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Schatzing Frank – The Swarm
0R75,00Pre-loved | Very Good condition | Like new
Whales begin sinking ships. Toxic, eyeless crabs poison Long Island’s water supply. The North Sea shelf collapses, killing thousands in Europe. Around the world, countries are beginning to feel the effects of the ocean’s revenge as the seas and their inhabi-tants begin a violent revolution against mankind. In this riveting novel, full of twists, turns, and cliffhangers, a team of scientists discovers a strange, intelligent life force called the Yrr that takes form in marine animals, using them to wreak havoc on humanity for our ecological abuses. Soon a struggle between good and evil is in full swing, with both human and suboceanic forces battling for control of the waters. At stake is the survival of the Earth’s fragile ecology — and ultimately, the survival of the human race itself.
The apocalyptic catastrophes of The Day After Tomorrow meet the watery menace of The Abyss in this gripping, scientifically realistic, and utterly imaginative thriller. With 1.5 million copies sold in Germany — where it has been on the bestseller list without fail since its debut — and the author’s skillfully executed blend of compelling story, vivid characters, and eerie locales, Frank Schatzing’s The Swarm will keep you in tense anticipation until the last suspenseful page is turned.
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Slaughter Karin – A Faint Cold Fear
0R100,00Pre-loved | Good condition | Pages intact, light shelf wear
The third pulse-pounding novel in the Grant County series from New York Times bestselling author Karin Slaughter.
Sara Linton, medical examiner in the small town of Heartsdale, Georgia, is called out to an apparent suicide on the local college campus. The mutilated body provides little in the way of clues — and the college authorities are eager to avoid a scandal — but for Sara and police chief Jeffrey Tolliver, things don’t add up.
Two more suspicious suicides follow, and a young woman is brutally attacked. For Sara, the violence strikes far too close to home. And as Jeffrey pursues the sadistic killer, he discovers that ex-police detective Lena Adams, now a security guard on campus, may be in possession of crucial information. But, bruised and angered by her expulsion from the force, Lena seems to be barely capable of protecting herself, let alone saving the next victim…
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Steadman Catherine – The Disappearing Act
0R100,00Pre-loved | Very Good condition | Like new
A woman has gone missing
But did she ever really exist?Mia Eliot has travelled from London to LA for pilot season. This is her big chance to make it as an actor in Hollywood, and she is ready to do whatever it takes. At an audition she meets Emily, and what starts as a simple favour takes a dark turn when Emily goes missing and Mia is the last person to see her.
Then a woman turns up, claiming to be Emily, but she is nothing like Mia remembers. Why would someone pretend to be Emily? Starting to question her own sanity, she goes on a desperate and dangerous search for answers, knowing something is very, very wrong.
In an industry where everything is about creating illusions, how do you know what is real? And how much would you risk to find out?
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Tony Park: Die by the Sword Launch (Pretoria) – 5 September 2025 – Rosewood Trails
0R100,00Ticket to Tony Park’s book launch on 5 September in Pretoria. Includes entry & snacks.
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Tony Park: Die by the Sword Launch (Pretoria) – 5 September 2025 – Rosewood Trails – Event and Book Bundle!
0R440,00Ticket to Tony Park’s book launch on 5 September in Pretoria. Includes entry & snacks.
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Tudor C.J. – The Burning Girls
0R100,00Pre-loved | Very Good condition | Like new
An unconventional vicar moves to a remote corner of the English countryside, only to discover a community haunted by death and disappearances both past and present–and intent on keeping its dark secrets–in this explosive, unsettling thriller from acclaimed author C. J. Tudor.
Welcome to Chapel Croft. Five hundred years ago, eight protestant martyrs were burned at the stake here. Thirty years ago, two teenage girls disappeared without a trace. And two months ago, the vicar of the local parish killed himself.
Reverend Jack Brooks, a single parent with a fourteen-year-old daughter and a heavy conscience, arrives in the village hoping to make a fresh start and find some peace. Instead, Jack finds a town mired in secrecy and a strange welcome package: an old exorcism kit and a note quoting scripture. “But there is nothing covered up that will not be revealed and hidden that will not be known.”
The more Jack and her daughter Flo get acquainted with the town and its strange denizens, the deeper they are drawn into their rifts, mysteries, and suspicions. And when Flo is troubled by strange sightings in the old chapel, it becomes apparent that there are ghosts here that refuse to be laid to rest.
But uncovering the truth can be deadly in a village where everyone has something to protect, everyone has links with the village’s bloody past, and no one trusts an outsider.
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Various Edited by Lee Child – Killer Year
0R100,00Pre-loved | Very Good condition | Like new
Killer Year is a group of 13 debut crime/mystery/suspense authors whose books will be published in 2007. The graduating class includes such rising stars as Robert Gregory Browne, Toni McGee Causey, Marcus Sakey, Derek Nikitas, Marc Lecard, JT Ellison, Brett Battles, Jason Pinter, Bill Cameron, Sean Chercover, Patry Francis, Gregg Olsen, and David White. Each of the short stories displaying their talents are introduced by their Killer Year mentors, some of which include bestselling authors Lee Child, Tess Gerritsen and Jeffrey Deaver, with additional stories by Ken Bruen, Allison Brennan and Duane Swierczynski. Bestselling authors Laura Lippman and MJ Rose contribute insightful essays. Inside you’ll read about a small time crook in over his head, a story told backwards with a heroine not to be messed with, a tale of boys and the trouble they will get into over a girl, and many more stories of the highest caliber in murder, mayhem, and sheer entertainment. This amazing anthology, edited by the grandmaster Lee Child, is sure to garner lots of attention and keep readers coming back for more.
Includes:
Introduction by by Lee Child
The class of co-opetition by by M. J. Rose
Perfect gentleman by by Brett Battles
Killing justice by by Allison Brennan
Bottom deal by by Robert Gregory Brown
Time of the green by by Ken Bruen
Slice of pie by by Bill Cameron
A failure to communicate by by Toni McGee Causey
One serving of bad luck by by Sean Chercover
Prodigal me by by J. T. Ellison
The only word I know in Spanish by by Patry Francis
Teardown by by Marc Lecard
Runaway by by Derek Nikitas
The crime of my life by by Gregg Olsen
The point guard by by Jason Pinter
Gravity and need by by Marcus Sakey
Death runs faster by by Duane Swierczynski
Righteous son by by Dave White
Coda by by Laura Lippman
The travellin’ show by Douglas Hutcheson
Edison’s dead men by Ed Turner -
Weir Andy – Project Hail Mary
0R125,00Pre-loved | Very Good condition | Like new
Ryland Grace is the sole survivor on a desperate, last-chance mission?and if he fails, humanity and the earth itself will perish.
Except that right now, he doesn?t know that. He can?t even remember his own name, let alone the nature of his assignment or how to complete it.
All he knows is that he?s been asleep for a very, very long time. And he?s just been awakened to find himself millions of miles from home, with nothing but two corpses for company.
His crewmates dead, his memories fuzzily returning, Ryland realizes that an impossible task now confronts him. Hurtling through space on this tiny ship, it?s up to him to puzzle out an impossible scientific mystery?and conquer an extinction-level threat to our species.
And with the clock ticking down and the nearest human being light-years away, he?s got to do it all alone.
Or does he?
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Zafon Carlos Ruiz – The Angel’s Game
0R75,00Pre-loved | Very Good condition | Like new
From master storyteller Carlos Ruiz Zafon, author of the international phenomenon The Shadow of the Wind, comes The Angel?s Game ? a dazzling new page-turner about the perilous nature of obsession, in literature and in love.
The whole of Barcelona stretched out at my feet and I wanted to believe that when I opened those windows ? my new windows ? each evening its streets would whisper stories to me, secrets in my ear, that I could catch on paper and narrate to whomever cared to listen?
In an abandoned mansion at the heart of Barcelona, a young man, David Martin, makes his living by writing sensationalist novels under a pseudonym. The survivor of a troubled childhood, he has taken refuge in the world of books and spends his nights spinning baroque tales about the city?s underworld. But perhaps his dark imaginings are not as strange as they seem, for in a locked room deep within the house lie photographs and letters hinting at the mysterious death of the previous owner.
Like a slow poison, the history of the place seeps into his bones as he struggles with an impossible love. Close to despair, David receives a letter from a reclusive French editor, Andreas Corelli, who makes him the offer of a lifetime. He is to write a book unlike anything that has ever existed ? a book with the power to change hearts and minds. In return, he will receive a fortune, and perhaps more. But as David begins the work, he realizes that there is a connection between his haunting book and the shadows that surround his home.
Once again, Zafon takes us into a dark, gothic universe first seen in The Shadow of the Wind and creates a breathtaking adventure of intrigue, romance, and tragedy. Through a dizzyingly constructed labyrinth of secrets, the magic of books, passion, and friendship blend into a masterful story.
