by Edward Burke (Penguin) ISBN:9780143527978 Edward Burke sets off on a year-long journey of self-discovery and brutal training to be mentored under one of the greatest masters of martial arts. He leaves his corporate job in London to train as a live-in student of the legendary Chiba Sensei, a master of aikido. From a business […]
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by John Verdon (Michael Joseph) ISBN 978-0-7181-5471-8 A beautiful young bride is brutally murdered in her wedding gown on her wedding day. Newly wed to an eminent psychiatrist, she is found decapitated, her head severed by a machete. Super detective, Dave Gurney comes out of retirement to figure out how to solve this heinous crime.
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by Yrsa Sigurdardottir (Hodder & Stoughton) ISBN 978 I 444 70009 I The current wave of Nordic crime writing brings Icelandic Yrsa Sigurdardottirr’s novel, The Day is Dark, to our shores. This is her fourth book featuring Thora Gudmundsdottir, a lawyer with an investigative streak and a complicated family life.Thora is roped in to find
The Loss Library and Other Unfinished Stories by Ivan Vladislavic (Struik) ISBN 078-1-4152-0162-6
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by Peter James (Macmillan) ISBN: 978-0-230-76053-0 A young and successful couple, John and Naomi, are presented with a rare and very clandestine opportunity.To prevent their next offspring from dying from the same terminal genetic disease that they’d passed onto their late son, Haley, they jump at a chance offered by Dr Leo Detorre. However, they
by Misha Glenny (The Bodley Head Ltd) R215.00 ISBN 078-1-847-9127-7Â I read this book as if I was investigating a new language. Which I was, of course.Even if you know the basics of computer language, you will be amazed at how far Cyberthieves will go to extract your money from you. It’s a bit like
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by Donna Leon (William Heinemann) ISBN: 978-0-4340-2144-4 If, like me, a thriller with twists, turns, a bit of blood and a few shocks is what you’re looking for in a novel, this book is not for you. However, if you’re looking for beautifully descriptive writing, an intriguing story and charming characters, this is one to
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by Christie Watson (Quercus) ISBN: 9781849163736  When the parents of twelve-year-old Blessing in Nigeria break up, she leaves electricity and running water behind to move back to her mother’s family in a rural compound village.At first she finds it hard to adapt to the new simple lifestyle of her grandparents, but soon she becomes
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Summer Of Love by Katie FForde (Random House) ISBN 978-1-8660-5651-2 This book is an effortless read, good for a really lazy Sunday. So predictable, but so sweetly written. It is about Sian Bishop who falls pregnant in one wild reckless moment. She follows dependable Richard to the English countryside, and a safe life. Rory, the
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by Caroline Leavitt (Allen Unwin) ISBN 978-1-74237-712-4 This is a compelling story about two women, Isabelle and April, who decide to leave their husbands for different reasons.Their paths cross in a chilling scene when their cars collide in dense fog and April loses her life. April has a son called Sam. This book is mostly
