Aug 2019 Jhb West

Book club
Curl up with a terrific read this August
Sheila O’Flanagan’s novels are always
fabulous options for those who love
a little chick-lit (don’t we all?). In Her
Husband’s Mistake, perfect couple
Roxy and Dave McMenamin first
kissed when Roxy was 16, and they’ve
been in love ever since. They have
a great marriage and wonderfully
happy life. Until the morning after
Roxy’s father’s funeral, when she
walks in on Dave in bed with their
next-door neighbour. Time, it seems,
for Roxy to make some big, lifechanging
decisions. Lovely, warm,
funny ... a wonderful book for a
weekend read. Headline UK, R325.
Also look out for the best
Jack Ryan thriller yet!
Tom Clancy’s Oath of Office, written
by Marc Cameron, is a roller-coaster of
heart-stopping action ... a thriller that
will get your adrenalin going from
the first chapter to the last. When
US President Jack Ryan asks his new
Secretary of Homeland Security what
frightens him, Mark Dehart answers
‘Three things’. Which three? ‘Any three.
If they all happen at the same time.’
From a quiet beach in Portugal where
a beautiful woman kills a French
arms dealer, to protests against the
oppressive regime in Iran, to the
Russian troops and ships massing
on the borders of the Ukraine, across
the world a conspiracy is brewing ...
one so darkly brilliant that no one has
joined the dots. There’s a madman
with a plan ... a plan more devastating
than President Ryan can imagine.
This is the latest (and may well be the
best) in Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan series.
Penguin, R275.
Oh. A new Catherine Alliott novel.
Yay! Just the thing for a chilly
weekend curled up on the sofa
with a box of biscuits. In A Cornish
Summer, Flora’s been in love with her
husband, Hugo, for two decades. Just
a small problem ... for 15 of those years
he’s been married to someone else.
Now she’s been invited to paint her
ex-father-in-law at the family home in
Cornwall. It promises to be a blissful
summer ... except for her awful exmother-in-law,
and ... oops ... it appears
her ex-husband and his (admittedly
lovely) second wife are going to be
there too. Not so blissful after all. A
few lovely twists, great characters,
many laugh-out-loud passages and
you’ve a brilliant chick-lit read. LOVED
it! Penguin, R290.
A nine-month-old baby is hard work. Sleep-deprived Carolina and
uncommunicative Aksel are having a tough time, but know things will get
better. One evening they go to sleep, Carolina thinking ‘we have thousands of
days ahead of us’ ... but they don’t. Aksel dies in his sleep, leaving Carolina’s world
upside down. Based on author Carolina Setterwall’s own experiences, Let’s Hope
For The Best is all about life’s small moments. It’s about motherhood and family,
love and death. An emotional, honest, unforgettable read. Bloomsbury, R295 .
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