Dropping kilos, underwater adventures and half a dozen thrillers …
40kgs Lighter isn’t about what you need to stop doing to lose fat. It’s about what you need to start doing. This wonderfully down-to-earth, humorous, no-nonsense book has Mandy Meyer – who after years of yo-yo dieting, pub crawls, 3am cheesy fries, starting fresh every Monday – finally lost 40kg. And kept it off. She shares the mindset shifts, powerful lessons, and everyday strategies that helped her stop starting over each new week … building a healthy lifestyle that finally stuck. Tips, advice, truth bombs … it’s all about the real science of fat loss, and how to create a way of eating and exercising that works for you. Tracey McDonald Publishers
Jean Napier Hattingh says ever since she can remember, she’s been blessed with a spirit of adventure. Born with a form of hip dysplasia, and growing up on a farm in the Western Cape, she was, she says, extremely curious and quite wild. She remembers being taught to swim at four, first in a pool, then the farm dam, and fishing with her dad in a fibreglass dinghy, and later in her uncle’s larger boat on the Cuanza River in Angola. And then her first time snorkelling in the Red Sea. Against the Tide is her story … an adventurous one, of the challenges of breaking barriers in the male-dominated world of spearfishing, of thrilling underwater hunts, and of resilience against physical danger and societal biases. Holder of many South African and Australian records, it’s a brilliant read for anyone who’s interested in adventure, diving and the sea. Ulwandle Publishers
Imagine. You have a loving husband and two adored children. But you’re having an affair, with a man you definitely don’t love. And after an afternoon of passion, you turn on the TV and see the hotel you’re in under siege. Drama and reflection in Ellie Levenson’s Room 706. Headline
December 1995. Two young girls are found abandoned on a train station platform. Thirty years later, an investigative journalist is determined to find out what happened to The Nowhere Girls. Carmel Harrington’s emotional thriller is twisty and
unsettling. Headline
Love a Kathy Reichs. In Evil Bones, Temperance Brennan investigates a disturbing escalating pattern of killing … first a rat, a rabbit, a squirrel, mutilated and displayed in a bizarre manner. Then a dog, finally a woman. Same mutilation, same macabre display of the body. Brilliant. Simon and Schuster
Elinor Gilbert – ex FBI – is an Invisible Woman. A certain age, not ugly, not beautiful … personally and professionally forgettable. Just what her former FBI boss needs. She’s disguised as a nanny and placed in the home of an art dealer suspected of ties to organised crime. But not all is as it appears. Humour slightly forced, but a pleasant read by James Patterson and Susan DiLallo. Century
A text from an unknown number. A husband and father who hasn’t been seen in five years. An escape from Los Angeles and a flight to Paris, and hopefully safety. And maybe a second chance. But enemies there are plotting revenge. Laura Dave’s The First Time I Saw Him is a moving novel about the power of forgiveness, and brilliant sequel to The Last Thing He Told Me. Penguin
It’s the latest reality TV show … Tag, You’re It. A sprawling, isolated mansion in the countryside. Twenty contestants. The rules seem simple … each day one contestant is ‘it’ … and must complete a secret task to tag someone else. Whoever ends the day as ‘it’, is out, and loses the chance to win millions. The tagline … Don’t trust anybody. It’s just a game. Until one of the players is found dead. Kerry Wilkinson’s thriller is suspenseful, with loads of unexpected twists. Bookouture
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