Why Join?

  • Add New Books

  • Write a Review

  • Backpack Reading Lists

  • Newsletter Updates

Join Now

Filter:

The Case of the Wandering Corpse

The Case of the Wandering Corpse
  • Author(s): David Cairns of Finavon
  • Location(s): Melbourne
  • Genre(s): Historical, Fiction, Mystery
  • Era(s): 1800s

From the conflict in 1830’s Zululand to a staged robbery in the Gold Fields of Australia in 1859, a developing mystery requires the wit and intellect of Victorian private detectives Findo Gask and Erroll Rait. When Major Gask is...

The Children’s Bach

The Children’s Bach
  • Author(s): Helen Garner
  • Location(s): Melbourne
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1970s/80s

Athena and Dexter Fox are happy. They love each other. They are friends. They live with their young sons in a sparsely furnished house near the Merri Creek: its walls cracking, its floors sloping and its doors hanging loosely...

The Crag

The Crag
  • Author(s): Claire Sutherland
  • Location(s): The Wimmera
  • Genre(s): Mystery, Crime
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Will the mountain give up its secrets? While walking on an isolated track in the windswept Wimmera, rock-climber Skye discovers the body of a young woman. The body has injuries that suggest a rock-climbing accident, but it’s been found...

The Opposite of Life

The Opposite of Life
  • Author(s): Narrelle Harris
  • Location(s): Melbourne
  • Genre(s): Science Fiction/Future
  • Era(s): Modern

Lissa Wilson has seen more than enough death in her family, so when people start being savagely killed whenever she has a night out in Melbourne with her beautiful new boyfriend, she’s determined to investigate and to make the...

The Pact

The Pact
  • Author(s): Lisa Darcy
  • Location(s): Melbourne, Wimbledon, World
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Romance
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Sisters are for life, aren’t they? The Pact is a gripping narrative about winning and losing, and pushing through when you have nothing left to give. Samantha and Annie Callahan are successful doubles champions–the toast of the Olympics, Wimbledon...

The Performance

The Performance
  • Author(s): Claire Thomas
  • Location(s): Melbourne
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

A novel about three women at turning points in their lives, and the one night that changes everything. One night, three women go to the theater to see a play. Wildfires are burning in the hills outside, but inside...

The Unlikely Occultist: A biographical novel of Alice A. Bailey

The Unlikely Occultist: A biographical novel of Alice A. Bailey
  • Author(s): Isobel Blackthorn
  • Location(s): New York City (NYC), Melbourne
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): 1930s

Librarian Heather Brown discovers the fascinating life of Alice Bailey – a long forgotten occultist. Back in 1931, Alice is preparing to give a speech at a Swiss summer school. But how can she stave the tide of hatred...

Trust Me, I’m Dead

Trust Me, I’m Dead
  • Author(s): Sherryl Clark
  • Location(s): Melbourne
  • Genre(s): Crime, Mystery
  • Era(s): Modern

When Judi Westerholme finds out her estranged brother has been murdered, she assumes it’s connected to his long term drug addiction. Returning home, she is shocked to discover he had been clean for years, had a wife – now...

Unforced Rhythms

Unforced Rhythms
  • Author(s): M D Wigg Jay Heyes
  • Location(s): Nairobi, Melbourne, Surrey, Tanzania
  • Genre(s): Comedy
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Book two of the comedy series about the progress of Curates Chris Duncan, Ellie, Ravi and youth worker Mike who are largely going their separate ways geographically in book two. The Archdeacon’s (A.D) eldest daughter Eve is to spend...

Refine Location

Locations in Victoria

Would you like to add a book or a review or create a reading list? Join Today – It's FREE

Register Now