When BBC novel “Get Knotty With Natasha” blipped onto the literary scene, little did the world know that it was about to be catapulted into the lives of its eccentric and enigmatic heroine, Natasha. A self-proclaimed master of knots and codes, Natasha is a puzzle all on her own – winding, twisting and turning at unpredictable intervals, making even the most seasoned armchair detectives scratch their heads in confusion.

Told through a muted narrative of cryptic clues and eerie motives, the tale of Natasha’s life unfolds like a supernatural thriller, with the protagonist leading a double life as a ballerina by day and a precision engineer by night. As our reader navigates through Natasha’s labyrinthine world, it’s a thrilling ride down a rabbit hole of passive-aggressive conversations, a mystery that grips from the very first page.

While the title alludes to a contained understanding of her obsession with knots – essentially a metaphysical fixation aimed at storing emotional baggage in coasting notions of potentially forthcoming endings, hidden puzzles and messages of the BBC and one of South Africa’s few sleight of hands professionals, – the true content veils layers upon layers of expectation in each distilled thread of a heretic caught delving unrelentingly on no particular alternative meanings.