BLACK WIDOW SOCIETY

278 pp., paperback, Johannesburg, 2013

A thriller about three Johannesburg businesswomen who run the Black Widow Society, a secret organisation which helps women trapped in abusive relationships eliminate the men responsible.

"This is crime fiction at its most inventive...It's fast, brutal, surprising. I couldn't put it down." Mike Nicol

Angela Makholwa lives and works in Johannesburg. She is the author of "Red Ink" (2007) and "The 30th Candle".