From the 31 July until 31 August, mystery, murder and mayhem will rule supreme at Exclusive Books during Crime Month. This literary crime spree will kick off with the annual The Bloody Book Week celebration, brought to you by Jenny Crwys-Williams and Associates from 31 July to 4 August in Johannesburg. This involves a week of extensive crime-writing author events, festival offers and reader events in celebration of murder most foul as captured in these bloody books. A deadly range of crime titles will be available in Exclusive Books stores to terrify and enthrall even the bravest of readers until the end of August.
International superstar authors Peter James and Stuart MacBride, as well as celebrated local stars such as Angela Makholwa, will lead the fantastic author line-up of exciting events during The Bloody Book Week. The events will take place in Johannesburg in association with Exclusive Books and several are open to the public. Please go to http://www.exclus1ves.co.za/events/for more information and to http://www.thebloodybookweek.com/ in order to book your place at one of these fabulous events now.
The latest international bestsellers on offer in Crime Month include Margie Orford’s Water Music, Like Clockwork, Daddy's Girl, Blood Rose and Gallows Hill. The list includes Two Soldiers by Roslund and Hellstrum, The 9th Girl by Tami Hoag, Red Sparrow by Jason Matthews, Dead Man’s Time by Peter James, The Kill Room by Jeffery Deaverand Close to the Bone by Stuart MacBride. Murder as a Fine Art by David Morrell, Luther The Calling by Neil Cross, What Hidden Lies by Michelle Rowe, Reviver by Seth Patrick, Never Let Go by Gareth Crocker, Poppet by Jack Caffery, Unseen by Karin Slaughter round out the list. We also have an excellently priced Private/Private Games bind-up by James Patterson.
There is also a selection of terrifying titles from local authors: Angela Makholwa’s Red Ink and Black Widow Society, Flaming June by Amanda Coetzee, Hill of Fools by Mtutuzeli Nyoka, Killing for Profit by Julian Rademeyer, Of Cops and Robbers by Mike Nicol (available in Afrikaans as Dieners en Donners) and Glenn Agliotti by Peter Piegl & Sean Newman.