How does a man come to grips with a cheating wife, a divorce on hand, the murder of his soon-to-be ex-wife and him being the prime suspect in her killing? For Eli Landon it took a year of having to prove his innocence and to start to rebuild his life after being disbarred, losing...
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As soon as the Sherlock Holmes bug has bitten you, there’s no turning back. From Sir Arthur Conan Doyle‘s original stories, all the way through to the ‘pastiches’ and fan-fiction of the modern era… once the bug bites, you can’t get enough and you will devour any new adventures – be it natural or...
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Boy Nobody is the first part in a new trilogy of young adult novels from Allen Zadoff. Arriving in the UK on 23 May 2013 courtesy of Orchard Books. Boy Nobody has already been picked up by Sony Pictures, who are working on a screenplay written for Jaden Smith (The Karate Kid). Boy Nobody...
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South Africans are reminded on a daily basis that their country is the Crime Capital of the World, but when the Bathroom Strangler starts doing his evil business, it becomes all too real for those people who live in Pretoria. Soon the body count escalates and it’s up to a troubled detective to try...
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ISBN: 9780718176945 Format: Hardback Recommended Price: R250.00 Published: January 4, 2013 Ah, nothing spells for more awesomeness than a Jack Ryan story. You all know Jack Ryan… even the ladies who aren’t into these kinds of books know him. Remember Harrison Ford in Patriot Games and Clear and Present Danger? Remember Ben Affleck in...
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ISBN: 9780718177218 Format: Trade paperback (US) Recommended Price: R210.00 Published: January 4, 2013 It’s 1942 and an Italian submarine is attacked by British aircraft near the Cape of Good Hope. The submarine is horribly damaged and the mysterious scientist and his precious cargo seems to be lost. However, seventy five years later, while diving off the coast of...
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After a mysterious schooner runs aground in an English harbour with no human passengers – only the dead captain, drained of blood and a black dog that jumped off of the boat – a series of bizarre nocturnal crimes takes place in London. It can only be the work of Count Dracula, and only...
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Patricia Cornwall is back with a new Kay Scarpetta novel, the twentieth book in the series to be more exact and so far fans are quite divided as to whether it’s as good as the rest. I for one take my time with Patricia Cornwall, not because it’s bad, on the contrary, I don’t...
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The year is 1838, the time when Jane Austen‘s novels are read throughout the whole of England, where young women dream of a match made in heaven, to fall in love and to live well. It’s a time when Eloise Morton has a suitor that is kind and gentle and would make a good...
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From scrawny wimp to seasoned cop, from a nobody to one of the most beloved and successful detectives from South Africa. Investigating murders and solving crime to such an extent that Scotland Yard and Canadian Police asked him for assistance in solving serial killings. Piet Byleveld has had a good run in his almost...
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