Sister Moon
Kirsten Miller (Umuzi)
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Catherine lives in her past because her present is gloomily filled with taking care of her ailing father. She’s afraid her 10-year-old daughter will follow her example and live an unfulfilled life, too. Although her husband is supportive and loves her, she doesn’t see it or appreciate it because of a secret that totally obscures her reality. The author lays out a tale of puzzle fragments, creating gripping tension as the reader pieces them – the betrayal of families, the monster that finds strength in the silent screams of a child – together.
– Kholofelo Maenetsha @KMaenetsha
Code Name: Johnny Walker
‘Johnny Walker’ with Jim DeFelice (Harper Collins)
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Book buff
A surprisingly readable ghostwritten account of an Iraqi interpreter’s time with the US Navy SEALS in Iraq. ‘Johnny Walker’, as he was known, was thrown into the role largely by accident when he helped broker a truce between American soldiers and angry Iraqis. He became key asset for the elite SEAL units, and though there are moments when his relentlessly pro-American voice becomes annoying, his story – of a man whose country is destroyed, and who is caught between two very different worlds and ultimately must choose between them – is fascinating and page-turning.
– Hamilton Wende @HamiltonWende
One Step too Far
Tina Seskis (Penguin)
***
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Touted as this year’s Gone Girl, Seskis’ debut novel is not as cleverly crafted or captivating as Flynn’s bestseller. Yet as a psychological thriller you zip through it quickly enough. We meet Emily on a train escaping from her life in Manchester. Of course, she seemingly had the perfect husband, job, child, home (yawn!), but something has caused her to go off the rails. She changes her name, moves into a digs, starts shoplifting and experimenting with drugs. And all of her bad choices point back to a terribly painful past that involves her twin sister.
– Jennifer Platt @Jenniferdplatt
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- Sister Moon by Kirsten Miller
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- Code Name: Johnny Walker by Johnny Walker, Jim DeFelice
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- One Step Too Far by Tina Seskis
EAN: 9781405917933
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