JHB West - Dec 20 / Jan 21

In Peter James’ Find Them Dead, Roy Grace gets a tip-off about a drug ring operating out of Brighton, and is investigating
what appears to be a senseless murder. His investigations lead him into the sinister sphere of influence of a ruthless, evil
drug dealer on trial, a man who’s prepared to order the death of anyone it takes to enable him to walk free. One of the jurors
is a woman who’s just getting her life back together after a car crash that killed her husband and son. While she’s doing
jury duty, her daughter is off on a gap year, travelling around South America with a friend. A few days into the trial, she gets
home – and lying on her kitchen table is a photograph of her daughter in Ecuador. Then the phone rings. She’s told if she
wants to keep her daughter alive, all she has to do is make sure the jury votes not guilty. We’re massive fans and this book
simply races along, dragging you with it. • All is not calm on Mustique. A tropical storm is heading its way, and most of the
villa owners have left the island, with just a few young socialites staying behind, not wanting summer’s partying to end. One
of these thrill-seekers, an American heiress, disappears after an early morning swim. When her body’s found, the investigation
turns from one of a missing person to murder ... and things turn even nastier when the storm hits and someone else
disappears. Murder on Mustique by Anne Glenconner is full of glamour and mystery ... another great beach read. • If you’re
one of the many, many Jeremy Clarkson fans, here’s your Christmas gift, sorted. Can You Make This Thing Go Faster? is the
latest in The World According to Clarkson series, and is just as funny, rude and sharp as the previous seven. Full of strange
and diverse issues that perplex Clarkson – why saving the planet means soggy straws, why fishing is for people who hate
kids – irrelevant but entertaining.
If you need an adrenalin shot these hols, pick up a copy of Robert
Pobi’s Under Pressure, which will deliver in spades. A tech company
is holding a private gala event at New York’s Guggenheim Museum.
Lots of cocktails and air kisses and an impressive holographic and laser
display. Lots of blood and gore, too, when a thermobaric explosion
brings an end to the evening, and to more than 700 guests’ lives. Move
over to Dr Lucas Page, an astrophysicist whose mind is exceptional, but
body not so much ... an accident has left him with a prosthetic arm and
leg and only one good eye. He’s called in to help find the person behind
the bombing, and those that follow. An action-filled plot, with some
laugh-out-loud moments (Pobi’s wicked wit and spot-on descriptions
are terrific), this is a follow on to last year’s City of Windows thriller, but
reads easily as a stand-alone. It’s fast, sharp, and gruesome. Everything
you want from a holiday thriller.
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