Tag: thriller

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.

Roy Grace faces his most difficult case yet in The Hawk Is Dead, the gripping new instalment from number one bestselling author Peter James. Roy Grace never imagined that a murder investigation would lead him deep inside Buckingham Palace. Her Majesty, Queen Camilla, is aboard the Royal Train, travelling to a charity event in Sussex.

A rare masterpiece by Picasso is about to go to auction. The world holds its breath as anticipation builds. The Picasso Heist begins with this moment of suspense and global attention. Bright art student Halston Graham sees an opportunity. It could secure millions for her future and freedom for her wrongly imprisoned father.

Billion-Dollar Ransom is a high-stakes thriller that immerses readers in a meticulously orchestrated kidnapping plot targeting a billionaire's family. The narrative unfolds with five family members abducted simultaneously from diverse locations - a private-school bus, a luxury resort and the streets of Beverly Hills. The kidnappers demand a staggering one billion dollars, setting the stage for a tense standoff.

Never Say Die introduces readers to Jane Smith, a sharp and fearless defence attorney. Her life spirals into constant danger after she takes on a high-profile case. Since taking on a famous celebrity client, Jane has been chased down, shot at, and threatened with contempt of court. She’s a survivor. For now.

Wilbur Smith returns to his legendary Courtney Series with a brand new World War II thriller in Crossfire. The year is 1943, and the tide of the Second World War is beginning to turn. The Russian victory at Stalingrad, the bloodiest battle in history, has opened the door for the Allies. With momentum shifting, they must now strike decisively at the heart of Hitler’s Reich. However, success on the battlefield depends entirely on total secrecy.

In their latest political page-turner, The First Gentleman: A Thriller, James Patterson and former President Bill Clinton reunite to deliver a fast-paced, high-stakes drama that blends insider knowledge with cinematic suspense. Following the success of their previous collaborations, this novel pivots to a fresh narrative twist: a male spouse navigating the treacherous waters of power, politics and personal peril as the husband of America’s first female president.

Dark secrets from former Detective Sami Kierce’s past comes back to haunt him in the unmissable new thriller from the global No. 1 bestselling author and creator of the hit Netflix drama Fool Me Once.

The twenty-fifth thrilling novel in the globally bestselling Women's Murder Club series. Sergeant Lindsay Boxer's friend and former partner is brutally murdered in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park. Homicide detective Lindsay Boxer knows her way around a crime scene.