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Gansbaai Book Exchange

Let's say you try to read a book a week and end up reading one every two weeks. That's still 26 books in one year, more than you probably realized you could complete. Even if you read 20 books in one year, you are still reading much more than the average person. So start your journey at your local Gansbaai Book Exchange. 

New books are available at our book store. 

Suspense Thrillers:

  • Soos 'n Diep Waterkuil

Crime Thrillers - Medusa

Author: Rudie van Rensburg

Biographical Info: Rudie van Rensburg was born in Bloemfontein in 1951 and now lives in Cape Town. He started his career in journalism, among others as editor of Die Ekonoom, and later worked in publicity at Sanlam. 

Published by: Queillerie 

There's a fire scorching Kassie Kasselman's soul. As a rookie cop, he learned not to get emotionally overwhelmed because that's when mistakes happen. But this case roils in his belly like a knot of venomous snakes. The thought of those children, of what they're suffering . . . 

In Medusa, Rudie van Rensburg taps a dark new vein for detective Kassie Kasselman. There's psychopathy and human traffic to counter, and children's lives at stake.  

Adventure Thriller - Bos

Author: Jaco Wolmarans

Biographical Info: Jaco Wolmarans is a freelance video producer, photographer en and copywriter. Milnerton’s Jaco Wolmarans takes readers on a journey into the murky world of rhino poaching in his debut novel, Bos.

Published by: Tafelberg

Released by Tafelberg Publishers a few weeks ago, the Afrikaans novel describes the fight against rhino poaching by former SADF recces.

A friendship forms between the two main characters, Tex and Carlos, during clandestine operations in Angola during the Bush War.

1-Recce

Author: Alexander Strachan

1-Recce was the sharpest, most versatile and deadliest specialist unit in the entire South African army. 

They tell of 1-Recce's involvement in the controversial Border War and reveal the existence of a top secret squadron in the then Rhodesian army.  After years of myths and secrecy, this book gives a new perspective on the Recces and the way they operated invisibly behind the scenes.

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