Walvis Bay is a depressed and isolated port on the edge of the Namib Desert. Corrupt and claustrophobic, its shifting population consists of transients and vagabonds—people with no future and no past. When it seems that a methodical serial killer may be working undetected in this pit of darkness and desperation, police profiler Dr. Clare Hart is brought in to investigate. Tangled up in her own doomed love affair, Clare is happy for the distraction—until it becomes clear that it is really her life at stake.This enthralling procedural is perfect for fans of Patricia Cornwell and Kathy Reichs.

Blood Rose (Dr. Clare Hart, 2)

Literature & Fiction

Orford, Margie

Genre Fiction

MorrowPb

How far would you go?
A little girl waits alone to be picked up after ballet class—until an unmarked car approaches, and she is gone.
But this little girl is the daughter of Police Captain Riedwaan Faizal. He is desperate to rescue her, but, suspended from the squad, he finds himself powerless.
With nobody on his side, the captain turns to investigative journalist and criminal profiler Dr. Clare Hart, whose documentary about Cape Town's missing young girls has made her a local celebrity. Clare knows that the odds of a child's survival dwindle with each passing minute. She knows that hiding her investigation from the police has its own dangers. But she will do anything to help a heartbroken father … even if it puts all their lives at risk.
Daddy's Girl is a dark and compelling crime story that will thrill fans of Deon Meyer and Tess Gerritsen.

Daddy's Girl: A Clare Hart Mystery (Dr. Clare Hart, 3)

William Morrow Paperbacks

How far would you go?Dr. Clare Hart is summoned to investigate a building site where hundreds of centuries-old skeletons have been found—beneath Gallows Hill, where Cape Town's notorious execution grounds once stood. But she discovers that a woman, recently dead, is hidden among these long-buried bones. Who was the woman in the green silk dress? Who wanted her dead? Who interred her body beside the ancient graves? As Clare gets closer to revealing the truth about Gallows Hill, she becomes entangled with a fascinating but vulnerable young woman and is drawn into a world of art, desire, and destructive jealousy. Against a backdrop of corporate corruption and seething political tensions, Clare and Riedwaan's complex relationship remains as explosive as ever—and their very lives are at risk, for those who guard the secret of the woman in the silk dress will stop at nothing to keep the truth buried.Gallows Hill is a suspenseful and compelling thriller that will captivate fans of Tess Gerritsen and Deon Meyer.

Gallows Hill: A Clare Hart Mystery (Dr. Clare Hart)

Witness Impulse

There's nowhere to run …When a little girl is found on an icy hillside, on the brink of starvation, Clare Hart is baffled that nobody has reported her missing.In another troubling turn of events, a distraught woman approaches Clare for help locating her granddaughter, a gifted cellist who has abandoned her music scholarship and been seduced by a cultish religious community and its charismatic leader.As Clare investigates these two cases, she realizes they are connected in ways too horrifying to fathom …Water Music is a dark and twisting thriller perfect for fans of Deon Meyer and Tess Gerritsen.

Water Music: A Clare Hart Mystery (Dr. Clare Hart)

A beautiful young woman has been found murdered on Cape Town's Seapoint promenade. Now journalist and part-time Police Profiler Dr Clare Hart is being drawn into the web of a brutal serial killer. As more bodies are discovered, Clare is forced to re-visit memories of the rape of her twin sister and the gang ties that bind Cape Town's crime rings. Are the murders really linked to human trafficking, or is the killer just playing sick games with her? LIKE CLOCKWORK is a dark and compelling crime story, which exposes the underbelly of porn and prostitution in today's South Africa.

Like Clockwork (Clare Hart)

Water Music (Clare Hart)

Head of Zeus

The Eye of the Beholder

Review\nA tale of love and abuse that is as powerful as it is elegant - and it grips like a vice, too -- IAN RANKIN\nSubtle, chilling to the bone and very contemporary. Margie Orford has a quietly understated, beautiful literary style -- PETER JAMES\nPraise for Margie Orford: Margie Orford is a name you should commit to memory ― O, Oprah Magazine\nWonderfully crafted and fully engrossing -- MICHAEL CONNELLY\nMargie Orford is world-class. This is crime writing at its very best -- DEON MEYER\nOrford has a rare ability to get under the skin of the genre's conventions ― Irish Times\nOrford truly understands the transformative power of violence for those who survive it and those who visit it upon others. It gives her writing visceral power. -- DAMIAN BARR\nThe acclaimed 'Queen of Crime fiction' in South Africa takes a further step into the dark. The result is as compelling as it is frightening and deeply thought provoking. The Eye of the Beholderis sure to play a key role in the ongoing debate about what women and men are, and can be, for each other in these violent times. -- JACQUELINE ROSE\nUtterly brilliant. Gorgeous, unflinching and a total surprise\nSuperstar Margie Orford's writing has garnered acclaim everywhere . . . Her writing is cinematic, powerful and so close to the bone it almost cuts\nMargie Orford gives genre writing swagger, she makes it look good . . . every detail convinces. Every sentence is clipped, pared down, muscular, every emotion captured with poise and precision ― Slipnet\nMargie Orford invented the genre and mastered it\nSubtle, chilling to the bone and very contemporary. Margie Orford has a quietly understated, beautiful literary style\nA hard-hitting, affecting novel about women who refuse to allow men off the hook ― Irish Times\nA subtle, confrontational and disturbing read . . . mirrors contemporary society in a thought-provoking way\nA fascinating, terrifying work focused on the power and destructive nature of the male gaze ― news24, South Africa\nChilling and somewhat complex, curling like a snake around your heart! . . . The story flows like an urgent river, and brings us into the heart of the world that only recently has been rocked by the #Metoo campaign . . . Powerful ― IOL\nA stunner ― The Big Thrill\nInsight, intrigue and devastating impact . . . at the heart of Beholder are secrets, damaging love and complex mother-daughter relationships ― Sunday Times, South Africa\nCora carries secrets her daughter can’t know. 
Freya is frightened by what her mother leaves unsaid. 
Angel will only bury the past if it means putting her abusers into the ground.\nAngel is working in a wolf sanctuary in Canada when an abandoned dogis brought in– a dog she knows. The dog’s owner is missing, but has he been caught out in a blizzard or has something more sinister caught up with him?\nCora is running from a dangerous man. Attempting to bury her emotions (fear and anguish) in her art has brought her controversy all her career, but the truth behind her paintings could expose more than a model. 
Freya is close with her mother but trying to build a life of her own. While searching for answers, she has her own reasons for trying to unearth her mother’s history.\nOne act of violence sets the three women on a collision course, each desperate to find the truth. In a nail-biting thriller set between the scorched red soil of South Africa, the pitiless snowfields of Canada and the chilly lochsides of western Scotland, each woman must contend with the spectres of male violence, sexual abuse and the choices we each make to keep our souls.

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Like Clockwork

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Blood Rose (Dr. Clare Hart, 2)

Daddy's Girl: A Clare Hart Mystery (Dr. Clare Hart, 3)

Gallows Hill: A Clare Hart Mystery (Dr. Clare Hart)

Water Music: A Clare Hart Mystery (Dr. Clare Hart)

Like Clockwork (Clare Hart)

Water Music (Clare Hart)

The Eye of the Beholder

The Eye of the Beholder

Blood Rose

Like Clockwork