LIFTING THE LID

253pp., paperback, Kwela, Cape Town, 2026

ISBN: 9870795711466

A new Winifred and Sylvie 'cosy-crime' novel set in the village of Riviersvalleij.

The two women are keeping one eye on the dwindling bank balance of their bookstore-café, The Novel Eatery, and another on the villager who knows too much about their illegal side-hustle. And then a body turns up in the leiwater ...

Bonnie Espie is the author of Making a Killing, the first Winifred and Sylvia novel. She lives in the village of Stanford.