Laurianne Claase

ART PUBLISHERS | SUNDAY TIMES: 'Pieces of the Puzzle: Judgement Day' is the print sequel to 'Pieces of the Puzzle: The Killing', the first book to be published on the Oscar Pistorius and Reeva Steenkamp tragedy. The book captures, in words, images, timelines, newspaper headlines and social media posts, the media frenzy of South Africa's first televised trial. This comprehensive and full-colour account makes sense of the 'Oscar Trial', as well as the controversial judgement and answers questions that the trial did not. (ISBN: 978-1-920380-42-7)

KDP | AMAZON: Did the South African justice system fail Reeva Steenkamp and thousands of women like her? Following on from 'Pieces of the Puzzle: The Killing', the first book released on Oscar Pistorius and the 2013 Valentine’s Day shooting, 'Judgement Day' takes up the story from the Blade Runner’s final pre-trial appearance on 19 August 2013, to the conclusion of his trial on 21 October 2014. Set against a backdrop of police corruption, an ailing, overloaded justice system and a violent society in which women are not safe, the e-book captures all the drama of South Africa’s biggest trial. With embedded links to crime scene photos, reports, tweets, and original documents, as well as a timeline of key events, 'Pieces of the Puzzle: Judgement Day' makes sense of the ‘Trial of the Century’, as well as the controversial judgment. (ASIN B00O4OQIGS)

ART PUBLISHERS | SUNDAY TIMES: For a week that February in 2013, the world was united in an outpouring of shock, pity and disbelief that the double-amputee poster boy for the 2012 London Olympics had killed Reeva Steenkamp, his model girlfriend, on a day devoted to love. But, as in a well-plotted crime novel, here the question was not whodunit, but why?

Thanks to a partnership with South Africa's foremost weekly newspaper the 'Sunday Times', which enabled access to their image archive, the print version of 'Pieces of the Puzzle: The Killing' assembles the evidence that would feature in Oscar Pistorius's murder trial and presents it through contemporary newspaper articles, photographs, cartoons and graphics. (ISBN: 978-1-920380-32-9)

KDP | AMAZON: The first in a two-part Kindle series, 'Pieces of the Puzzle: The Killing' was the first book, globally, to be published on the biggest story to come out of South Africa since the release of Nelson Mandela. The 2013 Valentine's Day shooting in South Africa shocked the world. Twitter broke the news. Olympics and Paralympics hero, Oscar Pistorius had killed girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp. Written in real time as events were unfolding, the e-book covers a seven-month period from the day of the shooting to the Blade Runner’s pre-trial appearance on 19 August 2013. Through the eyes of the media, of family and friends, of the authorities, the sporting fraternity and the protagonists themselves, this e-book introduces the role players, summarises the bail hearing evidence and illuminates the context of the tragedy. (ASIN: B00C4VLWIC)

ART PUBLISHERS: A jam-packed, illustrated field guide to the city's most popular attractions and activities, her climate, geology, natural and political history, as well as to the surrounding Winelands, the West Coast and the Overberg, 'Explore Cape Town: An Insider's Guide to South Africa's Mother City' was published in 2013. (ISBN: 978-1-920380-17-5)

ART PUBLISHERS: This hardcover coffee-table book traces Robben Island’s extraordinary metamorphosis from exile island to international icon. The book is replete with striking images, both historic and contemporary, eye-witness accounts and evocative detail unearthed by the author’s extensive research. (ISBN: ‎978-1-920380-23-6)