A boy struggling to process an unexpected loss believes he has been given a series of clues to the biggest puzzle of all—the meaning of life—in this deeply felt debut novel.
PROLOGUE
“HE FELL OVER AND LAY in the grass, laughing. ‘I didn’t think I’d had that much to drink.’
The new domestic suspense novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Couple Next Door and The End of Her who has sold more than
7 million copies of her books worldwide.
PROLOGUE
A cold case, an abandoned mansion, family trauma and dark secrets lie at the heart of Lisa Jewell's remarkable new novel.
ARACHNOPHOBIA
Van Londen se donker strate tot Antwerpen se diamantebeurs, van Port Nolloth se verlate kuslyn tot Storm se geliefde Hermanus, ontvou die storie in Irna van Zyl se derde misdaadroman teen die pas van ’n sneltrein.
VOORAF
LONDEN
Moord is op die spyskaart. Speurders Storm van der Merwe en Andreas Moerdyk is terug in Irna van Zyl se riller, Gifbeker.
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“DIT IS DIE DAG WAAROP die land se bekendste kosblogger dood neerslaan in sjef Zeb Tswalo se deftige restaurant.
’n Grieselige gesig begroet speuradjudant Storm van der Merwe en haar hond op Grootbaai se strand: die lyk van ’n jong joernalis – sonder haar arm.
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From the murky streets of London to the diamond bourse in Antwerp, from secluded Port Nolloth to Storm’s beloved Hermanus, Irna van Zyl’s third crime novel unfolds at a heart-stopping pace.
PREVIOUSLY
LONDON
Detective Storm van der Merwe and Andreas Moerdyk are back in this thriller by Dead in the Water author, Irna van Zyl.
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“IT WAS THE DAY THE COUNTRY’S most infamous food blogger keeled over and died in Chef Zeb Tswalo’s award-winning restaurant in the Hemel-en-Aarde Valley.
Teeming with energy, humour and heart, a love song to black Britain told by twelve very different people.
Chapter One
Amma
“Amma
is walking along the promenade of the waterway that bisects her city, a few early morning barges cruise slowly by
A novel of breathtaking sweep and emotional power that traces three hundred years in Ghana and along the way also becomes a truly great American novel. Extraordinary for its exquisite language, its implacable sorrow, its soaring beauty, and for its monumental portrait of the forces that shape families and nations, Homegoing heralds the arrival of a major new voice in contemporary fiction.