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Where the Sea Used to Be

Where the Sea Used to Be
  • Author(s): Rick Bass
  • Location(s): Montana
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 20th Century

The first full-length novel by one of our finest fiction writers, Where the Sea Used to Be tells the story of a struggle between a father and his daughter for the souls of two men – his proteges, her...

Where the Snow Bleeds

Where the Snow Bleeds
  • Author(s): Wendy Dranfield
  • Location(s): Colorado
  • Genre(s): Crime, Thriller
  • Era(s): Prsent

Former police officer Dean Matheson has been playing it safe since the case that cost him almost everything. But working as a PI doesn’t quite cut it, that is until a British woman walks into his office with a...

Where the Snowbirds Play

Where the Snowbirds Play
  • Author(s): Gina Goldhammer
  • Location(s): Palm Beach
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Was it pure chance that he had run into her so soon? Philip had never believed in destiny, and his father had believed in nothing but his own genius. And yet… From the moment recent Oxford graduate Philip takes...

Where the Trees Were

Where the Trees Were
  • Author(s): Inga Simpson
  • Location(s): Canberra
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): late 20th century / early 2000s

‘All in?’ Kieran pulled me up, and the others followed. We gathered around the bigger tree. No one asked Matty – he just reached up and put his right hand on the trunk with ours. Kieran cleared his throat....

Where the Wilderness Lives

Where the Wilderness Lives
  • Author(s): Jess Butterworth
  • Location(s): Wales
  • Genre(s): Adventure, Children, Thriller

An epic race for survival that follows four children and their dog through treacherous waterways, dense forests and the deep, dark wilderness of Wales. From author Jess Butterworth comes a beautifully written adventure story in a vibrantly described setting...

Where the Wind Calls Home

Where the Wind Calls Home
  • Author(s): Samar Yazbek, Leri Price (translator)
  • Location(s): Syria
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

In this new novel by Syria’s most prominent writer of the National Book Award Finalist Planet of Clay, a wounded nineteen-year-old soldier in the Syrian Army remembers his life lived in the traditional Alawite way. “The potent latest from...

Where the World Ends

Where the World Ends
  • Location(s): St Kilda
  • Genre(s): Children, Autobiography/Memoirs

Every summer Quill and his friends are put ashore on a remote sea stac to hunt birds. But this summer, no one arrives to take them home. Surely nothing but the end of the world can explain why they’ve...

Where They Lie

Where They Lie
  • Author(s): Claire Coughlan
  • Location(s): Dublin
  • Genre(s): Historical, Crime, Fiction
  • Era(s): 1940s/1960s

Dublin, 1943 Actress Julia Bridges disappears. The last sighting of her is entering the house of Gloria Fitzpatrick, who is later put on trial for the murder of another woman whose abortion she facilitated. But it’s never proved that...

Where We Fall

Where We Fall
  • Author(s): Rochelle Weinstein
  • Location(s): Beech Mountain
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

By all accounts, Abby Holden has it all. She’s the mother of a beautiful teenager and the wife of a beloved high school football coach. And all it took to achieve her charmed life was her greatest act of...

Where We Go From Here

Where We Go From Here
  • Author(s): Lucas Rocha
  • Location(s): Brazil
  • Genre(s): Young Adult
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Henrique has had HIV for three years. Ian has just tested positive. Victor got with Henrique last night and thinks he might have it. Ian, Victor and Henrique must navigate treatment, friendship and love, and eventually learn to trust...

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