Extracts
Extract: The Secret of Secrets by Dan Brown
10 September 2025
Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon returns in The Secret of Secrets, Dan Brown’s first novel in over eight years. When celebrated academic Katherine Solomon vanishes without a trace in Prague, Langdon is thrust into a perilous search through one of Europe’s oldest, most mysterious cities. Beneath vast castles, labyrinthine passages,...
Extract: The Impossible Fortune by Richard Osman
10 September 2025
Who's got time to think about murder when there's a wedding to plan?
It’s been a quiet year for the Thursday Murder Club. Joyce is busy with
table plans and first dances. Elizabeth is grieving. Ron is dealing with
family troubles, and Ibrahim is still providing therapy to his favourite
criminal. But when Elizabeth meets a...
Extract: The Advocate by Jackie Phamotse
10 September 2025
Beneath the Coal family’s flawless facade lies a dynasty on the verge of
collapse. Luna Parks’ fragile marriage, riddled with secrets, ignites further
turmoil when an unwelcome guest arrives on the farm. Meanwhile, the
Fletchers tighten their sinister hold over Clanwilliam, forcing the advocate
to become the last line of...
Extract: One Night in Paris by Nina George
04 August 2025
Claire Cousteau, a respected French biologist, appears to have it all
– but behind closed doors, her marriage is strained by infidelity. As the
family heads to Brittany for the summer, her son Nico invites his new
girlfriend, Julie, to join them. Ambitious and uncertain about Nico, Julie
harbours doubts of her own. What no one...
Extract: The Devil Made Me Do It by Nicky Falkof
04 August 2025
South Africa often seems gripped by occult crime – satanism, witchcraft,
muti murders, and demonic possession. But why do supernatural beliefs
hold such sway in a country facing real threats like gender-based violence,
poverty, and child abuse? The Devil Made Me Do It explores how these
beliefs intersect with race...






