{"id":38658,"date":"2025-06-30T12:43:23","date_gmt":"2025-06-30T10:43:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/getitmagazine.co.za\/ballito-umhlanga\/?p=38658"},"modified":"2025-06-30T12:43:23","modified_gmt":"2025-06-30T10:43:23","slug":"book-club-its-a-thrill-a-minute-kind-of-book-club-this-july-and-an-elegant-bottle-of-wine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/getitmagazine.co.za\/ballito-umhlanga\/blog\/2025\/06\/30\/book-club-its-a-thrill-a-minute-kind-of-book-club-this-july-and-an-elegant-bottle-of-wine\/","title":{"rendered":"BOOK CLUB: It\u2019s a thrill-a-minute kind of book club this July. 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It\u2019s the story of a couple who, one night in London, have their lives torn apart when an intruder breaks into their home. It\u2019s a night they never talk about. Until &#8211; years later &#8211; their attacker is caught. <strong>The Death of Us<\/strong> is a story of murder. Of survival. Of secrets. But most of all, of love. Written by Abigail Dean (remember the wonderful <em>Girl A<\/em>?) it was inspired by her long-held terror of home invasions &#8230; beautifully written, heartbreaking, it alternates between past and present and keeps you in suspense throughout. Trigger warning &#8230; rape. <em>Hemlock Press <\/em><\/p>\n<p>Here it is. The one you <em>have<\/em> to buy for book club this month. <strong>Broken Country<\/strong> is set in a small farming village in the Dorset countryside in England. It\u2019s the story of Beth and her first love, Gabriel. Of Beth\u2019s lovely husband Frank, and Gabriels troubled son, Leo. It\u2019s the story of a murder, a first love, of choices. It alternates between past and present, and it keeps you in suspense from the first chapter to the last. Written by Clare Leslie Hall (who\u2019s published two previous titles under her married name Clare Empson), it\u2019s tense and heartbreaking, and just completely brilliant. <em>John Murray<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-38666 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/getitmagazine.co.za\/ballito-umhlanga\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/06\/BookClub_2-books-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1251\" srcset=\"https:\/\/getitmagazine.co.za\/ballito-umhlanga\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/06\/BookClub_2-books-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/getitmagazine.co.za\/ballito-umhlanga\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/06\/BookClub_2-books-400x195.jpg 400w, https:\/\/getitmagazine.co.za\/ballito-umhlanga\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/06\/BookClub_2-books-1024x500.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/getitmagazine.co.za\/ballito-umhlanga\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/06\/BookClub_2-books-768x375.jpg 768w, https:\/\/getitmagazine.co.za\/ballito-umhlanga\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/06\/BookClub_2-books-1536x750.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/getitmagazine.co.za\/ballito-umhlanga\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/06\/BookClub_2-books-2048x1000.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/getitmagazine.co.za\/ballito-umhlanga\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/06\/BookClub_2-books-860x420.jpg 860w, https:\/\/getitmagazine.co.za\/ballito-umhlanga\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/06\/BookClub_2-books-696x340.jpg 696w, https:\/\/getitmagazine.co.za\/ballito-umhlanga\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/06\/BookClub_2-books-1068x522.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/getitmagazine.co.za\/ballito-umhlanga\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/06\/BookClub_2-books-1920x938.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/getitmagazine.co.za\/ballito-umhlanga\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/06\/BookClub_2-books-533x261.jpg 533w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/>All she had to do was make it through night shift on <strong>Ward D<\/strong> &#8211; the hospital\u2019s mental health unit. Freida McFadden\u2019s contained room thriller is all locked doors and disappearing doctors and patients who\u2019re restless. With close to two dozen thrillers under her belt, Freida\u2019s mastered the scares &#8230; like the others, this one will keep you up all night! <em><strong>Poisoned Pen<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Witnesses. CCTV. DNA. All the evidence is that Maggie\u2019s husband is a murderer. Everything points to his guilt &#8211; bar the fact that he was with her &#8230; 400 miles away. Except for one single hour. Robert Rutherford\u2019s <strong>The Missing Hour<\/strong> is a fast-paced, adrenaline-filled thriller &#8230; tense with a great twist. <em>Hodder and Stoughton<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-38660\" src=\"https:\/\/getitmagazine.co.za\/ballito-umhlanga\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/06\/BookClub_last-3-books-1024x499.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"339\" srcset=\"https:\/\/getitmagazine.co.za\/ballito-umhlanga\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/06\/BookClub_last-3-books-1024x499.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/getitmagazine.co.za\/ballito-umhlanga\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/06\/BookClub_last-3-books-400x195.jpg 400w, https:\/\/getitmagazine.co.za\/ballito-umhlanga\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/06\/BookClub_last-3-books-768x374.jpg 768w, https:\/\/getitmagazine.co.za\/ballito-umhlanga\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/06\/BookClub_last-3-books-1536x749.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/getitmagazine.co.za\/ballito-umhlanga\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/06\/BookClub_last-3-books-2048x999.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/getitmagazine.co.za\/ballito-umhlanga\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/06\/BookClub_last-3-books-861x420.jpg 861w, https:\/\/getitmagazine.co.za\/ballito-umhlanga\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/06\/BookClub_last-3-books-696x339.jpg 696w, https:\/\/getitmagazine.co.za\/ballito-umhlanga\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/06\/BookClub_last-3-books-1068x521.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/getitmagazine.co.za\/ballito-umhlanga\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/06\/BookClub_last-3-books-1920x936.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/getitmagazine.co.za\/ballito-umhlanga\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/06\/BookClub_last-3-books-533x261.jpg 533w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/>In James Patterson and Adam Hamdy\u2019s <strong>Private Dublin<\/strong>, a shooter opens fire at a star-studded LA movie premier. Jack Morgan, head of the world\u2019s largest private detective agency, is there, his partner badly wounded. When the gunman escapes and flies to Dublin, Jack follows. And discovers this is more than one random act of violence. It was actually a targeted attempt on his life. You know what you\u2019re going to get with a James Patterson book &#8230; a fast-paced, enjoyable thriller. <em>Century<\/em><\/p>\n<p>When a journalist is asked to help re-examine an unsolved, 30-year-old murder case, he agrees. Not only because the victim was also a journalist, but because he knows how important it is for the victim\u2019s daughter to get answers. But people who\u2019ve been keeping secrets for 30 years will do whatever it takes to protect them. Lies, deception, murder threats &#8230; Robert Gold\u2019s <strong>Nine Hidden Lives<\/strong> is a terrific race-against-time thriller.<\/p>\n<p>Colter Shaw is on a mission &#8211; to rescue a family swept away in a flood. But there\u2019s more water coming, the clock is ticking, and Colter needs to find out if the flood is a natural occurrence or if there\u2019s a more human element at work. Fast paced, loads of twists, we\u2019re massive Jeffery Deaver fans and <strong>South of Nowhere<\/strong> doesn\u2019t disappoint. <em>Harper Collins Publishers<\/em><\/p>\n<h4><strong>For these and more brilliant book club reads, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/exclusivebooks.co.za\/\">exclusivebooks.co.za<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-38662\" src=\"https:\/\/getitmagazine.co.za\/ballito-umhlanga\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/06\/CavalliWine-108x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"108\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/getitmagazine.co.za\/ballito-umhlanga\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/06\/CavalliWine-108x400.jpg 108w, https:\/\/getitmagazine.co.za\/ballito-umhlanga\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/06\/CavalliWine-276x1024.jpg 276w, https:\/\/getitmagazine.co.za\/ballito-umhlanga\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/06\/CavalliWine-415x1536.jpg 415w, https:\/\/getitmagazine.co.za\/ballito-umhlanga\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/06\/CavalliWine-553x2048.jpg 553w, https:\/\/getitmagazine.co.za\/ballito-umhlanga\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/06\/CavalliWine-113x420.jpg 113w, https:\/\/getitmagazine.co.za\/ballito-umhlanga\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/06\/CavalliWine.jpg 593w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 108px) 100vw, 108px\" \/><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Cavalli Estate\u2019s Shiraz 2023<\/strong> is a bold new vintage &#8211; with spicy layers of black pepper, cinnamon, and cloves, harmoniously balanced by dark cherry and fine dark chocolate. Aged in a combination of stainless steel and seasoned oak, it has a refined, medium-bodied profile &#8230; all elegance, purity, and drinkability. We love the new sleek, moody packaging too. R160 a bottle from <a href=\"https:\/\/cavalliestate.com\/\">cavalliestate.com<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do not &#8211; do not &#8211; leave the bookstore without buying this! It\u2019s the story of a couple who, one night in London, have their lives torn apart when an intruder breaks into their home. It\u2019s a night they never talk about. Until &#8211; years later &#8211; their attacker is caught. 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