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A bookseller's review of The Man from Berlin

This entry was posted on 07 August 2013.

The Captain embarks wholeheartedly on the path to discover the motive behind the murder - and the actual murderer - as a way to escape the unhappiness and despair he feels in his own life. He is haunted by his dreams - of his actions performed while doing his duty; torn between being proud to be German and a love of his country, with the utter harshness and brutality of what was expected of him as a soldier. The nightmares he experiences at having killed innocent people as an officer, have created a hollowness within him. This he attempts to dull with alcohol.

We chat to Michéle Rowe about her debut novel, What Hidden Lies

This entry was posted on 06 August 2013.
The title refers to how lies and rumours can cause untold damage, even incite violence. It’s also about what lies hidden beneath the surface of our society, like the covering up of the fate of people who were removed and displaced. It also alludes to things hidden or buried in the characters’ past histories. Hopefully, once the reader finishes the book, the title will make perfect sense.
 

A bookseller reviews Glenn Agliotti: A Biography

This entry was posted on 17 July 2013.
This book, as the title suggests, is all about Glenn Agliotti. It delves into his murky past of crime and the South African underworld and makes an attempt to beseech all those who read it into seeing the world through Glenn Agliotti’s eyes and follow his account of what happened during the trials and accusations that beset him from all sides. Everything from the murder of mining magnate Brett Kebble, to surveillance cameras being installed throughout Agliotti’s home, and even a robbery of his house is contained within this book.
 

The Word Fiend reviews What Hidden Lies

This entry was posted on 12 July 2013.
When Detective Persephone (Persy) Jonas is forced to work with retired criminal psychologist Dr Marge Labuschagne to solve the murder of a suspected sex offender, suspicion and distrust threaten to derail the investigation. Persy believes the killer is her childhood sweetheart, now turned vicious gangster; Marge is sure the answer lies in the victim's shady past.
 

Karin Brynard kom na Penguin

This entry was posted on 05 July 2013.
Met die voltrekking van ‘n betekenisvolle boeketransaksie word vandag bekend gemaak dat Penguin Books (Suid-Afrika) in ’n veiling die publikasieregte in vier romans deur die opkomende ster-skrywer Karin Brynard bekom het.
 
Die bekroonde Stellenbosse skrywer en joernalis het twee romans op haar kerfstok, Plaasmoord (Human & Rousseau, 2009) en Onse vaders (Human & Rousseau, 2012), wat albei vanuit die staanspoor kritiese en kommersiële suksesverhale was.
 

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