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With their futures uncertain, the families get together to assess the damage to their boys\u2019 prospects, the reputations, their futures … and to their own relationships. Set in Southern California, Our Beautiful Boys<\/strong> by Sameer Pandya centres around Vikram, an Indian American, Diego, of a Latin American descent, and the white and wealthy MJ … and is a story of class, race, gender, parenthood. Bloomsbury Publishing<\/em><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/getitmagazine.co.za\/highway-berea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2025\/05\/9780857529855-Air-Large-249x400.jpg\")
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\u2022 <\/em>Being in limbo, 30,000 feet in the air, offers time to reflect and take stock, and for Aaron, it\u2019s an opportunity to connect with his 14-year-old son as they travel halfway across the world. Unsettled by his past, and anxious for his future, Aaron is at a crossroads in life. The damage inflicted upon him during his youth threatens to widen the growing fissures between him and his only child. This trip could bind them closer together, or tear them further apart.<\/p>\n Action and consequence, fault and attribution, acceptance and resolution, John Boyne\u2019s Air<\/strong> is a redemptive story of a father and a son on a moving journey to mend their troubled lives. Penguin<\/em><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n Wife. Writer. Murderer? Denise Morrow\u2019s a famous true crime author, who knows how killers operate and how they get away with murder, is found standing over the body of her husband, a bloody knife between them. With all her knowledge, you\u2019d think she\u2019d have done better. But it\u2019s an open and shut case according to Detective Declan Shaw. And then he discovers the subject of the author\u2019s next book – the violent murder of girl called Maggie Marshall … a case that Declan worked on and one that\u2019s haunted him for years. James Patterson and J.D Barker\u2019s The Imperfect Murder … <\/strong>the perfect wife, the perfect motive. Century<\/em><\/p>\n In Sophie Stava\u2019s Count My Lies<\/strong>, the liar is Sloane Caraway. Harmless lies, she tells herself, to make her life a little more interesting. One afternoon she sees a crying child who\u2019s been stung by a bee and tells Jay, the girl\u2019s father she\u2019s a nurse, helping him pull out the sting. A small lie … one that sees her becoming the nanny for Jay and his wife, Violet. The couple appear to have everything, and Sloane wants their lives. And she\u2019s prepared to lie about almost anything to get it. But … small twist … she might not be the only one who\u2019s lying! Century <\/em><\/p>\n The Martini Club – a group of retired spies living in a quiet seaside town – are back in Tess Gerritsen\u2019s The Summer Guests<\/strong>. This time Maggie Bird and her ex-spy pals get involved when a young teenager goes missing, the daughter of a woman who\u2019s just married into one of the town\u2019s most powerful families.<\/p>\n It\u2019s down with the Martinis and books, and out with the binocs as they offer (unasked for and unwanted) help out to the local acting police chief. Loads of twists, red-herrings and mystery … a terrific read. As is the bonus Lee Child and Tess Gerritsen short story… Over Easy is a fabulous ten minute read with Maggie Bird meeting Jack Reacher. Penguin<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Straw coloured with a touch of green in the glass, it\u2019s a vibrant mix of white peach, orange blossom, green figs, herbs, zesty lime notes, and a touch of sea spray, and is an exceptional wine to serve with grilled\u00a0 West Coast fish and a zesty salsa verde, prawns with lemon butter, a creamy seafood risotto, slow-roasted chicken, or even a simple, well-aged cheese. R190<\/p>\n <\/p>\n More new releases to look out for …<\/strong><\/p>\n The World According To Merle<\/strong> by Merle Levin … the memoir of a deliciously daring granny, born in Vereeniging in the 50s, she\u2019s a vibrant force of nature who\u2019s lived a full, rich, fun-filled life on her own terms. Melinda Ferguson Books<\/em><\/p>\n A hidden love. An impossible dream … The Midnight Secret<\/strong> is the fourth in Karen Swan\u2019s The Wild Isle series … this one about a woman who\u2019s discovered that every blessing comes with a curse. Her handsome husband\u2019s a bully. Her second sight inherited from her mother only allows her to see death. All secrets and passion and violence. Macmillan<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" How well do you know your son? It\u2019s a question the parents of three teenage high-school football stars don\u2019t want to face after a teen party sees the school outcast in hospital, and the three boys suspended for the rest of the season. With their futures uncertain, the families get together to assess the damage […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":44027,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-44018","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-reviews"},"yoast_head":"\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/getitmagazine.co.za\/highway-berea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2025\/05\/9781529944822-The-Imperfect-Murder-Large-260x400.jpg\")
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Renowned for doing things differently, Fairview\u2019s Regional Revival Range is a collection that reimagines the great wines of the Old World – Italy, Spain, and France – with an unmistakable Cape twist. And their first white wine in the range – the Fairview Altesse 2024<\/strong>, is a classic Bordeaux-style white blend of Sauvignon Blanc and S\u00e9millon, with a Darling maritime zest.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/getitmagazine.co.za\/highway-berea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2025\/05\/817TaE5oJ9L._SL1500_-Large-265x400.jpg\")
Alice Feeney\u2019s Beautiful Ugly<\/strong> is a dark and disturbing thriller about marriage, and revenge. The story opens with an author phoning his wife to ask when she\u2019ll be home … he\u2019s excitedly waiting for a call from his editor to tell him whether he\u2019s made the New York Times Best Seller list. But as he talks to her, he hears her slam on her brakes, get out the car, and then … nothing. A year later, he\u2019s still grieving, and takes up an offer of a remote cabin on a tiny Scottish island where he hopes to break out his writer\u2019s block. But he keeps seeing a woman who looks just like his wife. Something\u2019s just not adding up. A little far-fetched, but that makes it no less of an enjoyable read. Macmillan<\/em><\/p>\n