Crossways

A woman returns home to South Africa to mourn her sister’s death—only to discover disturbing truths about her brother-in-law in this literary thriller.

Kate Kempden was living in Paris as a book translator, far from her past life—and family—in Johannesburg when tragedy forced her to return. Her sister Marion has been killed in a car accident, leaving her three young children in the care of Kate’s mother until their father, heart surgeon Louis Marais, recovers from his crash injuries.

Grief-...