Sonja van der Westhuizen

Movieland by Lee Goldberg

5 August, 2022

American author Lee Goldberg returns with his fourth Eve Ronin novel, which he loosely bases on chilling series of real-life killings that took place in Malibu, California in 2018. Research scientist Tristan Beaudette was shot dead while camping in Malibu Creek State Park with his…

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Secret Identity by Alex Segura

By Sonja van der Westhuizen

1 August, 2022

The comic book industry and crime fiction are intertwined. For example, the pulp comics of the 1930s such as Black Mask and The Shadow led to the superhero comics we know today as well as the pulp fiction novels of the 1950s and 60s. New…

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More Than You’ll Ever Know by Katie Gutierrez

By Sonja van der Westhuizen

27 July, 2022

Katie Gutierrez’s debut novel is a story of family, secrets, trauma and the complexity of relationships, told through the eyes of two women – Dolores Rivera and Cassie Bowman. Cassie is an aspiring true crime writer, but for the moment she earns her money by…

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Confidence by Denise Mina

By Sonja van der Westhuizen

22 July, 2022

Denise Mina is back with the second in her new ‘C-series’, featuring Anna and Fin. 2019’s Conviction introduced us to podcast fanatic Anna McDonald and rockstar Fin Cohen as their lives were turned upside down by failed marriages and they embarked on a non-romantic adventure…

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The Lover by Helene Flood

By Sonja van der Westhuizen

5 July, 2022

Translated by Alison McCullough — Rikke and Jørgen are lovers. They are also neighbours, which makes for a perfectly comfortable and convenient arrangement. That is, until Jørgen is discovered in his study with his throat slit. Not only might their relationship be exposed, but Rikke…

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Beneath Cruel Waters by Jon Bassoff

By Sonja van der Westhuizen

1 July, 2022

Thompsonville, Colorado. 1984. A woman walks into a man’s house, fires three shots – one to the stomach, two to the chest – killing him in cold-blood. After he takes his last breath she pulls out an old Polaroid camera, takes a picture and walks…

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When We Fell Apart by Soon Wiley

By Sonja van der Westhuizen

22 June, 2022

Where do you truly belong? In your ancestral homeland or the country where you were born? Through the eyes of two distinct characters, Soon Wiley’s debut novel examines the search for one’s true cultural identity. The driving force behind this search is the mysterious death…

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Tell Us No Secrets by Siena Sterling

By Sonja van der Westhuizen

14 June, 2022

Take four teenage girls with diverse personalities and backgrounds. Put them together in a New England boarding school and add some peer pressure to the mix. The end result? One dead teenager and three survivors with a secret to keep for the rest of their…

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Movieland by Lee Goldberg

Secret Identity by Alex Segura

More Than You’ll Ever Know by Katie Gutierrez

Confidence by Denise Mina

The Lover by Helene Flood

Beneath Cruel Waters by Jon Bassoff

When We Fell Apart by Soon Wiley

Tell Us No Secrets by Siena Sterling

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