Tag: crimefiction

Lethabo Khumalo works at the Department of Home Affairs in Pietermaritzburg. She is also a single mother raising three beautiful children. When her new lover offers her an opportunity to earn an additional R45,000 per month, she immediately thinks about her mother's leaking roof in Soweto and her eldest daughter's university fees. Faced with mounting financial pressures, she says yes.

An action-packed hunt across South Africa full of international espionage, twin swaps and prison escapes. King of Beasts delivers a fast-paced thriller that spans continents. It combines international espionage, dangerous missions, and deeply personal conflicts. Readers can expect relentless action, unexpected twists, and high-stakes decisions from beginning to end.

From the New York Times bestselling author of Exiles and The Dry comes a captivating new novel, Last One Out, set in a modern ghost town. Carralon Ridge, once a vibrant village in rural New South Wales, has become a shell of its former self. Its houses and buildings were bought up and left to rot by the mining company operating at its borders. As a result, the setting of Last One Out reflects a place in steady decline.

Nicol returns with a fast-paced thriller that introduces Captain Zara Dewane. With Falls the Shadow, he presents a character set to become a standout in local crime fiction. Known among her colleagues as “The Jackal”, Dewane heads the Western Cape’s Internal Crime Unit. Her mandate is both dangerous and simple: she polices the police.

From New York Times bestselling author James Patterson, an undercover FBI agent investigates a family with suspected ties to organized crime - by posing as their live-in nanny. No one sees her, but she sees everything. Elinor Gilbert was once a young woman with a thriving career at the FBI. Now, decades past solving crimes with the bureau, she has become personally and professionally forgettable.

Who has time to think about murder when there’s a wedding to plan? That question captures the warm, chaotic energy that defines the newest instalment in Richard Osman’s beloved series. The Thursday Murder Club returns, and this time the stakes feel both personal and explosive. The Impossible Fortune comes to mind as the group once again finds themselves navigating danger, friendship and unexpected secrets.