Detective Ruben Ellis, consumed by despair, wants to die—but not before
finding the man who kidnapped and murdered his daughter. Meanwhile,
another victim is trapped in a sinister underground dystopia. With little
will left, can Ruben save her in time? His partner, Zander, and therapist,
Melissa, must help him navigate a mystery as dark and hidden as the
gold mines beneath Johannesburg. As they dig deeper, they confront the
1581. Emilia Bassano is allowed no voice of her own, but finds a way
to bring her work to the stage secretly. Yet by paying a man for the use
of his name, she will write her own out of history. His name? William
Shakespeare. Now. Playwright Melina Green is determined to see one
of her shows make the stage, but it appears a woman’s voice is still
worth less than a man’s. Women have long been written out of history,
Blending the charm of The Thursday Murder Club with a twisty
international mystery, Richard Osman returns with a thrilling new
series. Steve Wheeler is enjoying his quiet retirement, filled with
pub quizzes and cat cuddles, while his daughter-in-law Amy lives
for adrenaline. As a private security officer, Amy is currently on a
remote island, guarding a famous author, Rosie D’Antonio—a job
that was supposed to be easy. But when a dead body, a bag of
Part 1 of Jackie Phamotse’s new series takes us to 2005 in the rugged
Cederberg mountains. Cameron Coal is struggling to save his family’s
rooibos farm from bankruptcy while grieving his wife’s death and raising
his blind daughter. As his father, John, fights to save the farm from a
hidden enemy, Cameron's brother, Sole, harbours a secret that could
destroy everything. Amidst the chaos of a veld fire, Cameron meets
Jackie Phamotse is a master storyteller, blending suspense, romance, and social activism into narratives that resonate deeply with readers. Her latest work, The Tea Merchant, follows Cameron Coal as he battles to save his family’s rooibos farm from ruin while grappling with grief, uncovering dark secrets, and navigating a budding romance with a mysterious woman.
At the beginning of August, the nominees for the 30th Gourmand World
Cookbook Awards were announced, with the shortlist to be published
at the end of October. The Gourmand World Cookbook Awards were
founded in 1995 by Edouard Cointreau. Every year, they honour the
best in food and wine books, printed or digital, as well as food television.
This year, they had participants from 221 countries and regions entering
Mitch is living the good monkey life. As his home is in a tree above a fancy restaurant, his diet consists of fine-dining gifts from dinner guests. So when the chef puts up a new sign that reads ‘Do NOT Feed The Monkey!’, Mitch panics. Who will bring him delicious food now? But with help from some unexpected cooks, Mitch discovers that making his own food isn’t so bad after all.
In this gripping new thriller from Jonathan and Jesse Kellerman,
former coroner Clay Edison is now a private investigator. When
a young man hires him to look into minor financial discrepancies
in his grandmother's estate, Clay uncovers a decades-old con
game with countless victims. The investigation leads him to a
remote town on California’s Lost Coast, where danger awaits at