SIEMBAMBA

290pp., paperback, Cape Town, 2023

Afrikaans thriller.

Mindie and Marius Rochebrandt are expecting their first child. Tired of her husband’s unpredictable mood swings Mindie is planning a new life for herself and her child - until her twin sister, Mandelien, also pregnant, is found brutally murdered.

Madeleine Rust's books include Vyf-en-twintig Trappe Na Benede, Bloedlyn and Monstersraad, Moordhuis.