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The Self-Made Saint

The Self-Made Saint
  • Author(s): Alexandra Addams
  • Location(s): Adelaide
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern Day

Judith Drainger has always played life by her own rules. But these days life seems to be playing her right back. Divorced, orphaned and forcibly retired, 59-year-old Judith is determined to seize the opportunity to leave her broken home...

The Shallows

The Shallows
  • Author(s): Holly Craig
  • Location(s): Queensland
  • Genre(s): Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Her best friend is dead. Emma and Ariella, neighbours in one of Sydney’s most exclusive suburbs, appear to have it all—perfect homes, perfect husbands, perfect lives. But they both know dark secrets lurk beneath the surface and shallow waters...

The Shepherd’s Hut

The Shepherd’s Hut
  • Author(s): Tim Winton
  • Location(s): Western Australia
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern looking back

For years Jaxie Clackton has dreaded going home. His beloved mum is dead, and he wishes his dad was too, until one terrible moment leaves his life stripped to nothing. No one ever told Jaxie Clackton to be careful...

The Silence

The Silence
  • Author(s): Susan Allott
  • Location(s): Sydney, Australia
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 20th Century

It is 1997, and in a basement flat in Hackney Isla Green is awakened by a call in the middle of the night: her father, Joe, phoning from Sydney. 30 years ago, in the suffocating heat of summer 1967,...

The Silent Listener

The Silent Listener
  • Author(s): Lyn Yeowart
  • Location(s): Australia
  • Genre(s): Psychological Thriller, Suspense
  • Era(s): Contemporary

AN UNFORGETTABLE PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER SET IN THE DARK, GOTHIC HEART OF RURAL AUSTRALIA The moment he dies, the room explodes with life. Joy Henderson returns to the family farm to nurse her dying father. To the outside world, George...

The Slap

The Slap
  • Author(s): Christos Tsiolkas
  • Location(s): Australia
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

LONGLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2010 At a suburban barbecue one afternoon, a man slaps an unruly boy. The boy is not his son. It is a single act of violence, but the slap reverberates through the lives...

The Sound of One Hand Clapping

The Sound of One Hand Clapping
  • Author(s): Richard Flanagan
  • Location(s): Tasmania
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern

‘Flanagan’s enthralling and powerful novel centres on a Slovenian couple, Bojan and Maria Buloh, and their daughter Sonja. The story begins in 1954, when Sonja is three, and ends in 1990, when she is in her late thirties ....

The Spill

The Spill
  • Author(s): Imbi Neeme
  • Location(s): Western Australia
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1980s till contemporary

A car slides out of control and into a near miss. Its occupants emerge without serious physical injuries, but the incident’s aftermath pulls a family apart. Each chapter reveals part of the puzzle, building a cleverly crafted image of...

The Sun Walks Down

The Sun Walks Down
  • Author(s): Fiona McFarlane
  • Location(s): South Australia
  • Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
  • Era(s): 1883

In September 1883, a small town in the South Australian outback huddles under strange, vivid sunsets. Six-year-old Denny Wallace has gone missing during a dust storm, and the entire community is caught up in the search for him. As...

The Sydney Quartet

The Sydney Quartet
  • Author(s): A J Sendall
  • Location(s): Sydney
  • Genre(s): Suspense, Crime, Thriller
  • Era(s): 2000

This quartet set in Sydney are all stand-alone, full length novels, and can be read in any order. Each has its own main characters, yet share some common secondary characters and locations. Those of you who have read Flank...

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