January 2022

Extract: Guns and Needles by Clinton van der Berg

This entry was posted on 31 January 2022.

South Africa revels in its reputation as a sport-loving country. Yet just beneath the surface lurks a dark underbelly that reeks of cheating and illicit shenanigans, where shady characters and willing athletes are prepared to do whatever it takes to come out on top. Guns and Needles infiltrates an extraordinary environment that includes the story of the youngest athlete, who happens to be a South African, to ever test positive.

Extract: The Horse Woman by James Patterson & Mike Lupica

This entry was posted on 28 January 2022.

Maggie Atwood and Becky McCabe - mother and daughter, both champion riders - vowed to never, ever, compete against one another. But a dramatic turn of events ahead of the Paris Olympics changes everything. Mother and daughter share a dream: to be the best in the world. Only one rider can fulfil that dream and make history. Only one rider can make history.

 


 

“Little (Horse) Woman”

Extract: Wahala by Nikki May

This entry was posted on 28 January 2022.

A darkly comic and bitingly subversive take on love, race and family, Wahala will have you laughing, crying and gasping in horror. Boldly political about class, colorism and clothes, here is a truly inclusive tale that will speak to anyone who has ever cherished friendship, in all its form.

 


 

Aftermath

 

Extract: A Shot to Save the World by Gregory Zuckerman

This entry was posted on 28 January 2022.

This is the definitive account of the global effort to develop a vaccine for Covid-19, charting the failure and success of every major vaccine in use. A number-one New York Times bestselling author and award-winning Wall Street Journal investigative journalist, Zuckerman takes us inside the
top-secret laboratories, corporate clashes and high-stakes government negotiations that led to effective vaccines development and roll out.

Extract: Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson

This entry was posted on 28 January 2022.

An estranged brother and sister must set aside their differences to deal with their mother’s death and their puzzling inheritance: an audio recording, in which she tells the story of her hidden past, and her famous black cake to be shared ‘when the time is right’. Their journey of discovery takes them from the Caribbean to London to California, and changes everything they thought they knew about their family. An immersive and deeply satisfying family drama.

 

Extract: A Question of Guilt by Jørn Lier Horst

This entry was posted on 28 January 2022.

In 1999, 17-year-old Tone Vaterland was killed. Desperate for a conviction, the police deemed the investigation an open-and-shut case and sent her spurned boyfriend, Danny Momrak, down for murder. But 20 years later, William Wisting receives a puzzling letter that suggests the wrong man was convicted for Tone’s death. It's a race to the end to find the real murderer in the heart-pounding final book in the Cold Case series.

 


 

Extract: Again, Rachel by Marian Keyes

This entry was posted on 14 January 2022.

The international No.1 bestselling author writes her first sequel starring her most beloved character, Rachel Walsh - form an orderly line!

 


 

“Around five p.m., I was in the office typing up my daily notes when my phone rang. As soon as I saw who was calling, my heart nearly stopped. What on earth . . . ? Joey. Luke’s Joey? Why was he ringing me? I thought we’d agreed.

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