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Die dooies praat nie Tydens ’n swaar reënbui stop Thys Krige by ’n Mini Cooper wat in ’n sloot water vasgeval het. Nandia beweer dat sy wegjaag van drie mans en vra Thys om ’n belangrike dokument vir die ondersoekende joernalis Petro de Wet te stuur. Hy het seker nie meer as ’n uur met haar te doen gehad het nie. Toe gebeur dit: Geweld kom na hom toe. Nou bevind Thys homself weer voor die vraag: Hoe diep wil hy betrokke raak?   Die dokument vra die jeug om by die “final struggle” aan te sluit en hulself só te bevry en te bemagtig. Daar word van opstand en gewapende mobilisasie gepraat, ’n tweede Marikana. Hy kan seker onbetrokke bly wat die dokument betref, maar nie wat Nandia betref nie. Dit gaan oor verantwoordelikheid; hy moes haar beskerm het. By Petro wil hy weer veels te graag betrokke raak. Waar trek hy die lyn? Want Thys weet waarop dinge uitloop wanneer hy betrokke raak ... Mense kry seer en gaan dood. Die dooies praat nie is beskikbaar by jou naaste boekwinkel. Die e-boek is beskikbaar by LAPA en Amazon.     Plek van poue Stela word aangestel om ’n moeilike tiener tuis te onderrig. Maar Pavo (oftewel, die plek van poue) is nie ’n doodgewone plaas nie. In die plek van ’n plaashuis vind Stela ’n stokou kasteel.  Met ’n dwerg as butler, ’n preutse huishoudster wat aandring daarop om almal “Master” en “Juffrou” te noem, ’n Sjinese kok en ’n master wat van bui verwissel soos die weer. Boonop hang die kasteel vol skilderye van die vorige mistress wat selfmoord gepleeg het.   Stela word toenemend geteister deur nagmerries en die gevoel dat sy dopgehou word. Sy word gewaarsku teen spoke en vermoed iemand krap in haar kamer waar sy gereeld pouvere kry.  Loop haar verbeelding met haar weg, of moet sy ag slaan op waarskuwings oor Pavo en sy mense? Plek van poue is beskikbaar by jou naaste boekwinkel. Die e-boek is beskikbaar by LAPA en Amazon.     Romanza Nostalgie: Dina Botha Met hierdie versamelitems vier ons vyftien jaar van ontspanning, ontvlugting en pure bederf. Duiwel in ’n snyerspak Brandt Faber is hard, onwrikbaar, onstuitbaar. Hy draai nie doekies om nie, Leana moet hom betaal – met haar vriendskap, geselskap, haar lyf. Om wraak te neem, het sy hom nodig. Maar hý lê die reëls neer.   Mooiste man Hy’s ’n mooi man. Te mooi. En mooi mans maak seer, vernietig. Nou is daar weer so ’n man in Zenlee se lewe, te mooi om waar te wees. Sal sy ooit aanvaar dat Bismarck Nel eerbaar kan wees? Romanza Nostalgie: Dina Botha is beskikbaar by jou naaste boekwinkel. Die e-boek is beskikbaar by LAPA.     The Krugersdorp Cult Killings ‘Le Roux first pulled a plastic bag over Glen’s head – he had heard that doing so keeps a person from vomiting while being strangled. Then he climbed onto Glen’s back and strangled him from behind with the “chokey-chokey”. Two minutes later Glen was dead, Marinda didn’t want to leave him on the floor … she was afraid that some of her or her children’s DNA remained on the body.’   Eleven murders over a period of four years sent shock waves through the Krugersdorp community and made headlines nationwide. The mastermind is Cecilia Steyn, leader of an obscure cult, Electus per Deus.   The murderers are intelligent, ordinary people – including a teacher and mother, an actuary, and a teenager who obtained six distinctions while participating in a killing spree. Their victims merely kept appointments, not knowing that these appointments were in fact with their killers. Who is Cecilia Steyn? How did she get six people to commit murder and how did religion contribute to all of this?   Jana Marx, in-depth reporter at Netwerk24, answers these and other questions in this hair-raising true-crime account. The Krugersdorp Cult Killings is available at your nearest bookstore. The e-book is available at LAPA and Amazon.     Conversations with Influencers Life has never been better for those who know how to make the most of their interests and their smartphone. Or has it? How do you turn your social media presence into cash, not just free stuff? Once you get selected for paid campaigns, how do you secure repeat business? And, will TikTok still be around in a few years?   In Conversations with Influencers, leading, verified influencers, as well as advertising strategists, reveal the secrets, tips, tricks and pitfalls of surfing the waves of the influencer industry. In 2019, interviewer and author Elma Smit was handpicked by two global sporting governing bodies as the face of their World Cup digital content campaigns. As a reporter, she certainly scaled up; yet, she continued to generate more revenue from influencer work. That’s when she decided to speak to others and write about lessons learnt. Because, as marketing guru Seth Godin says, “ideas shared, go up in value”. Interviewees generously share how they’ve handled everything from a very public divorce to becoming a YouTube sensation before graduating from high school, how to bridge the jump from Instagram to TikTok and turn once-off campaigns into monthly retainers. Conversations with Influencers e-book is available at LAPA and Amazon.         Penguin Reads   Invisible Girl by Lisa Jewell YOU DON'T SEE HER. BUT SHE SEES YOU. MIDNIGHT: In an area of urban wasteland where cats hunt and foxes shriek, a girl is watching ... When Saffyre Maddox was ten, something terrible happened, and she's carried the pain of it ever since. The man who she thought was going to heal her didn't, and now she hides, learning his secrets, invisible in the shadows.   Owen Pick is invisible too. He's never had a girlfriend; he's never even had a friend. Nobody sees him. Nobody cares. But when Saffyre goes missing from opposite his house on Valentine's night, suddenly the whole world is looking at Owen. Accusing him, holding him responsible for Saffyre's disappearance ... Invisible Girl is available here.     A Traveller at the Gates of Wisdom by John Boyne This story starts with a family. For now, it is a father and a mother with two sons. One with his father's violence in his blood. One with his mother's artistry. One leaves. One stays. They will be joined by others whose deeds will determine their fate. It is a beginning. Their stories will intertwine and evolve over the course of two thousand years. They will meet again and again at different times and in different places.   From Palestine at the dawn of the first millennium and journeying across fifty countries to a life amongst the stars in the third, the world will change around them, but their destinies remain the same. It must play out as foretold. A Traveller at the Gates of Wisdom is available here.     Safe by S.K. Barnett YOUR CHILD IS MISSING.   She was only six years old when she disappeared. Posters went up, the police investigated.   But no one could find her.   Now, twelve years later, she’s home.   And knocking at your door. You’re so happy to see her.   But soon you start to wonder why she can’t answer your questions.   Where has she been? How did she find her way home?   And who is she? Safe is available here.     Miss Benson’s Beetle by Rachel Joyce Margery Benson's life ended the day her father walked out of his study and never came back. Forty years later, abandoning a dull job, she advertises for an assistant. The successful candidate is to accompany Margery on an expedition to the other side of the world to search for a beetle that may or may not exist. Enid Pretty is not who she had in mind.   But together they will find themselves drawn into an adventure that exceeds all Margery's expectations, eventually finding new life at the top of a red mountain. This is a story of a friendship between two unforgettable women that defies all boundaries. Miss Benson’s Beetle is available here.     Lost Souls by Jonathan & Jesse Kellerman A DETECTIVE UNDER PRESSURE Deputy Coroner Clay Edison is juggling a new baby who won’t sleep with working the graveyard shift. For once he’s trying to keep things simple.   A HAUNTING DISCOVERY When infant remains are found by developers demolishing a local park, a devastating cold case is brought back to light.   A DESPERATE SEARCH FOR ANSWERS Clay has barely begun to investigate when he receives a call from a man who thinks the remains could belong to his sister – who went missing fifty years ago. Now Clay is locked in a relentless search that will unearth a web of violence, secrets and betrayal.   Because in this town, the past isn’t dead. It’s very much alive. And it can kill. Lost Souls is available here.     The End of Her by Shari Lapena It starts with a shocking accusation...   Stephanie and Patrick are recently married, with new-born twins. While Stephanie struggles with the disorienting effects of sleep deprivation, there's one thing she knows for certain - she has everything she ever wanted.   Then a woman from his past arrives and makes a horrifying allegation about his first wife. He always claimed her death was an accident - but she says it was murder.   He insists he's innocent, that this is nothing but a blackmail attempt. But is Patrick telling the truth? Or has Stephanie made a terrible mistake?   How will it end? The End of Her is available here.     The Butterfly Lampshade by Aimee Bender On the night her mother is taken to a mental hospital after a psychotic episode, eight year-old Francie is staying with her babysitter. Next to the couch on which she's sleeping, there is a lamp that catches her eye, its shade adorned with butterflies. When she wakes, Francie sees a dead butterfly floating in a glass of water. She drinks it before the babysitter can see.   Twenty years later, Francie is compelled to make sense of that moment, and two other incidents. She is sure these things were real. But despite her certainty, she wrestles with the hold these memories have over her. The Butterfly Lampshade is available here.     The Rodchenkov Affair by Grigory Rodchenkov In 2015, Russia’s Anti-Doping Centre was suspended by the World Anti-Doping Agency following revelations of an elaborate state-sponsored doping programme at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics. Involving a nearly undetectable steroid delivery system known as ‘Duchesse cocktail’, tampering and switching of urine samples, and a complex state-sanctioned cover-up, the programme was masterminded by Grigory Rodchenkov.   Charting the author’s childhood growing up under the Iron Curtain, his first encounter with doping as a 22-year-old student athlete at Moscow State University, and his subsequent career working for the Soviet Olympic Committee, this breathtakingly candid journey reveals a rigged system of flawed individuals, brazen deceit and impossible moral choices. The Rodchenkov Affair is available here.

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