Pretoria - July 2021
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Lies. Mistakes. And missing children.<br />
Doesn’t get more nerve-shredding<br />
than this. When They Find Her – an<br />
emotional debut by Lia Middleton<br />
– is about a desperate mother, a<br />
tragic accident, and a terrible lie that<br />
spirals out of control. It’s the story of<br />
Naomi, who after making a dreadful<br />
mistake, lost custody of her only<br />
child, a daughter who’s come home<br />
for a visit, giving Naomi a chance to<br />
rebuild her family. But the night<br />
ends in a terrible accident, and<br />
Naomi reports her daughter missing.<br />
Which is a lie. But worse than the lie<br />
is the truth … which is she has no<br />
memory of what really happened.<br />
Penguin Random House.<br />
When no one knows you exist, you don’t have to play by the rules. In Tom<br />
Marcus’ Defend or Die, former MI5 officer Matt Logan is part of a totally deniable<br />
government organisation, with full license to do whatever it takes to neutralise<br />
threats to the UK’s national security. License he takes full advantage of when<br />
intelligence comes through about plans by the Kremlin to launch a terror attack in<br />
London, one which could tear the nation apart. Marcus – not his real name – writes<br />
with complete authority … in his day job, he was hand-picked from the army to be<br />
a surveillance officer for MI5, where he spent a decade on the front line protecting<br />
his country before leaving due to PTSD. His debut book, Soldier Spy, was the first<br />
true ground-level account to be told about the fight on the streets – and had to be<br />
vetted and cleared for publication by MI5. Due to continuing threats, his identity<br />
is hidden, and he continues to work with the security service and other agencies<br />
to ensure he stays safe. Macmillan • There’s never been a David Baldacci we haven’t<br />
loved … so oh joy … a new one’s just hit the bookshelves. A Gambling Man is<br />
set in the late 1940s. Aloysius Archer’s heading west to California. Not yet 30, and<br />
fresh out of prison for a crime he didn’t commit, his wants are fairly simple … a roof<br />
over his head, three meals a day and a steady supply of Lucky Strikes. Oh … and a<br />
profession. Intrigued by a sign as the bus passes in Reno (the biggest little city in the<br />
world), he jumps off, and later that evening, visits a casino, where he meets aspiring<br />
actress Liberty Callahan. Off they go, on a journey that’s filled with more danger and<br />
surprises they could have imagined … corruption, murder in a burlesque club, truth<br />
mixed with lies and massive amounts of small-town-with-tight-lipped-community<br />
intrigue. The era’s perfectly captured, the book thrilling. Macmillan.<br />
Book of the month …<br />
Mother-to-be Helen has it all. Daniel - the perfect husband. Rory - the perfect<br />
brother. Serena - the perfect sister-in-law. And Rachel - the perfect nightmare.<br />
When Helen attends her first antenatal class, she is expecting her loving husband<br />
to arrive, along with charming Rory and his also pregnant wife, the effortlessly<br />
beautiful Serena. What she is not expecting is Rachel. Extroverted, brash, unsettling<br />
single mother-to-be Rachel, who just wants to be Helen’s friend. Who just wants<br />
to get to know Helen and her friends and her family. Who manages to cleverly<br />
find out all the information she needs ... the question is, why does she need it?<br />
Greenwich Park by Katherine Faulkner is a psychological thriller which really is, in<br />
a month full of exceptional reads, a stand-out. You think you know what’s going<br />
to happen. You don’t. And you won’t put it down. Bloomsbury, available from<br />
Exclusive Books. Fancy winning your choice of books for your next book club<br />
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