Best Afrikaans Language Fiction
Sy is so verskriklik eensaam.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Die beste wat ek in ‘n lang tyd gelees het."
"Based on a solid historical background, yet painting the personal circumstances of a child lost in a war vividly and with great feeling."
"Was net ‘n aandoenlike boek."
"Very interesting in fact gripping."
"Irma Joubert op haar beste!"
Sy is heeltemal kaal, uitgestrek by die groot uitkykpunt, haar kop na die noorde, haar voete na die suide. Orion, Proteus en Infanta is met die ATKV-prosaprys bekroon.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"En Bennie Griessel en Vaughn Cupido terug is met hulle streke het die book mens getrek en die verbeelding opgevuur."
"Short and sweet but still packed with typical DM intrigue, humor and believable story telling."
"Interessante storielyn deurvleg met die lief en leed van die Valke speuder- Bennie Griesel en n naakte vrou met n blou mantel."
"Ek verkies wel die langer formaat."
"To expensive for a short story."
"A classic Deon Meyer with Bennie Griesel back in the saddle."
"All the loose ends did not come together."
Terwyl Jojo ontrafel wat die waarheid agter skatryk Eduard Swiegelaar se moord is, dobber die geheime wat al ʼn eeu op Crystal Crags verswyg is boontoe en Zaan, Eduard se weduwee, staan in die brandpunt.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Die sleg: Ek weet nie wat het my die meeste gepla nie, die veels te vinnige karakter oogpunt veranderinge, wat juis spanning breek, of dat die romanse my aandag afgetrek het van die storie nie. Ek lees glad nie meer romanse nie, en hou nie van 'n boek wat hoofsaaklik oor romanse gaan nie, hierdie boek het vir my te veel daaraan gegrens. Dis nie in dieselfde spanningsverhaal liga as bv gone girl of girl on the train nie of selfs Deon Meyer se speurverhale nie, maar die sterk vroue in haar verhale is altyd vir my 'n plus punt al is die karakters nie vreeslik 3D nie."
"Baie goed, soos al Chanette se boeke, jy moet dit klaar lees voor jy dit kan neersit!"
"I enjoyed the story."
"I had the best time reading this page turner with its over abundance of mystery, suspense, romance, humour and memorable characters."
Best Korean Language Fiction
One morning a wealthy old woman in her street is found murdered and soon Emma finds herself wrapped in a mystery uncovering the island's dark secrets reaching all the way into her own family. - Goodreads review 'These books are easy to read and I found it difficult to put them down once I started reading them' - Kindle review 'This series, the 'Emma Frost' series, keeps me coming back for more.'. - Goodreadsreview 'I'm so wrapped up in the characters I can not wait for the next book.You can not put them down, once you start reading them.'. This series is much like my Rebekka Franck series and takes also place in my homeland Denmark.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"The following chapter skips from 1977 to 2012, new characters come into the story, also the spiders come into the story line (Willow adds the children's rhymes to her story, which adds to the story line as you read). This story isn't a sugar and spice story, it deals with real possibilities and cruelties of what some people are capable of doing to others."
"Emma seems like a strong character, has some home issues that will make for a good background stories going forward and definitely adds some intense mystery in this book, and being a writer with definite curiosity, it will lead her into situations that will make for great reading--as it did in this book also. There's a lot going on in this book with Emma moving to a small island, dealing with her special needs son and a moody teenage daughter, a separation of her elderly parents, money issues, and everything that goes with being a single parent."
"I wanted a murder mystery without a description of a pointless disgusting very detailed scene of the raping of a child and graphic detail of another small child being molested :( Will be skipping any other books by this author."
"Also this book was not well edited: words transposed, words omitted; sloppy."
"Explicit details of horror page after page were simply too much for me."
"It did have a few spelling and grammar errors, but wasn't littered with them. Mostly I wanted to find out what happened to Astrid and how she connects to the present day happenings. The bad guy parts were gory and horrific. Decent mystery (if you don't mind horror aspects), but the end, if you read just suspend belief there. I would almost consider checking out more of the series, not becuase something here grabbed me that well or left me wanting more, but because I'm curious as how this turns to a series."
Best Danish Language Fiction
While Rebekka Franck and her punk photographer Sune try to cover the story for the local newspaper another murder happens on a high society rich man. Now Rebekka Franck realizes that the drowsy little kingdom of Denmark has gotten its first serial killer and soon a series of dark secrets - long buried but not forgotten - will see the day of light. Zeeland Times star reporter Rebekka Franck and her photographer Sune are covering the case for the newspaper and soon they find themselves deeply involved in a story of terrifying horror and ugly secrets. They're supposed to work on their relationship and find each other as a family again, but soon Rebekka is pulled away when she is called in to cover the case for the newspaper along with her photographer and former boyfriend Sune Johansen. - Wine Relaxation and my Kindle 'It was an entertaining read and most importantly, Willow Rose created characters that I connected with and cared about.'. - 2Book Lovers. '... kept me awake long into the night even when I had to be early to my office the following day...it was that good.'. - Kindle reviewer 'It was hard not to buy the next book in the series. - Booklikes 'Her entire series is a page turner and so instantly addictive!
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Find Best Price at Amazon"It is in a bank of books that I can fall back on with the assurance that the stories may not be great literature, but they are good storytelling. She was now in seclusion living almost as a hermit and looking through hollow eyes described as “the thousand-yard stare.” Someone, presumably from the past, had surfaced and was killing the guys in the picture one-by-one. Enter Rebekka Franck, a recent returnee to the village where she lived with her father and daughter Julie after running away from an abusive husband. She accepted a small-town stringer job for a tabloid newspaper as the price to be paid for the safety of a home away from husband Peter. Rebekka’s previous assignments had been exciting including one in Iraq where she was briefly held captive by insurgents. She abandoned hubby and career for the sake of Julie and went home to daddy, just in time to be present at the first killing of Denmark’s first serial killer. Fans of police procedurals will poke holes all over the story, but it remains good because of the Denmark setting. I felt the characters had a different lifestyle, one that is more socialist or even humanitarian in dealing with everyday events. And then there are the murders which eventually happen at a rate sufficient to earn the title “serial murders.” Rose did a good job of distraction in arriving at the final surprise ending."
"What a great set of books."
"I Love Love Love this series!"
"Very good series!"
"Some of the content is a bit macabre, but Willow Rose knows how to capture your attention."
"I was in the mood for books of this genre and prefer authirs who can carry a tale through more than one book, the entire series made for entertaining reading."
"Loved it."
"These are well constructed mysteries, holding the readers interest while progressing from one event to another with the core characters intact."
Best Finnish Language Fiction
Naisen voi saada iloa ja iloa, jos hän heti päättää, että hän on syntynyt äidiksi ja vaimoksi.
Find Best Price at AmazonBest Turkish Language Fiction
One morning a wealthy old woman in her street is found murdered and soon Emma finds herself wrapped in a mystery uncovering the island's dark secrets reaching all the way into her own family. - Goodreads review 'These books are easy to read and I found it difficult to put them down once I started reading them' - Kindle review 'This series, the 'Emma Frost' series, keeps me coming back for more.'. - Goodreadsreview 'I'm so wrapped up in the characters I can not wait for the next book.You can not put them down, once you start reading them.'. This series is much like my Rebekka Franck series and takes also place in my homeland Denmark.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"The following chapter skips from 1977 to 2012, new characters come into the story, also the spiders come into the story line (Willow adds the children's rhymes to her story, which adds to the story line as you read). This story isn't a sugar and spice story, it deals with real possibilities and cruelties of what some people are capable of doing to others."
"Emma seems like a strong character, has some home issues that will make for a good background stories going forward and definitely adds some intense mystery in this book, and being a writer with definite curiosity, it will lead her into situations that will make for great reading--as it did in this book also. There's a lot going on in this book with Emma moving to a small island, dealing with her special needs son and a moody teenage daughter, a separation of her elderly parents, money issues, and everything that goes with being a single parent."
"I wanted a murder mystery without a description of a pointless disgusting very detailed scene of the raping of a child and graphic detail of another small child being molested :( Will be skipping any other books by this author."
"Also this book was not well edited: words transposed, words omitted; sloppy."
"Explicit details of horror page after page were simply too much for me."
"It did have a few spelling and grammar errors, but wasn't littered with them. Mostly I wanted to find out what happened to Astrid and how she connects to the present day happenings. The bad guy parts were gory and horrific. Decent mystery (if you don't mind horror aspects), but the end, if you read just suspend belief there. I would almost consider checking out more of the series, not becuase something here grabbed me that well or left me wanting more, but because I'm curious as how this turns to a series."
Best Polish Language Fiction
One morning a wealthy old woman in her street is found murdered and soon Emma finds herself wrapped in a mystery uncovering the island's dark secrets reaching all the way into her own family. - Goodreads review 'These books are easy to read and I found it difficult to put them down once I started reading them' - Kindle review 'This series, the 'Emma Frost' series, keeps me coming back for more.'. - Goodreadsreview 'I'm so wrapped up in the characters I can not wait for the next book.You can not put them down, once you start reading them.'. This series is much like my Rebekka Franck series and takes also place in my homeland Denmark.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"The following chapter skips from 1977 to 2012, new characters come into the story, also the spiders come into the story line (Willow adds the children's rhymes to her story, which adds to the story line as you read). This story isn't a sugar and spice story, it deals with real possibilities and cruelties of what some people are capable of doing to others."
"Emma seems like a strong character, has some home issues that will make for a good background stories going forward and definitely adds some intense mystery in this book, and being a writer with definite curiosity, it will lead her into situations that will make for great reading--as it did in this book also. There's a lot going on in this book with Emma moving to a small island, dealing with her special needs son and a moody teenage daughter, a separation of her elderly parents, money issues, and everything that goes with being a single parent."
"I wanted a murder mystery without a description of a pointless disgusting very detailed scene of the raping of a child and graphic detail of another small child being molested :( Will be skipping any other books by this author."
"Also this book was not well edited: words transposed, words omitted; sloppy."
"Explicit details of horror page after page were simply too much for me."
"It did have a few spelling and grammar errors, but wasn't littered with them. Mostly I wanted to find out what happened to Astrid and how she connects to the present day happenings. The bad guy parts were gory and horrific. Decent mystery (if you don't mind horror aspects), but the end, if you read just suspend belief there. I would almost consider checking out more of the series, not becuase something here grabbed me that well or left me wanting more, but because I'm curious as how this turns to a series."
Best Hungarian Language Fiction
Ám a nászéjszakán felfedezi apjának, a sok millió dollárt érő szállodalánc tulajdonosának és újdonsült férjének levelezését, melyből egyértelműen kiderül, apja ezt a házasságot szabta meg cégeik egyesülésének feltételéül.
Find Best Price at AmazonBest Swahili Language Fiction
A Kiswahili translation of the classic tale Robinson Crusoe . Defoe hatte ursprünglich puritanischer Geistlicher werden sollen, entschied sich dann aber für die kaufmännische Laufbahn, wo er allerdings bald scheiterte.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Read this book as a kid 50 years ago, and upon hearing of one of my friends was reading it, I decided that I would read it again, remembering how much I enjoyed it as a youth."
"At first I was skeptical about it holding the attention of an eleven year old, but he absolutely adored it!"
"So even though I am an adult, I have never been required to read this story."
"It dragged in some spots, especially when he spends forty pages discussing why the settlers should marry the women they've lived with."
"Classic story and the great feel of an old book."
"I should have read this classic story of redemption years ago."
"In the process of re-reading some of the classics, such an enjoyable story full of human faults/free will and God's mercy and provision for us."
"I read this book for the first time when I was about 9."
