With South Africa currently facing a crisis as severe as any in its history, the book shows that these challenges are neither unprecedented nor insurmountable, and that there are principles to be found in history that may lead us safely into the future.
Spoilt Ballots is as much about the people who voted in some of our most decisive elections as it is about those who didn’t get to make their mark. It explains why a black man in the Cape had more political rights in 1854 than at any other point in the ensuing 140 years and how the enfranchisement of women in 1930 was actually a step back for democracy.
The enthralling, page-turning new thriller from the internationally acclaimed author of Sticks and Stones.
Stage One of Grief
DENIAL
CHAPTER ONE
In this gripping new thriller from the No 1 Sunday Times bestselling author and creator of The Stranger, Wilde follows a tip that he hopes will finally solve the mystery of his abandonment, but instead sends him straight into the arms of a serial killer.
CHAPTER ONE
Meet the uncompromising, unconventional Elizabeth Zott, heroine of the new and most exciting debut of 2022.
CHAPTER 1
November 1961
“Back in 1961, when women wore shirtwaist dresses and joined
A story of sisters, secrets and a sanctuary with a dark heart from author of Sunday Times bestseller The Recovery of Rose Gold.
Part One
I want to live a life in which I am free.
June 2018
“He’s known as AJ. Has been called AJ forever. The nickname his mother gave him. The A stands for André. The J for Jacobs, his surname. No one ever calls him André. Nor would he answer to it. Anyone calls him André over the phone, he disconnects. To his subordinates in the cops he’s Colonel AJ. ‘No-shit Jacobs’ behind his back. Because AJ’s not a man to mess with. He’s in the anti-gang unit.