Outside the Lines

by Ameera Patel

Outside the Lines is both a thriller and a family drama. It tells the story of two Cathleen, a troubled young woman living in the northern suburbs of Johannesburg; and Flora, who is the domestic worker at Cathleen's house. Cathleen disappears - tensions and drama ensue.

Genres: Fiction, Mystery Thriller, Mystery, Literary Fiction, Africa, Crime

202 pages, Paperback

First published March 7, 2016

Reviews

[Bontle · Rating 4 out of 5]

Outside the Lines is a particularly fresh and contemporary take on Johannesburg. Characters are fully drawn - not caricatures of cliches - but instead that drunk girl at the party, your friend's domestic worker, that Muslim girl in your accounting lecture. They are all familiar and their stories are unsentimental and authentic. This is much-needed new voice in African literature - eloquent, polished, cool but rooted by a post-Rainbow Nation hangover South Africa seems unable to shake. Look out for more from this author.