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Between Husbands and Wives

Between Husbands and Wives
  • Author(s): Susannah Glenn
  • Location(s): North Queensland
  • Genre(s): Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

On a cold, dark night, two cars collide … Inside the vehicle at fault, Jennifer Ashby survives with barely a scratch. In the wreckage of the second, the occupants are not so lucky. Jennifer’s good character helps her escape...

Big Little Lies

Big Little Lies
  • Author(s): Liane Moriarty
  • Location(s): Australia
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): early 2000s

Big Little Lies follows three women, each at a crossroads: Madeline is a force to be reckoned with. She’s funny and biting, passionate, she remembers everything and forgives no one. Her ex-husband and his yogi new wife have moved...

Bitter Wash Road

Bitter Wash Road
  • Author(s): Garry Disher
  • Location(s): South Australia
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Mystery
  • Era(s): Contemporary

When Hirsch heads up Bitter Wash Road in rural South Australia to investigate reports of gunfire, he finds himself cut off without back-up. A pair of thrill killers has been targeting isolated farmhouses on lonely backroads, but Hirsch’s first...

Black Tide

Black Tide
  • Author(s): C J Carver
  • Location(s): Australia
  • Genre(s): Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

The second book featuring India Kane, the wilful and independent journalist protaganist of CJ’s first novel Blood Junction. When India agrees to accompany a Greenpeace ship in pursuit of a whaling fleet, she has no idea what awaits her....

Blame it on the Rain – Life around Byron Bay

Blame it on the Rain – Life around Byron Bay
  • Author(s): Valerie Morton
  • Location(s): Byron Bay
  • Genre(s): Travelogue
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Exotic foliage. Crystal-clear water. Empty white beaches. Bright-blue skies. Endless sunshine. Northern New South Wales is a big, fat, subtropical, coconut-and turmeric-laced cliche of heavenliness. Where else can you surf with dolphins in the middle of winter, climb to...

Blood Junction

Blood Junction
  • Author(s): C J Carver
  • Location(s): The Outback
  • Genre(s): Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

From CWA Debut Dagger winner…. Journalist India Kane’s trip to the Australian outback takes a horrifying turn when she arrives in the town of Cooinda to find that her best friend Lauren is missing. Seemingly no one knows what has...

Blue Diamonds

Blue Diamonds
  • Author(s): Antonia Marlowe
  • Location(s): Australia
  • Genre(s): Suspense, Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

“Beautifully written, a thrilling suspense novel with lots of romance. I was left wanting more!” Angela Breardon “If you read only one book this year, pick this thriller. It will keep you guessing until the end.” John Dancey “Blue...

Boy Swallows Universe

Boy Swallows Universe
  • Author(s): Trent Dalton
  • Location(s): Brisbane
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1980s

An utterly wonderful novel of love, crime, magic, fate and coming of age from one of Australia’s most exciting new writers. Brisbane, 1983: A lost father, a mute brother, a mum in jail, a heroin dealer for a stepfather...

Breaking Storm

Breaking Storm
  • Author(s): Vikki Holstein
  • Location(s): Australia
  • Genre(s): Romance, Suspense
  • Era(s): Current

Kelsey’s sole purpose in life is to keep four-year-old Pipa safe. Conceived in a violent, drug-induced rampage, Pipa is being hunted by the man responsible. He wants her dead, and no matter how far Kelsey and Pipa run, the...

Bridge of Clay

Bridge of Clay
  • Author(s): Markus Zusak
  • Location(s): Sydney
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern

A lost typewriter — A dead dog — The bones of the snake that killed it Matthew Dunbar, eldest of five brothers, is on a journey to find them all. Only then can he tell the astonishing story of...

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