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The Italian Secret

The Italian Secret
  • Author(s): Tara Moss
  • Location(s): Naples, Pacific Ocean, Sydney
  • Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
  • Era(s): First half 20th Century

Naples, 1943. Deep within a secret network of underground tunnels, a woman takes shelter from a wartime air raid and prays her husband will return home safe. Pacific Ocean, 1907. A girl embarks on a lonely journey to begin...

The Last Cruise

The Last Cruise
  • Author(s): Kate Christensen
  • Location(s): Pacific Ocean
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern

The 1950s ocean liner Queen Isabella is making her final voyage–a retro cruise from Long Beach to Hawaii and back–before heading to the scrapyard. For the guests on board, it’s a chance to experience a bygone era of decadent...

The Mountain

The Mountain
  • Author(s): Drusilla Modjeska
  • Location(s): Papua New Guinea
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1968

In 1968, Papua New Guinea is on the brink of independence, and everything is about to change. Amidst the turmoil filmmaker Leonard arrives from England with his Dutch wife, Rika, to study and film an isolated village high in...

The Pilot’s Daughter

The Pilot’s Daughter
  • Author(s): Audrey J Cole
  • Location(s): Pacific Ocean
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporar

Welcome aboard Pacific Air Flight 385, with nonstop service from Seattle to Honolulu. Cora is scared to fly again after her husband died in a recent helicopter crash in Pago Pago. A thousand times she has told herself to...

The Private Island

The Private Island
  • Author(s): Ali Lowe
  • Location(s): Fiji
  • Genre(s): Suspense, Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

New Year’s Eve, Loloma Island, Fiji. At one of the most exclusive island resorts in the Pacific ocean, the champagne is poured, the fireworks are ready, and the countdown to new year is just beginning. It’s set to be...

The Proving Grounds: A Quest for Manhood

The Proving Grounds: A Quest for Manhood
  • Author(s): Benedict Allen
  • Location(s): Papua New Guinea
  • Genre(s): Travelogue
  • Era(s): Modern

The author, already adopted by a New Guinea village and tutored in tribal love during an initiation ceremony, now determines to experience the “natural” world in the light of this knowledge – how to worship and hunt in it....

The Samana Incident

The Samana Incident
  • Author(s): Keith Dahlberg
  • Location(s): Papua New Guinea
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Thriller
  • Era(s): early 21st century

“THE SAMANA INCIDENT” is a microcosm of bigtime modern drug dealing, and a sequel to “FLAME TREE,” continuing the adventures of Dr. George and Vienna Daniels. Lieutenant Jason Kerro is an honest cop in a corrupt system, trying to...

The Shark Caller

The Shark Caller
  • Author(s): Dianne Wolfer
  • Location(s): Papua New Guinea
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): late 20th century

Isabel is on a plane heading back to her island birthplace in Papua New Guinea. Izzy is looking forward to seeing her family again, but there’s another tragic reason for the trip. Izzy’s twin brother, Ray, died in a...

The Shark Caller

The Shark Caller
  • Author(s): Zillah Bethell, Saara Katariina Söderlund (Illustrator)
  • Location(s): Papua New Guinea
  • Genre(s): Children
  • Era(s): N/A

Dive beneath the waves with this spell-binding adventure of friendship, forgiveness and bravery, set on the shores of Papua New Guinea, perfect for fans of Katherine Rundell and Eva Ibbotson. “I want to be able to call the sharks....

The Sun is God

The Sun is God
  • Author(s): Adrian McKinty
  • Location(s): Papua New Guinea
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Mystery
  • Era(s): 1906

It is 1906 and Will Prior is in self-imposed exile on a remote South Pacific island, working a small, and failing, plantation. He should never have told anyone about his previous existence as a military foot policeman in the...

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