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Thriller

Looking for something that will keep you up at night? Look no further than our thriller collection, filled with the books that chill, thrill and are promised to leave you looking over your shoulder once you're finished. Get to know the pioneers of the genre or find something new in our thriller selection: 

  • Never Lie

    Never Lie

    A twisting, pulse-pounding thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of The Housemaid and The Coworker! Sometimes the truth kills…Newlyweds Tricia and Ethan are searching for the house of their dreams. They think they've found it when they visit the remote manor that once belonged to Dr. Adrienne Hale, a renowned psychiatrist who vanished without a trace years ago. But when a violent winter storm traps them at the estate, the house begins to lose its appeal. Stuck inside and growing restless, Tricia stumbles on a collection of audio transcripts from Dr. Hale's sessions with patients. As Tricia listens to the cassette tapes, she learns about the terrifying chain of events leading up to the doctor's mysterious disappearance. With each tape, another shocking piece of the puzzle falls into place, and a web of lies slowly unravels. But by the time Tricia reaches the final cassette, the one that reveals the entire horrifying story, it will be too late…From New York Times bestselling author Freida McFadden comes an addictive, unpredictable thriller that will keep you asking the question: what is the truth?

    Freida McFadden ESTIMATED DELIVERY:
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    R 307.00

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  • Housemaid

    Housemaid

    "Welcome to the family," Nina Winchester says as I shake her elegant, manicured hand. I smile politely, gazing around the marble hallway. Working here is my last chance to start fresh. I can pretend to be whoever I like. But I'll soon learn that the Winchesters' secrets are far more dangerous than my own . . .Every day I clean the Winchesters' beautiful house top to bottom. I collect their daughter from school. And I cook a delicious meal for the whole family before heading up to eat alone in my tiny room on the top floor.I try to ignore how Nina makes a mess just to watch me clean it up. How she tells strange lies about her own daughter. And how her husband Andrew seems more broken every day. But as I look into Andrew's handsome brown eyes, so full of pain, it's hard not to imagine what it would be like to live Nina's life. The walk-in closet, the fancy car, the perfect husband.I only try on one of Nina's pristine white dresses once. Just to see what it's like. But she soon finds out... and by the time I realize my attic bedroom door only locks from the outside, it's far too late.But I reassure myself: the Winchesters don't know who I really am.They don't know what I'm capable of . . .An unbelievably twisty read that will have you glued to the pages late into the night. Anyone who loves The Woman in the Window, The Wife Between Us and The Girl on the Train won't be able to put this down!Read what everyone's saying about The Housemaid:"I got severe whiplash from the twistiest turns... Every time I thought I had it figured out... WRONG!!!... I am still reeling... outstanding... If you love a top notch psychological thriller that will have you questioning your own sanity, then this 5-star read is for you" NetGalley reviewer, FIVE STARS"What a wild ride!!! Freida definitely delivered the best twisty ending... Gripping from start to finish... honestly, I just could not put it down... An absolutely mind-blowing shocker that kept me guessing and on the edge of my seat literally until the very end" Goodreads reviewer, FIVE STARS"So many twists and turns... I was hooked right away - I even read my Kindle while waiting in my kid's school pick-up line so I wouldn't have to put this book down!... addictive... pure perfection!" Goodreads reviewer, FIVE STARS

    Freida McFadden ESTIMATED DELIVERY:
    Approx 4 Business Days

    R 290.00

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  • First Lie Wins

    First Lie Wins

    1 review

    You meet a stranger at a party.She looks like you. Even has your name...She's here to take something you have. So how far will you go to protect it? 'The best cat and mouse suspense I've read...with plenty of heart. I'm still breathless' LISA GARDNER ** MAJOR TV SERIES OF FIRST LIE WINS IN DEVELOPMENT **-----------------------Evie Porter has everything a girl could want: a doting boyfriend, a house with a picket fence, a fun group of friends. The only catch: Evie Porter doesn't exist. First comes the identity. Once she's given a name and location by her employer, she learns everything there is to know about the town and the people in it.Then the mark: Ryan Sumner.The last piece of the puzzle is the job. For Evie, this job feels different. Ryan has gotten under her skin and she's started to picture another kind of life for herself - one where her boss doesn't pull the strings. But Evie can't make any mistakes. Because the one thing she's worked her entire life to keep clean, the one identity she could always go back to - her real identity - just walked right into this town. A woman, who looks just like her, has stolen her name - and she wants more. As Evie's past begins to catch up with her, can she stay one step ahead to save her future?YOUR FAVOURITE BESTSELLING AUTHORS LOVE FIRST LIE WINS: 'Cool and clever... a high-stakes now-you-see-me-now-you-don't thriller. Pick it up, please' A.J. FINN'Clever, twisty, and suspenseful. Kept me on my toes right up to the satisfying conclusion' DIANE CHAMBERLAIN 'As emotionally moving as it is gripping. I loved every minute' MARY KUBICA'Smart, fast-paced and twisty... kept me on the edge of my seat' MEGAN MIRANDA'Will consume you... I devoured it' JULIE CLARK'The most suspenseful game of deception I've ever read. Brilliant' ELLE COSIMANO'Outstanding! An ingenious, unforgettable cat and mouse thriller' WENDY WALKER'A suspenseful and taut page-turner that is impossible to put down' MEGAN SHEPHERDReal readers are enthralled by this electrifying thriller:'Suspense fans rejoice - this is phenomenal' 'Heartpounding . . . Definitely one of the best books this year' 'OMG . . . I was immediately sucked in' 'Absolute perfection' 'A thrilling ride from start to finish' 'Kept me guessing until the end' 'Twisty and engaging'

    Ashley Elston ESTIMATED DELIVERY:
    Approx 4 Business Days

    R 405.00

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  • Verity

    Verity

    MATURE CONTENT OVER 3 MILLION COPIES SOLD - THE NO.1 BESTSELLER AND TIKTOK SENSATION, FROM THE AUTHOR OF IT ENDS WITH US Are you ready to stay up all night? Rebecca meets Gone Girl in this shocking, unpredictable thriller with a twist that will leave you reeling . . .Lowen Ashleigh is a struggling writer on the brink of financial ruin when she accepts the job offer of a lifetime. Jeremy Crawford, husband of bestselling author Verity Crawford, has hired Lowen to complete the remaining books in a successful series his injured wife is unable to finish. Lowen arrives at the Crawford home, ready to sort through years of Verity's notes and outlines, hoping to find enough material to get her started. What Lowen doesn't expect to uncover in the chaotic office is an unfinished autobiography Verity never intended for anyone to read. Page after page of bone-chilling admissions, including Verity's recollection of the night their family was forever altered. Lowen decides to keep the manuscript hidden from Jeremy, knowing its contents would devastate the already-grieving father. But as Lowen's feelings for Jeremy begin to intensify, she recognizes all the ways she could benefit if he were to read his wife's words. After all, no matter how devoted Jeremy is to his injured wife, a truth this horrifying would make it impossible for him to continue loving her . .  Available to order now.500,000 READERS HAVE ALREADY GIVEN VERITY FIVE STARS 'One of the best thrillers I have ever read' *****'Powerful, mind-blowing and emotional' *****'The plot twists and that ending came out of nowhere' *****'There are no words. Bravo' *****'Dark, creepy, and one hundred per cent original' *****'I NEEDED to know how this was going to end' *****'Left me completely speechless' *****VERITY was a No.1 Kindle bestseller on 18.03.22

    Colleen Hoover ESTIMATED DELIVERY:
    Approx 4 Business Days

    R 290.00

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  • Housemaid's Secret

    Housemaid's Secret

    As he continues showing me their incredible penthouse apartment, I have a terrible feeling about the woman behind closed doors. But I can't risk losing this job - not if I want to keep my darkest secret safe . . .It's hard to find an employer who doesn't ask too many questions about my past. So I thank my lucky stars that the Garricks miraculously give me a job, cleaning their stunning penthouse with views across the city and preparing fancy meals in their shiny kitchen. I can work here for a while, stay quiet until I get what I want.It's almost perfect. But I still haven't met Mrs Garrick, or seen inside the guest bedroom. I'm sure I hear her crying. I notice spots of blood around the neck of her white nightgowns when I'm doing laundry. And one day I can't help but knock on the door. When it gently swings open, what I see inside changes everything....That's when I make a promise. After all, I've done this before. I can protect Mrs. Garrick while keeping my own secrets locked up safe.Douglas Garrick has done wrong. He is going to pay. It's simply a question of how far I'm willing to go....An unbelievably twisty read that will have you glued to the pages late into the night. Anyone who loves The Woman in the Window, The Wife Between Us and The Girl on the Train will be completely hooked!Read what everyone's saying about The Housemaid's Secret:'Hold on to your jaws, because they will drop . . . Loved. It. So. Much!!' Goodreads reviewer, FIVE STARS'I flew through the pages like a bat out of hell. So, so good!! I absolutely loved every second of it!! Will lead you down one path until you are completely turned around and screaming WTF?!' Goodreads reviewer, FIVE STARS'I read this book straight through in one sitting, and stayed up entirely too late to do so . . . Crazy twists and turns - I actually said "Wait, what?" out loud' Goodreads reviewer, FIVE STARS

    Freida McFadden ESTIMATED DELIVERY:
    Approx 4 Business Days

    R 290.00

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  • Then She Was Gone

    Then She Was Gone

    1 review

    THE BESTSELLING PSYCHOLOGICAL SUSPENSE AND TOP RICHARD & JUDY SELECTION.She was fifteen, her mother's golden girl.She had her whole life ahead of her.And then, in the blink of an eye, Ellie was gone.Ten years on, Laurel has never given up hope of finding Ellie. And then she meets a charming and charismatic stranger who sweeps her off her feet.But what really takes her breath away is when she meets his nine-year-old daughter.Because his daughter is the image of Ellie.Now all those unanswered questions that have haunted Laurel come flooding back.What really happened to Ellie? And who still has secrets to hide?OVER 1,000 5* REVIEWS - this is why readers love this book: 'Grips to the point of OBSESSION''My life STOPPED while I read this book''My heart was THUMPING in my chest''This is EDGE OF YOUR SEAT reading''This book left me BREATHLESS''Cancel all plans and BUY THIS BOOK'

    Lisa Jewell ESTIMATED DELIVERY:
    Approx 4 Business Days

    R 280.00

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  • Family Remains

    Family Remains

    PREPARE TO BE HOOKED . . .* #1 UK SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER ** A NEW YORK TIMES BSETSELLER ** OVER 2,000 5 STAR REVIEWS *'I was ENTHRALLED.' Gillian McAllister 'A GRIPPING read.' Shari Lapena 'GRIPS from first page to last.' Paula Hawkins 'Artful, slippery, HUGELY SATISFYING.' Louise Candlish 'The story EVERYONE has been waiting for.' Adele Parks LONDON.  Early morning, June 2019: on the foreshore of the river Thames, a bag of bones is discovered. Human bones. DCI Samuel Owusu is called to the scene and quickly sends the bag for forensic examination. The bones are those of a young woman, killed by a blow to the head many years ago.Also inside the bag is a trail of clues, in particular the seeds of a rare tree which lead DCI Owusu back to a mansion in Chelsea where, nearly thirty years previously, three people lay dead in a kitchen, and a baby waited upstairs for someone to pick her up.The clues point forward too to a brother and sister in Chicago searching for the only person who can make sense of their pasts.Four deaths. An unsolved mystery. A family whose secrets can't stay buried for ever ... 'Twisty and strange and surprising' Emily Henry 'Dark menace, consummate plotting. A sheer PLEASURE to read' Harriet Tyce 'This is perfection on a page.' Alice Feeney 'A riveting, rollicking read, guaranteed to send your blood pressure soaring' Red Magazine 'It's a triumph. Brava!' Erin Kelly 'Compulsive, gripping and immersive.' CL Taylor 'Lisa Jewell is, simply, outstanding.' Alex Marwood 'Compelling, ingenious, breath-stopping.' Tamar Cohen 'A witty and propulsive stunner of a novel.' Katherine Heiny 'This is Lisa Jewell at her absolute best. I loved it!' Paul Burston 'A compulsive, dark, satisfying tale that will pick you up and refuse to put you down.' Catherine Steadman Readers can't get enough of The Family Remains . . .***** 'There's nothing about this book that I would change. Seriously.'***** 'My expectations were high and this still managed to surpass them.'***** 'The writing is outstanding from start to finish and it's an engrossing read.'***** 'I could not put it down and loved the surprises and twists.'***** 'Lisa Jewell can write one hell of a thriller!!'

    Lisa Jewell ESTIMATED DELIVERY:
    Approx 4 Business Days

    R 280.00

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  • The Secret History

    The Secret History

    THE BESTSELLER THAT DEFINED AN AGE' Everything, somehow, fit together; some sly and benevolent Providence was revealing itself by degrees and I felt myself trembling on the brink of a fabulous discovery, as though any morning it was all going to come together---my future, my past, the whole of my life---and I was going to sit up in bed like a thunderbolt and say oh! oh! oh! 'Under the influence of a charismatic classics professor, a group of clever, eccentric misfits at a New England college discover a way of thought and life a world away from their banal contemporaries. But their search for the transcendent leads them down a dangerous path, beyond human constructs of morality.' Haunting, compelling and brilliant' The Times. 'Irresistible and seductive' Guardian. 'Enthralling... Forceful, cerebral and impeccably controlled' New York Times.

    Donna Tartt ESTIMATED DELIVERY:
    Approx 4 Business Days

    R 280.00R 260.00

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  • The Guest List

    The Guest List

    *The brand-new thriller from Lucy Foley – THE PARIS APARTMENT – is available to buy now* The No.1 Sunday Times bestseller *Over 1 million copies sold worldwide* *One of The Times and Sunday Times Crime Books of the Year* *Goodreads Choice Awards winner for Crime & Mystery 2020* A gripping, twisty murder mystery thriller from the No.1 bestselling author of The Hunting Party. ‘Lucy Foley is really very clever’ Anthony Horowitz ‘Thrilling’ The Times‘A classic whodunnit’ Kate Mosse‘Sharp and atmospheric and addictive’ Louise Candlish‘A furiously twisty thriller’ Clare Mackintosh on an island off the windswept Irish coast, guests gather for the wedding of the year – the marriage of Jules Keegan and Will Slater. Old friends.Past grudges. Happy families.Hidden jealousies. Thirteen guests.One body. The wedding cake has barely been cut when one of the guests is found dead. And as a storm unleashes its fury on the island, everyone is trapped. All have a secret. All have a motive.One guest won’t leave this wedding alive . . .

    Lucy Foley ESTIMATED DELIVERY:
    Approx 4 Business Days

    R 250.00

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  • The Midnight Feast

    The Midnight Feast

    In the shadows of an ancient wood, guests gather for the opening weekend of The Manor: a beautiful new countryside retreat. But under the burning midsummer sun, darkness stirs. Old friends and enemies circulate among the guests. And the candles have barely been lit for a solstice supper when the body is found.

    Lucy Foley ESTIMATED DELIVERY:
    Approx 4 Business Days

    R 400.00

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  • Family Upstairs

    Family Upstairs

    PREPARE TO BE HOOKED . . .*#1 UK SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER**OVER A MILLION COPIES SOLD**HOLLY WILLOUGHBY'S SUMMER READING HIGHLIGHT*'I read it all in one sitting.' COLLEEN HOOVER'I loved The Family Upstairs!' SARAH JESSICA PARKER 'Really good, gripping. I couldn't bear for it to finish...' OLIVIA COLMAN'A twisty and engrossing story of betrayal and redemption.' IAN RANKIN 'Rich, dark and intricately twisted, this enthralling whodunnit mixes family saga with domestic noir to brilliantly chilling effect.' RUTH WARE In a large house in London's fashionable Chelsea, a baby is awake in her cot. Well-fed and cared for, she is happily waiting for someone to pick her up. In the kitchen lie three decomposing corpses. Close to them is a hastily scrawled note. They've been dead for several days. Who has been looking after the baby? And where did they go? Two entangled families. A house with the darkest of secrets. A compulsive thriller from Lisa Jewell. More love for The Family Upstairs ...'My eyes were glued to this book! A brilliant thriller and must read!' HAYLEY MORRIS'I genuinely struggled to put this one down.' THE UNMUMSY MUM 'You don't read a Lisa Jewell book, you fall into it.' ERIN KELLY'I swear I didn't breathe the whole time I was reading it. Gripping, pacy, brilliantly twisty.' CLARE MACKINTOSH 'Creepy, intricate and utterly immersive: an excellent holiday read.' GUARDIAN'I had an unrelentingly pleasurable and thrilling for-God's-sake-tell-me-what-happened sensation in my stomach for the entire read ... Stupendous!' RUTH JONES 'Absolutely brilliant.' SARAH PINBOROUGH 'Lisa's Jewell's The Family Upstairs glitters like a blade and cuts even deeper.' AJ FINN'I was hooked from the first page.' ALICE FEENEY 'Utterly compelling. Deliciously dark and twisty with characters who live on in your head. Lisa Jewell just keeps getting better and better.' JANE CORRY'It's absolutely bloody brilliant and I can't tell you much I wish I'd written it.' TAMMY COHEN

    Lisa Jewell ESTIMATED DELIVERY:
    Approx 4 Business Days

    R 280.00

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  • Night She Disappeared

    Night She Disappeared

    'The Night She Disappeared is by far her best thriller yet.' HARLAN COBEN'Insane suspense. I loved it.' LEE CHILD'A gothic, multi-layered tale, deeply satisfying. We both loved it.' RICHARD & JUDY BOOK CLUBThe Night She Disappeared is UNBELIEVABLY good. I was utterly utterly agog.' MARIAN KEYESA cold case. An abandoned mansion. A family hiding a terrible secret. Prepare to be hooked. Lisa Jewell's latest thriller is her best yet.Midsummer 2017: teenage mum Tallulah heads out on a date, leaving her baby son at home with her mother, Kim.At 11 p.m. she sends her mum a text message. At 4.30 a.m. Kim awakens to discover that Tallulah has not come home.Friends tell her that Tallulah was last seen heading to a pool party at a house in the woods nearby called Dark Place.Tallulah never returns.2018: walking in the woods behind the boarding school where her boyfriend has just started as a head teacher, Sophie sees a sign nailed to a fence.A sign that says: DIG HERE . . .'No one thickens a plot like Lisa Jewell. I couldn't put this book down. Jewell just keeps getting better. It's SO GOOD!' SHARI LAPENA'Absolutely loved this one by Lisa Jewell - compelling, deep, surprising, tense, modern. Most thrillers are in black and white to me in terms of character and Lisa is blazing saturated technicolour.' GILLIAN MCALLISTER'Masterly. Gripping from start to finish.' JOANNE HARRIS'I'm calling it early. This is Lisa's best book yet, and she always sets that bar high! Stayed up so late because I couldn't put it down.' ADELE PARKS'Oh my God, so good. A head-scratching, heart-racing, page-turning triumph - I think this might be my favourite Lisa Jewell yet.' LOUISE CANDLISH'I swear her books are masterclasses for authors. Every time I read one, I'm in awe. I loved this one so much - clever, slick and so intriguing. Lots of emotion and I love how all the sub-plots come together. #bowdowntoLisa' MEL SHERRATT'Another first-class mystery . . . Totally enthralling.' HARRIET TYCE'I predict another number one.' ERIN KELLY'Once again Lisa Jewell has knocked it out of the park. Another masterclass in thriller writing from one of the world's most consistently brilliant authors. I was superglued to the pages.' MARK EDWARDS'Totally absorbing. I felt as though I'd slipped into the book and lived there for a few days, heart pounding. So so so amazing!' KATHERINE HEINY'Intriguing and wonderfully dark' THE SUN'I'm passionately attached to Lisa Jewell, whose novels somehow manage to be good-natured, creepy and tense all at once.' SARAH PERRY'Nail-biting. Left me reeling.' JANE CORRY'A compelling psychological thriller full of twists and turns... ideal for fans of Ruth Rendell and Lianne Moriarty' YOURS BOOK CLUB

    Lisa Jewell ESTIMATED DELIVERY:
    Approx 4 Business Days

    R 280.00

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  • Sharp Objects

    Sharp Objects

    Some scars never heal . . . An addictive thriller from the author of the mega bestseller GONE GIRL.When two girls are abducted and killed in Missouri, journalist Camille Preaker is sent back to her home town to report on the crimes.Long-haunted by a childhood tragedy and estranged from her mother for years, Camille suddenly finds herself installed once again in her family's mansion, reacquainting herself with her distant mother and the half-sister she barely knows - a precocious 13-year-old who holds a disquieting grip on the town.As Camille works to uncover the truth about these violent crimes, she finds herself identifying with the young victims - a bit too strongly. Clues keep leading to dead ends, forcing Camille to unravel the psychological puzzle of her own past to get at the story. Dogged by her own demons, Camille will have to confront what happened to her years before if she wants to survive this homecoming.

    Gillian Flynn ESTIMATED DELIVERY:
    Approx 4 Business Days

    R 290.00

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  • I Am Pilgrim

    I Am Pilgrim

    The astonishing story of one man's breakneck race against time to save America from oblivion.A FATHER PUBLICLY BEHEADED. Killed in the blistering heat of a Saudi Arabian public square.A YOUNG WOMAN DISCOVERED. All of her identifying characteristics dissolved by acid. A SYRIAN BIOTECH EXPERT FOUND EYELESS. Dumped in a Damascus junkyard. SMOULDERING HUMAN REMAINS. Abandoned on a remote mountainside in Afghanistan. PILGRIM. The codename for a man who doesn't exist. A man who must return from obscurity. The only man who can uncover a flawless plot to commit an appalling crime against humanity.'The plot twists and turns like a python in a sack... Visceral, gritty and cinematic.' The Times'A big, breathless tale of nonstop suspense.' The New York Times'Simply one of the best suspense novels I've read in a long time.' David Baldacci'An all too plausible disaster for the world we live in. Great nail-biting stuff.' Robert Goddard

    Terry Hayes ESTIMATED DELIVERY:
    Approx 4 Business Days

    R 280.00

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  • The Paris Apartment

    The Paris Apartment

    The lonely wife, the party animal, the curtain-twitcher, the secret lover, the watchful caretaker the unwanted guest One resident is missing. Only the killer holds the key to the mystery… What readers are saying about The Paris Apartment: ‘One to devour entirely in one delicious sitting. Stupendous’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Twisty and mysterious and surprising’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Had me gripped right from the beginning’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'Has “book of the year” written all over it’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘A page-turner with an amazing setting’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘A fabulously tense and mysterious read!’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 

    Lucy Foley ESTIMATED DELIVERY:
    Approx 4 Business Days

    R 250.00

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  • Rock Paper Scissors

    Rock Paper Scissors

    The instant New York Times bestseller from the author of Sometimes I Lie ‘Not just fiendish but positively Feeneyish – dark, ingenious and very clever’ Cara Hunter, author of Close to Home Ten years of marriage. Ten years of secrets. An anniversary they’ll never forget. Adam and Amelia are spending the weekend in the Scottish Highlands. The remote location is perfect for what they have planned. But when their romantic trip takes a dark turn, they both start to wonder – can they trust the one they’re with? Because every couple tells little white lies. Only for Adam and Amelia, the truth is far more dangerous. ‘A cleverly crafted novel with a grand twist’ Stella magazine ‘I loved it!’ Sarah Pinborough, author of Behind Her Eyes ‘Creepy, gripping and oh-so readable, we loved this! Fabulous magazine ‘Chilling and clever, with a twist so sharp you’ll get whiplash’ Chris Whitaker, author of We Begin at the End ‘A riveting thriller that explodes with a jaw-dropping climax’ Woman’s Weekly ‘A clever, cunning read and one where you expect a twist, but when it comes, it’s so perfect and wonderful that you want to tell everyone’ Belfast Telegraph ‘A staggering novel filled with tension, suspense, and an ending that will leave you flabbergasted’ Samantha Downing, author of My Lovely Wife 'The reader never quite know who's telling the truth about who they really are' Cosmopolitan What readers are saying about ROCK PAPER SCISSORS ‘I was HOOKED! Brilliantly written . . . A gripping twisty page turner’ ‘Multi-faceted characters hiding lots of secrets, brilliant plot and clever twists kept me at the edge of my seat to the very end!’ ‘I flew through the pages as it was impossible to put down! Brilliant!’ ‘Alice Feeney wins for the greatest plot twists!’ ‘This was an addictive read. I. Could. Not. Put. It. Down. The twist was spectacular’

    Alice Feeney ESTIMATED DELIVERY:
    Approx 4 Business Days

    R 280.00

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  • This is Why We Lied

    This is Why We Lied

    Welcome to the McAlpine Lodge: a secluded mountain getaway, it’s the height of escapist luxury living. Except that everyone here is lying. Lying about their past. Lying to their family. Lying to themselves. Then one night, Mercy McAlpine – until now the good daughter – threatens to expose everybody's secrets. Just hours later, Mercy is dead. In an area this remote, it’s easy to get away with murder. But Will Trent and Sara Linton – investigator and medical examiner for the GBI – are here on their honeymoon. And now, with the killer poised to strike again, the holiday of a lifetime becomes a race against the clock…

    Karin Slaughter ESTIMATED DELIVERY:
    Approx 4 Business Days

    R 405.00

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  • The Housemaid is Watching

    The Housemaid is Watching

    A twisting, pulse-pounding thriller from Freida McFadden, the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Housemaid and The Coworker "You must be our new neighbors!" Mrs. Lowell gushes and waves across the picket fence. I clutch my daughter's hand and smile back: but the second Mrs. Lowell sees my husband a strange expression crosses her face. In that moment I make a promise. We finally have a family home. My past is far, far behind us. And I'll do anything to keep it that way…I used to clean other people's houses—now, I can't believe this home is actually mine. The charming kitchen, the quiet cul-de-sac, the huge yard where my kids can play. My husband and I saved for years to give our children the life they deserve. Even though I'm wary of our new neighbor Mrs. Lowell, when she invites us over for dinner it's our chance to make friends. Her maid opens the door wearing a white apron, her hair in a tight bun. I know exactly what it's like to be in her shoes. But her cold stare gives me chills…The Lowells' maid isn't the only strange thing on our street. I'm sure I see a shadowy figure watching us. My husband leaves the house late at night. And when I meet a woman who lives across the way, her words chill me to the bone: Be careful of your neighbors. Did I make a terrible mistake moving my family here? I thought I'd left my darkest secrets behind. But could this quiet suburban street be the most dangerous place of all? From Sunday Times bestselling author Freida McFadden comes the next instalment of the unbelievably twisty, tension-packed and globally bestselling Housemaid series. This book can be enjoyed as a standalone read: and once you start, it will have you up all night racing through the pages until the final explosive twist.

    Freida McFadden ESTIMATED DELIVERY:
    Approx 4 Business Days

    R 265.00

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  • Into the Water

    Into the Water

    ‘Wondering if Into the Water could be as good as The Girl on the Train? It's better. A triumph.’ Clare Mackintosh, bestselling author of I Let You GoThe addictive No. 1 psychological thriller from the author of The Girl on the Train, the runaway Sunday Times No. 1 bestseller and global phenomenon.*****Just days before her sister plunged to her death, Jules ignored her call.Now Nel is dead. They say she jumped. And Jules must return to her sister's house to care for her daughter, and to face the mystery of Nel's death.But Jules is afraid. Of her long-buried memories, of the old Mill House, of this small town that is drowning in secrecy . . . And of knowing that Nel would never have jumped.*****‘Paula Hawkins does it again! Into the Water is a moody and chilling thriller that will have you madly turning the pages. A gripping, compulsive read!’ Shari Lapena, bestselling author of The Couple Next Door‘Fans of Paula Hawkins’ The Girl on the Train rejoice: her second novel Into the Water is even better. A brilliantly plotted and fast-paced juggernaut of a read that hurtles to a heart-stopping conclusion.’ Good Housekeeping (Book of the Month)‘A twisting whodunnit that leaves you both gratified and surprised (also the best kind) . . . Not just a brilliant thriller but also a furious feminist howl . . .’ Stylist‘Dark, gothic and twisty as a snake in the grass. I read it in one sitting.’ Erin Kelly, author of He Said, She Said‘Into the Water is superb. Sinister layers, complex characters and a plot that'll keep you guessing.’ Ali Land, author of Good Me, Bad Me

    Paula Hawkins ESTIMATED DELIVERY:
    Approx 4 Business Days

    R 280.00

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