The Poisoners is a history of four devastating chapters in the making of the region, seen through the disturbing use of toxins and accusations of poisoning circulated by soldiers, spies, and politicians in Zimbabwe and South Africa. Author Imraan Coovadia chatted to The Penguin Post about the book, reality versus fiction and the evil that men do.
Anthony Horowitz is the author of the bestselling Magpie Murders and The Word is Murder. His latest mystery, A Line to Kill, is the twisty turny third novel in his acclaimed Hawthorne and Horowitz series. He chatted with The Penguin Post about writing himself into his Hawthorne series, his favourite mystery authors and Jaffa Cakes.
PP. What sparked the idea of Alderney and its controversial power line?
Based on the true story of Belle Gunness whose killing spree began in Chicago in 1900, Triflers Need Not Apply is a novelistic tour de force exploring one woman's determination to pay men back for all they have taken.
Green-eyed Thieves has everything a reader could want: fast-paced action, a startling conclusion, and an investigation of the most frightening idea that Firoze can imagine: the idea that all men are brothers. More than that, it offers a pleasure that may well be greater than the illicit joys of the brothers' lives - the bliss of language.
“COLOURS: THE THOUSAND AND ONE shades of green, and the nickel sheen of a lady’s Beretta.
With The Gift: 12 Lessons to Save your Life, celebrated therapist and Holocaust survivor, Dr Edith Eger, provides a hands-on guide that gently encourages us to change the imprisoning thoughts and destructive behaviours that may be holding us back.
Taxi poets are admired, sliding-door men rule, professors and politicians strut and fret and connive in a society shaped by violence and ambition, love, and the unsettling power of the imagination.
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Taxi poets are admired, sliding-door men rule, professors and politicians strut and fret and connive in a society shaped by violence and ambition, love, and the unsettling power of the imagination.
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If you could go back and change the past, would the future turn out the way you want it to? Imraan Coovadia’s dazzlingly original, A Spy in Time, is an extraordinary tale for extraordinary times.
“I NEVER SET OUT TO be anybody’s prophet. I didn’t see myself as a spy. I was twenty-five years old and I was ready for adventure.
Powered by John Boyne's characteristic humour and razor-sharp observation, The Echo Chamber is a satiric helter skelter, a dizzying downward spiral of action and consequence, poised somewhere between farce, absurdity and oblivion.
Set amongst the teachers, students and families of a prestigious school, Samantha Downing’s stunningly original new thriller, For Your Own Good, has been summed up as “Big Little Lies meets Gillian Flynn”.