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Miss Benson’s Beetle

Miss Benson’s Beetle
  • Author(s): Rachel Joyce
  • Location(s): Australia
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1950s

It is 1950. In a devastating moment of clarity, Margery Benson abandons her dead-end job and advertises for an assistant to accompany her on an expedition. She is going to travel to the other side of the world to...

Mole Creek

Mole Creek
  • Author(s): James Dunbar
  • Location(s): Tasmania, Australia, Vietnam
  • Genre(s): Espionage, Crime, Thriller
  • Era(s): Present Day and Wartime Vietnam (Early 1970s)

In the tiny Tasmanian town of Mole Creek, retired Australian cop and Vietnam veteran Pete McAuslan has retreated to his fishing cabin to write his memoirs. In Sydney, his grandson, journalist and trashy true crime author Xander, learns that...

Molly Goes to Sydney

Molly Goes to Sydney
  • Author(s): Chris Oler, Amy Oler
  • Location(s): Sydney
  • Genre(s): Children
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Molly and her brother Michael are curious about the world. Inspired by food, family, and friends, they trek to faraway places using a magic suitcase. Molly and Michael journey to beautiful Sydney, Australia in their seventh adventure. They meet...

Moonlight and the Pearler’s Daughter

Moonlight and the Pearler’s Daughter
  • Author(s): Lizzie Pook
  • Location(s): Western Australia
  • Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
  • Era(s): 1886

1886, BANNIN BAY, AUSTRALIA. The Brightwell family has sailed from England to make their new home in Western Australia. Ten-year-old Eliza knows little of what awaits them on these shores beyond shining pearls and shells like soup plates –...

Murder in Myrtle Bay (Ruth Finlay Mysteries Book 1)

Murder in Myrtle Bay (Ruth Finlay Mysteries Book 1)
  • Author(s): Isobel Blackthorn
  • Location(s): Australia
  • Genre(s): Mystery
  • Era(s): Contemporary

When feature writer Ruth Finlay and her elderly neighbor Doris Cleaver visit an antique and collectibles market in the small town of Myrtle Bay, they get a lot more than they bargained for. After Ruth’s old tennis coach is...

My Brilliant Career

My Brilliant Career
  • Author(s): Miles Franklin
  • Location(s): Australia
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): early 20th century

“My Brilliant Career” is the story of Sybylla, a headstrong young girl growing up in early 20th century Australia. Sybylla rejects the opportunity to marry a wealthy young man in order to maintain her independence. As a consequence she...

My Place

My Place
  • Author(s): Sally Morgan
  • Location(s): Australia
  • Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
  • Era(s): 20th century

Looking at the views and experiences of three generations of indigenous Australians, this autobiography unearths political and societal issues contained within Australia’s indigenous culture. Sally Morgan traveled to her grandmother’s birthplace, starting a search for information about her family....

Needles and Pins

Needles and Pins
  • Author(s): Anna Willett
  • Location(s): Townsville
  • Genre(s): Mystery
  • Era(s): contemporary

A female detective sails close to the wind when a murder is discovered. Detective Veronika Pope is enjoying an idyllic holiday at a beach house on the Coral Sea, when her detective partner asks for help with a cold...

New Beginnings

New Beginnings
  • Author(s): Iris Blobel
  • Location(s): Hobart
  • Genre(s): Romance, Young Adult
  • Era(s): Modern

Twenty-two-year-old Sophie Levesque has been guardian to eight-year-old sister Mia since their mother’s death a few years ago. Luck comes their way when they inherit a small house in Hobart. Problem is, though, they don’t know or have even...

Nine Perfect Strangers

Nine Perfect Strangers
  • Author(s): Liane Moriarty
  • Location(s): Australia
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Nine perfect strangers, each hiding an imperfect life. A luxury retreat cut off from the outside world. Ten days that promise to change your life. But some promises – like some lives – are perfect lies . . .

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