Love & Ruin - Paula McLain
R45,00
The novel is a work of historical fiction that focuses on the passionate and tumultuous marriage of the American writer and war correspondent Martha Gellhorn to the legendary author Ernest Hemingway. The story follows Gellhorn's journey as she travels to Madrid in 1937 to report on the Spanish Civil War, where she meets and falls in love with Hemingway. The narrative explores their life together against the backdrops of the Spanish Civil War, Finland, China, and Cuba, and the conflict Gellhorn faced in maintaining her own identity and career as a serious journalist while in the shadow of her famous husband.
Product code: 9780708898918
Quiver - Peter Leonard
R110,00
The novel is a fast-paced thriller set in and around Detroit and rural Michigan, centered on a family tragedy and the criminals it attracts.
Product code: 9780571241118
Middlemere - Judith Lennox
R95,00
The novel is a spellbinding story of love, loyalty, and family ties that follows Romy, a young woman who, at 19, still remembers the injustice of her family's violent eviction from their isolated tenant farm, Middlemere, years earlier. Determined to restore her family's fortunes and provide a better life for her mother and brother, she schemes to recover what she believes is rightfully theirs. A chance encounter with the owner of a London hotel changes her life forever as she navigates her quest for justice and forgiveness.
Product code: 9781405006187
The Expatriates - Janice Y K Lee
R95,00
Set in present-day Hong Kong, the novel follows the lives of three American women—Mercy, Margaret, and Hilary—who are part of the expatriate community. An unspeakable tragedy links two of the women and their individual perspectives are woven together, exploring themes of motherhood, grief, identity, privilege, and belonging in a foreign land.
Product code: 9781408706862
Live by Night - Dennis Lehane
R95,00he narrative, a sweeping epic covering the 1920s and 1930s, begins in Boston where Joe Coughlin, the son of a prominent police captain, progresses from a small-time thief to a formidable figure in organized crime. A pivotal early plot point involves his ill-fated love affair with Emma Gould, the mistress of a powerful Irish mob boss, which forces Joe to leave Boston and eventually join a rival Italian gang.
His journey takes him to the Latin Quarter of Tampa, Florida, and later to Cuba, where he becomes a successful rum runner and oversees a large criminal empire. The story explores themes of family, loyalty, betrayal, and redemption, placing Joe in a world of violence, crooked cops, Klansmen, and real-life crime kingpins like Lucky Luciano. The novel is critically acclaimed for its rich character development, engrossing plot twists, and atmospheric depiction of the Prohibition era.
Product code: 9781408703168
Blitz - Molly Lefebure
R90,00
Drawing on her time as a newspaper reporter in East London during the actual Blitz, Molly Lefebure brings a strong sense of realism to the story, conveying both the destruction of the city and the everyday humor and absurdity found even in wartime
Product code: 0575043067
The Keeper - John Lescroart
Product code: 9780755393244
Ibhayibhili Elingcwele (Ndebele Classic Navy) Bible
Product code: 9781928437505
Below Stairs - Margaret Powell
R65,00
The book recounts Margaret Powell's journey starting at age fifteen as a kitchen maid, the lowest rank in the servant hierarchy. She details the grinding labor, which began at 5:30 am and ended after dark, involving tasks such as scrubbing vegetables, blacking stoves, and even ironing bootlaces. Born into a poor but loving family in Hove, she was forced to leave school despite passing an exam for a grammar school scholarship due to financial necessity. Her memoir is a collection of anecdotes and observations from the various houses where she worked, highlighting the strict class system, the often harsh treatment by employers and senior staff (like the cook above her), and the limited opportunities for social mobility. She eventually worked her way up to the position of cook before leaving service, marrying a milkman, and later pursuing education and a writing career.
Product code: 432118004
Violets are Blue - James Patterson
Product code: 9780747274322
The Hot Zone - Richard Preston
R135,00
The book is a non-fiction thriller that recounts the dramatic and chilling story of outbreaks of highly lethal viruses from the tropical rain forest, most notably the 1989 emergence of an Ebola virus in a monkey house in suburban Washington, D.C.. It details the efforts of American laboratory workers and scientists to identify and contain the deadly pathogen close to the US capital.
Product code: 9780385406314
The Butcher's Boy - Thomas Perry
Product code: 9781847240330
Back from the Dead - Chris Petit
R100,00The story centers on McMahon, an aging and decadent rock star who begins receiving mysterious, obsessive letters signed with the name "Leah". The problem is that Leah, his former nanny, died 15-20 years earlier in France under circumstances that McMahon witnessed.
Unable to find a logical explanation, McMahon hires Youselli, a disillusioned and hard-bitten city cop, to investigate the source of the letters. As Youselli delves into the case, he is drawn into McMahon's world of drugs and parties, and soon becomes obsessed with the mystery of Leah's death and the letters' authenticity. The novel explores themes of self-destruction, obsession, and the past returning to haunt the present, leading Youselli toward his own undoing.
Product code: 9780333759745
Fall on your knees - Ann-Marie MacDonald
A sprawling, multi-generational saga, the novel explores the lives of four sisters in the Piper family in early 20th-century Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia. The story, which has been an Oprah's Book Club pick, delves into themes of family secrets, forbidden love, racial strife, and the bonds that tie the family together across generations, from the coal-mining communities of Nova Scotia to the battlefields of World War I and the jazz scene of New York City.Â
Product code: 9780099740513
Sally - Freya North
R50,00
The novel is a contemporary fiction story about a prim primary school teacher from Highgate who decides to reinvent herself as a "Jackie Collins heroine" and pursue a no-strings-attached affair with an architect named Richard, only for him to fall in love with her.Â
Product code: 9780749323387
Coming Home - Rosamunde Pilcher
R65,00
It is an epic story set against the backdrop of an elegant Cornwall mansion before World War II and follows the coming-of-age of Judith Dunbar as she endures the war years, grappling with love, sadness, and finding a sense of identity.
Product code: 9780340646854
The Reactive - Masande Ntshanga
R95,00
Set in Cape Town, the story follows the life of Lindanathi, who, along with his friends, sells illegal pharmaceuticals while grappling with the guilt of his brother's death. The novel explores themes of chemical abuse, family, memory, and the path to redemption, set against the backdrop of a "not-so-new South Africa".
Product code: 9781415207192
The Single Ladies of Jacaranda Retirement Village - Joanna Nell
R95,00
It is a heartwarming and humorous story about 79-year-old Peggy Smart, whose quiet life in a retirement village is disrupted by the return of an old school friend, the glamorous Angie Valentine. The book explores themes of aging, friendship, community, and the idea that it's never too late for new adventures.
Product code: 9780733640353
The Fine Colour of Rust - P A O'Reilly
R95,00
This is a wryly funny, life-affirming novel about Loretta Boskovic, a single mother living in the fictional small Australian country town of Gunapan. When the local primary school is threatened with closure due to suspected local council corruption, Loretta, despite being short on money and influence, teams up with loyal friends to fight for her community.Â
Product code: 9780007434930
Holidays in Heck - P J O'Rourke
R95,00
The book is a collection of humorous travel pieces written by the celebrated political humorist, P.J. O'Rourke. It serves as a follow-up to his previous work, Holidays in Hell, and details his various haphazard journeys to places like China, Kyrgyzstan, and throughout America.
Product code: 9781611855968
The Blindfold's Eyes - Sister Dianna Ortiz with Patricia Davis
R150,00
The book is a searing memoir of Dianna Ortiz, an American Ursuline nun who was abducted and brutally tortured by Guatemalan security forces in 1989 while working as a missionary. The narrative details her personal journey of healing and her work as a human rights activist, advocating for victims of torture worldwide and highlighting the U.S. government's complicity in the repressive Guatemalan political system.
Product code: 9781570755637
The Sixth Winter - Douglas Orgill & John Gribbin
R65,00The novel explores the sudden and catastrophic onset of the next glacial period, a topic of serious scientific discussion in the 1970s. The plot is driven by the warnings of a climatologist, Dr. William Stovin, whose predictions of rapid global cooling are largely ignored by the U.S. National Science Council until it is too late.
As the new Ice Age begins unexpectedly, major northern cities like Chicago, Oslo, Montreal, Moscow, and Leningrad come under siege by extreme cold and are forced to evacuate. The book details the collapse of normal life and the desperate struggle for survival as technology and governments prove inadequate to handle the rapid climate catastrophe.
Product code: 0370302214
Summer Song - Pamela Oldfield
R65,00
The second novel in her marvelous saga of rural England
Product code: 9780712603133
Davita's Harp - Chaim Potok
R125,00
The novel centers on Davita Chandal, a young girl whose parents are dedicated Communists living in New York during the Great Depression and World War II. Amidst personal loss and a changing world, Davita seeks solace and independence in the Jewish faith that her mother had previously abandoned.Â
Product code: 9780449911839
Seahorse - Graham Petrie
R50,00
The narrator finds himself trapped in this disorienting world where reason is helpless. Events dreamed seem to affect real life and vice versa. In a particularly unsettling twist, the narrator nearly has an affair with the innkeeper's wife, later sees this event on a "Seahorse" card, and eventually finds himself in a position where he has effectively replaced the innkeeper, growing to resemble him more with each passing, nightmarish day. The ambiguous ending leaves the reader wondering if the entire experience was a dream or a descent into a sinister reality.
Product code: 0094637105
If only my Mother knew - Viv Prince
R65,00Viv Prince was an iconic and notoriously wild drummer, best known for his time with the band The Pretty Things in the mid-1960s. His eccentric and debauched behavior garnered significant publicity for the group and reportedly influenced other drummers, such as Keith Moon of The Who.
The book is a personal account of his experiences, which included a tumultuous music career and struggles with alcoholism. He largely retired from music in the 1970s and moved to Portugal. Prince passed away in September 2025 at the age of 84.
Product code: VP1977
