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The Exiles

The Exiles
  • Author(s): Christina Baker Kline
  • Location(s): Australia, London
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 19th century

Seduced by her employer’s son, Evangeline, a naïve young governess in early nineteenth-century London, is discharged when her pregnancy is discovered and sent to the notorious Newgate Prison. After months in the fetid, overcrowded jail, she learns she is...

The Family at Misrule

The Family at Misrule
  • Author(s): Ethel Turner
  • Location(s): Sydney
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): 1890s

THE FAMILY MAN

THE FAMILY MAN
  • Author(s): Anna Willett
  • Location(s): Western Australia
  • Genre(s): Crime, Thriller
  • Era(s): contemporary

Utterly gripping crime fiction… A householder who is clearing out the loft comes across a carefully concealed box containing a video camera. When he plugs it in, unsure due to its age that it will even play, what he...

The Farmer Needs a Wife

The Farmer Needs a Wife
  • Author(s): Janet Gover
  • Location(s): Australia
  • Genre(s): Romance
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Helen Woodley, editor of Australia’s top magazine, had no idea how successful her new column would be. Who knew that if the country’s lovelorn farmers were profiled each week, readers would queue up to date them? Get ready to...

The Forcing

The Forcing
  • Author(s): Paul E Hardisty
  • Location(s): North America, Australia, South America
  • Genre(s): Future, Fiction, Thriller
  • Era(s): mid 21st Century

Civilisation is collapsing. Frustrated and angry after years of denial and inaction, a ‘government of youth’ has taken power in North America, and deemed all those older than a prescribed age responsible for the current state of the world,...

The Fragments

The Fragments
  • Author(s): Toni Jordan
  • Location(s): Brisbane, New York City (NYC)
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): 1980s, 1930s

Inga Karlson died in a fire in New York in the 1930s, leaving behind three things: a phenomenally successful first novel, the scorched fragments of a second book — and a mystery that has captivated generations of readers. Nearly...

The Girl, the Ghost and the Lost Name

The Girl, the Ghost and the Lost Name
  • Author(s): Reece Carter
  • Location(s): Australia, World
  • Genre(s): Children
  • Era(s): N/A

If my hair looks like bright green seaweed, it’s because that’s exactly what it is. My eyes, a pair of abalone shells, polished blue by sand. Teeth, two rows of pebbles. And my skin is made of wax. Corpse...

The Good Sister

The Good Sister
  • Author(s): Sally Hepworth
  • Location(s): Australia
  • Genre(s): Thriller
  • Era(s): Present

A psycho thriller about twin sisters and their intertwined relationship. Fern, the librarian who avoids crowds, bright lights and loud noises and loves structure and routine. Rose the caring sister who protected Fern all her life. One day the...

The Grapevine

The Grapevine
  • Author(s): Kate Kemp
  • Location(s): Australia
  • Genre(s): Crime, Fiction
  • Era(s): 1979

Australia, 1979. It’s the height of summer and on a quiet suburban cul-de-sac a housewife is scrubbing the yellow and white chequered tiles of her bathroom floor. But all is not as it seems. For one thing, it’s 3...

The Great Barrier Reef

The Great Barrier Reef
  • Author(s): Helen Scales, Lisk Feng (Illustrator)
  • Location(s): Great Barrier Reef
  • Genre(s): Children
  • Era(s): N/A

A captivating illustrated introduction to The Great Barrier Reef, written by renowned Oceanographer and author, Helen Scales. Illustrated by up and comer Lisk Feng, this is perfect for intrepid young snorkelers or children curious about the world under the...

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