Writers Write Book Review

The Road To Soweto by Julian Brown (Jacana) ISBN 978-1-4314-2400-9 Having read a number of well put together histories of South Africa recently, I think I may

A Time Of Torment by John Connolly (Hodder & Stoughton), ISBN: 978-1-444-75158-1 John Connolly’s latest Charlie Parker novel is an eagerly anticipated book of the

The Reader On The 6.27 by Jean-Paul Didierlaurent, translated by Ros Swartz (Mantle) ISBN 978-1-4472-7646-3 What a delightful, funny and strange little tale this is!

The End Of Whiteness by Nicky Falkof (Jacana) ISBN 9781431423279 This is a fascinating account of the ‘panics’ experienced by some white people in South Africa in the

The Scattering by Lauri Kubuitsile (Penguin) ISBN: 9781485903079 Author, Lauri Kubuitsile is well known for her children’s fiction and has won awards for these. She has also produced

Demigods and Magicians by Rick Riordan (Puffin Books) ISBN: 978-0-141-36728-6 Riordan tosses the four main characters from his Kane Chronicles trilogy and the Percy Jackson

Missing, Presumed by Susie Steiner (The Borough Press) ISBN: 9780008123291 This mystery is Susie Steiner’s second novel. Homecoming was published in 2013. After yet another unsuccessful date from the

by Mark Watson (Picador) ISBN: 9781447243359 Mr Watson enjoys acclaim in a variety of literary fields but is best known for his stand-up comedy work.

Holding My Breath by Ace Moloi (Blackbird Books) ISBN 9781928337294

by Maxine Case (Kwela Books) ISBN 9780795707117 The boy with the short skinny stature lines up the golf ball, and bends his knees into the shot.