Klerksdorp Midweek, Hartbeesfontein - Die NG Kerk Hartbeesfontein is al 159 jaar ‘n prominente bron van hoop en hulp in die omgewing. Die gemeente help 43 gesinne maandeliks met kruideniers, onderhou die NG Tehuis vir Bejaardes finansieel en lewer ook ‘n bydrae aan die SAVF Evanna Tehuis vir Bejaardes.

by Juliette Mnqeta

Published by Kwêla Books

This mystery crime novel is Juliette’s debut. She describes herself as a Xhosa chick from the Miya Clan. She works as a legal transcriptionist and isiXhosa translator. If The Dead Could Talk is a product of her obsession with the mystery crime genre. She is currently based in Knysna.

About the book: Azania Sethosa receives a call from former politician Joseph ‘Lefty’ Mafu’s lawyer to notify her of Lefty’s death. Why on earth would a father she never knew make her the sole heir to his estate? She decides to go to Knysna to seek answers about his life and the circumstances surrounding his death. But soon her quest for closure becomes intertwined with detective Florian Welter’s investigation. 

Fatal Gambit 
by David Lagercrantz (Jonathan Ball Publishers)

Reviewed by Anschen Conradie (Uit die perd se bek)

The exclamation ‘Elementary, my dear Watson!’, is synonymous with one of the most famous detectives in literature. Armed with superlative powers of deduction and an astonishing eye for detail, no riddle would remain unsolved on his watch.

Hans Rekke fits the bill of his Swedish 21st century successor. Described as ‘…Sherlock Holmes without the bravado…’ (222) he is a world authority on interrogation techniques, capable of impressive feats of logic and observation. Unlike Holmes, Rekke possesses a fragile psyche, however, and falls apart under pressure. 

My big fat Greek taverna deur Costa Ayiotis (published by Melinda Ferguson Books)
Lesersindruk deur Salomé Kotzé

Dié boek moet jy liefs nie op ‘n honger maag lees nie. Veral nie as jy ‘n voorliefde het vir  Meditereense cuisine nie - die knoffel, olywe, suurlemoen en knoffel beskrywings van die verteller het my mond soms laat water. Dié boek is ‘n terugblik of memoir op Costa Ayiotis se tyd as eienaar van die Lemonia restaurant in Houtbaai. Dit is ‘n tydperk in die laat 1990’s en vroeë 2000s wat hy saam met sy vrou, en nog ‘n egpaar, die restaurant uit niks begin het nie. Sy vertellings is humoristies van aard en hy skryf eerlik oor die lag en traan en bloedsweet wat daar in gaan om jou eie restaurant te bedryf - ‘n tyd wat hy ook beslis nie wil oorhê nie. Hy skryf hy sal eerder sy kop stukkend teen ‘n muur stamp as om weer ‘n restaurant oop te maak.