{"id":43548,"date":"2026-06-29T15:04:50","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T13:04:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/getitmagazine.co.za\/ballito-umhlanga\/?p=43548"},"modified":"2026-06-18T15:42:28","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T13:42:28","slug":"book-club-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/getitmagazine.co.za\/ballito-umhlanga\/blog\/2026\/06\/29\/book-club-9\/","title":{"rendered":"Book club"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s all dark and twisted and have-you-locked-the-front-door reading this month.<\/strong><\/h4>\n

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Edinburgh. New Year\u2019s Eve. Emily sees Nicky. Or she thinks she does. He looks, laughs and moves like Nicky. But Nicky died when they were teenagers, in an accident on a remote road. A week later, Emily sees him again … he says his name is Nicholas, and he knows things only Nicky would know. The encounters become more frequent, Emily\u2019s fixation intensifies, and the truth becomes murkier. Either Emily is going mad, or something much darker is going on. Rose McDonagh thrills and chills with One Came Back<\/strong>. Trapeze<\/em><\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>Exhilarating. Twisty. A stay-up-all-night read. The Summer Guests<\/strong> – the new Martini Club mystery from Tess Gerritsen sees members of the \u2018book club\u2019 – actually a group of retired spies – having to solve the case of a missing teenager. It\u2019s personal … since one of their good friends is the prime suspect. Bantam <\/em><\/p>\n

Two more twisty thrillers …<\/strong>
\nRosie\u2019s invited to meet her boyfriend\u2019s family … his glam artist mum and stepdad, his older brother and his Italian model wife and their two children. They\u2019re all on holiday at the family\u2019s Tuscan holiday farmhouse. Idyllic. But missing teens, hostile locals, secrets and lies turn things sour. So many twists in Kate Gray\u2019s psychological thriller, Welcome to the Family<\/strong>. Welbeck Publishing<\/em> \u2022 In James Patterson\u2019s 26 Beauties<\/strong>, beautiful young women are disappearing by the dozen. DI Lindsay Boxer has been tracking this chilling pattern … someone\u2019s hunting the city\u2019s most vulnerable, and the count keeps rising. Interpol says the cases are nearly impossible to solve. But impossible never stopped the Women\u2019s Murder Club before. Penguin<\/em><\/p>\n

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\nDe Krans Cape Vintage Reserve 2021<\/strong> is dramatically moody – dark black with a plum red rim, with an aromatic nose of ripe red berries and cherries, violets and dark chocolate, and a taste full of ripe dark fruit notes, plums, mulberry and blackcurrants with smooth dark chocolate undertones. Enjoy on it\u2019s own or with some well-matured cheese. R385<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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