{"id":48209,"date":"2026-04-27T09:00:46","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T07:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/getitmagazine.co.za\/highway-berea\/?p=48209"},"modified":"2026-04-20T11:56:21","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T09:56:21","slug":"psychological-thrillers-murders-friendships-and-sibling-relationships-all-the-best-reads-for-may","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/getitmagazine.co.za\/highway-berea\/blog\/2026\/04\/27\/psychological-thrillers-murders-friendships-and-sibling-relationships-all-the-best-reads-for-may\/","title":{"rendered":"Psychological thrillers. Murders. Friendships and sibling relationships. All the best reads for May."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A grand country house in the glorious Cambridgeshire countryside has been turned into luxury apartments. New residents move, and the lives of three women &#8211; each with her own painful past &#8211; become intricately connected. The power of friendship, the courage to face the past, love, hope and second chances, Erica James\u2019 <strong>The Forever Home<\/strong> is a heartwarming, delightful read. <em>HQ<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-48220\" src=\"https:\/\/getitmagazine.co.za\/highway-berea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2026\/04\/289983-fct-261x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"261\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/getitmagazine.co.za\/highway-berea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2026\/04\/289983-fct-261x400.jpg 261w, https:\/\/getitmagazine.co.za\/highway-berea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2026\/04\/289983-fct-669x1024.jpg 669w, https:\/\/getitmagazine.co.za\/highway-berea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2026\/04\/289983-fct-275x420.jpg 275w, https:\/\/getitmagazine.co.za\/highway-berea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2026\/04\/289983-fct-696x1065.jpg 696w, https:\/\/getitmagazine.co.za\/highway-berea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2026\/04\/289983-fct.jpg 706w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 261px) 100vw, 261px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-48226\" src=\"https:\/\/getitmagazine.co.za\/highway-berea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2026\/04\/The-Light-Remains-Cover-HR-266x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"266\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/getitmagazine.co.za\/highway-berea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2026\/04\/The-Light-Remains-Cover-HR-266x400.jpg 266w, https:\/\/getitmagazine.co.za\/highway-berea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2026\/04\/The-Light-Remains-Cover-HR-680x1024.jpg 680w, https:\/\/getitmagazine.co.za\/highway-berea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2026\/04\/The-Light-Remains-Cover-HR-279x420.jpg 279w, https:\/\/getitmagazine.co.za\/highway-berea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2026\/04\/The-Light-Remains-Cover-HR-696x1048.jpg 696w, https:\/\/getitmagazine.co.za\/highway-berea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2026\/04\/The-Light-Remains-Cover-HR.jpg 717w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 266px) 100vw, 266px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Set against the complex, beautiful landscape of 1960s South Africa, Samantha Keller\u2019s debut novel <strong>The Light Remains<\/strong> is an emotionally rich story that explores family loyalty, first love and the quiet courage it takes to forge one\u2019s own path. From a tragic death and long buried family secrets to a seemingly impossible choice &#8211; honouring lifelong expectations or choosing love by shattering everything held dear &#8230; a deeply moving read. <em>Modjaji Books<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Jake has fallen head over heels for Dandelion. Only one prob. <strong>Dandelion Is Dead!<\/strong> Her younger sister, discovering a message from a man on her late sister\u2019s dating app, decides to do something she knows her naughty sister would have loved. She goes on a date as Dandelion. But sparks fly, there\u2019s hot chemistry, and everything spirals out of control. Great fun from Rosie Storey. <em>The Borough Press<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-48221\" src=\"https:\/\/getitmagazine.co.za\/highway-berea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2026\/04\/Dandelion-is-Dead-260x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"260\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/getitmagazine.co.za\/highway-berea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2026\/04\/Dandelion-is-Dead-260x400.jpg 260w, https:\/\/getitmagazine.co.za\/highway-berea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2026\/04\/Dandelion-is-Dead-666x1024.jpg 666w, https:\/\/getitmagazine.co.za\/highway-berea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2026\/04\/Dandelion-is-Dead-273x420.jpg 273w, https:\/\/getitmagazine.co.za\/highway-berea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2026\/04\/Dandelion-is-Dead-696x1071.jpg 696w, https:\/\/getitmagazine.co.za\/highway-berea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2026\/04\/Dandelion-is-Dead.jpg 702w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 260px) 100vw, 260px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-48225\" src=\"https:\/\/getitmagazine.co.za\/highway-berea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2026\/04\/s-zoom-104x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"104\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/getitmagazine.co.za\/highway-berea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2026\/04\/s-zoom-104x400.jpg 104w, https:\/\/getitmagazine.co.za\/highway-berea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2026\/04\/s-zoom-266x1024.jpg 266w, https:\/\/getitmagazine.co.za\/highway-berea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2026\/04\/s-zoom-109x420.jpg 109w, https:\/\/getitmagazine.co.za\/highway-berea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2026\/04\/s-zoom.jpg 281w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 104px) 100vw, 104px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And we\u2019re drinking &#8230; <strong>Haute Cabri\u00e8re Chardonnay Pinot Noir<\/strong>. All fresh citrus, white peach and red fruit flavours, this vegan-friendly wine offers a crisp, refreshing taste from Chardonnay and depth from Pinot Noir. From R124 at your fave wine store.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A group of young 20-something university friends gather for a night out of town &#8230; skinny-dipping in the dam, sharing a spliff, drinking strange cocktails. But the night turns bad when one of them fatally stabs another &#8230; leading to a nearly 30-year prison sentence. Now the prisoner is released &#8230; and wants to get together with the others who were there that night &#8230; He\u2019s always claimed to be innocent, which means someone at the reunion is the real murderer. Love Nicci French (pseudonym of English husband-and-wife team Nicci Gerrard and Sean French) &#8230; <strong>What Happened That Night<\/strong> is a psychological thriller full of tension and suspense and twists you don\u2019t see coming. <em>Simon and Schuster<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-48227\" src=\"https:\/\/getitmagazine.co.za\/highway-berea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2026\/04\/What-Happened-that-Night-261x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"261\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/getitmagazine.co.za\/highway-berea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2026\/04\/What-Happened-that-Night-261x400.jpg 261w, https:\/\/getitmagazine.co.za\/highway-berea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2026\/04\/What-Happened-that-Night-669x1024.jpg 669w, https:\/\/getitmagazine.co.za\/highway-berea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2026\/04\/What-Happened-that-Night-275x420.jpg 275w, https:\/\/getitmagazine.co.za\/highway-berea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2026\/04\/What-Happened-that-Night-696x1065.jpg 696w, https:\/\/getitmagazine.co.za\/highway-berea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2026\/04\/What-Happened-that-Night.jpg 706w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 261px) 100vw, 261px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-48223\" src=\"https:\/\/getitmagazine.co.za\/highway-berea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2026\/04\/s-l1600-260x400.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"260\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/getitmagazine.co.za\/highway-berea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2026\/04\/s-l1600-260x400.jpeg 260w, https:\/\/getitmagazine.co.za\/highway-berea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2026\/04\/s-l1600-666x1024.jpeg 666w, https:\/\/getitmagazine.co.za\/highway-berea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2026\/04\/s-l1600-273x420.jpeg 273w, https:\/\/getitmagazine.co.za\/highway-berea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2026\/04\/s-l1600-696x1071.jpeg 696w, https:\/\/getitmagazine.co.za\/highway-berea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2026\/04\/s-l1600.jpeg 702w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 260px) 100vw, 260px\" \/><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Five well co-ordinated kidnappings. Two children from a private school bus. A wife as she leaves a hair salon in Beverley Hills. A film producer and movie star from an exclusive remote resort. It\u2019s the perfect plan to collect a <strong>Billion Dollar Ransom<\/strong>. James Patterson and Duane Swierczynski\u2019s high action read has a great twist or two. <em>Century.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-48218 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/getitmagazine.co.za\/highway-berea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2026\/04\/71duaH3qlvL._SL1500_-257x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"257\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/getitmagazine.co.za\/highway-berea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2026\/04\/71duaH3qlvL._SL1500_-257x400.jpg 257w, https:\/\/getitmagazine.co.za\/highway-berea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2026\/04\/71duaH3qlvL._SL1500_-657x1024.jpg 657w, https:\/\/getitmagazine.co.za\/highway-berea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2026\/04\/71duaH3qlvL._SL1500_-270x420.jpg 270w, https:\/\/getitmagazine.co.za\/highway-berea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2026\/04\/71duaH3qlvL._SL1500_.jpg 693w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 257px) 100vw, 257px\" \/>And from Patterson with Viola Davis, <strong>Judge Stone<\/strong>, who\u2019s the most respected citizen in her Alabama town, running the family farm and presiding over her courtroom. And she\u2019s willing to fight when she draws the most controversial case in the history of the South. <em>Century\u00a0 <\/em><\/p>\n<p>Two murders. A young woman found dead at her kitchen table, with her ex-boyfriend\u2019s DNA at the scene. Open and shut case, obvs. Bar the fact that he has an airtight alibi. Many miles away, the second murder &#8211; a former LAPD officer found brutally murdered in her garage. Known to be meticulously organised, why is her house full of junk and useless objects? And then there are the envelopes full of cash. There\u2019s a link between the two victims in Jonathan Kellerman\u2019s <strong>Jigsaw<\/strong>, and psychologist Alex Delaware and Detective Milo Sturgis need to dig deep to solve this deadly puzzle. <em>Century<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-48219\" src=\"https:\/\/getitmagazine.co.za\/highway-berea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2026\/04\/71XaU-necNL._SL1500_-261x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"261\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/getitmagazine.co.za\/highway-berea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2026\/04\/71XaU-necNL._SL1500_-261x400.jpg 261w, https:\/\/getitmagazine.co.za\/highway-berea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2026\/04\/71XaU-necNL._SL1500_-669x1024.jpg 669w, https:\/\/getitmagazine.co.za\/highway-berea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2026\/04\/71XaU-necNL._SL1500_-275x420.jpg 275w, https:\/\/getitmagazine.co.za\/highway-berea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2026\/04\/71XaU-necNL._SL1500_-696x1065.jpg 696w, https:\/\/getitmagazine.co.za\/highway-berea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2026\/04\/71XaU-necNL._SL1500_.jpg 706w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 261px) 100vw, 261px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-48222 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/getitmagazine.co.za\/highway-berea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2026\/04\/MTW_12Apr_CROP-e1776678934307-257x400.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"257\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/getitmagazine.co.za\/highway-berea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2026\/04\/MTW_12Apr_CROP-e1776678934307-257x400.jpeg 257w, https:\/\/getitmagazine.co.za\/highway-berea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2026\/04\/MTW_12Apr_CROP-e1776678934307-270x420.jpeg 270w, https:\/\/getitmagazine.co.za\/highway-berea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2026\/04\/MTW_12Apr_CROP-e1776678934307.jpeg 590w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 257px) 100vw, 257px\" \/><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Who\u2019s The<\/strong> (<em>cleverest naughtiest funniest bossiest sportiest<\/em>) <strong>Favourite?<\/strong> Our relationship with our siblings is, for most of us, the longest we\u2019ll ever have. They\u2019re rarely straightforward, and the bonds we have shape us in lasting ways. Catherine Carr\u2019s book &#8211; covering everything from birth order (or middle child syndrome), roles and labels, only children, steps and halves to siblings as friends, estrangement and bereavement &#8211; is interwoven with candid interviews with sibling pairs taken from her podcast Relatively, which she started during Covid. Catherine is the middle child of three, and she wrote this, her first book, \u2018to finally get some attention\u2019. <em>Oneworld<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A grand country house in the glorious Cambridgeshire countryside has been turned into luxury apartments. New residents move, and the lives of three women &#8211; each with her own painful past &#8211; become intricately connected. 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