou ken Daniël haar geheim.

Wenner van die eerste KykNET-Rapport Boekprys in die Film-kategorie, nou tot rolprent verwerk.

When rising defence lawyer Chelsea Turner takes on a high-profile murder case, she expects a challenging trial. What she doesn’t expect is to discover that her client, the successful businessman Joel Radebe, has a haunting link to her own childhood tragedy - a politically motivated bombing in 1988 which radically changed the course of her life. Struggling with a deep personal conflict, Chelsea steps back from leading the defence, but her instincts tell her there’s more to the case than meets the eye.

Her colleague, Kaylin Adams, takes over the lead, unaware that she too is more connected to the past than she realises. As the two women unravel the threads of the present-day murder, they are forced to confront buried histories, shifting loyalties, and the murky line between justice and revenge. The case against Radebe appears strong - but no weapon has been found, the evidence is circumstantial, and witnesses seem compromised. As new truths surface and alliances are tested, the defence team begins to suspect a sinister manipulation at play.

Set thirty years after the end of apartheid, Legally Blind explores the shadows that linger long after political conflict ends. Can justice ever be truly impartial? What do we owe the past - and each other - in our search for the truth?