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A Single Light

A Single Light
  • Author(s): Patricia Leslie
  • Location(s): Sydney
  • Genre(s): Urban Fantasy
  • Era(s): Contemporary

In the bush, south of Sydney, among the beach goers, walkers and picnickers, a menace grows. The mysterious Bledray monsters are preparing for a Gathering; a feast of epic proportions. Only the Afflür Hunter and Guardians can stop them,...

Epiphany – THE GOLDING

Epiphany – THE GOLDING
  • Author(s): Sonya Deanna Terry
  • Location(s): Oslo, Sydney
  • Genre(s): Fantasy
  • Era(s): Modern

A MYSTICAL FOREST . . . AN ANCIENT PROPHECY . . . A LOVE THAT SPANS LIFETIMES Free-spirited book-club founder, Rosetta, and polished traditionalist, Matthew, are yet to meet and have little in common, but time-travelling sprites from a...

grk Down Under

grk Down Under
  • Author(s): Josh Lacey
  • Location(s): Australia, Sydney
  • Genre(s): Children
  • Era(s): Modern

When Grk sniffs some succulent sausages, he can’t resist following his nose – and ends up on the other side of the world. He’s in Australia, the land of surfing, sharks and the Red Jelly Gang, a ruthless band...

Keeper of the Way

Keeper of the Way
  • Author(s): Patricia Leslie
  • Location(s): Isle of Skye, Sydney
  • Genre(s): Fantasy, Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): 1600s to 1880s

Book one in a three book series: After news of grave robbing and murder in Dun Ringall, the ancient stronghold of Clan McKinnon on the Isle of Skye, Rosalie realises it is time to share her family’s secrets. Descendants...

Shadows of Olive Trees

Shadows of Olive Trees
  • Author(s): Susanne Gervay
  • Location(s): Sydney
  • Genre(s): Young Adult, Fiction
  • Era(s): 1970s

Before the #MeToo movement, there was the 1970s and three girls – Tessa. Athena, Jenny looking for love, best friends, and what they want to be. Breaking traditional roles, there are challenges from parents, the church, school. But there’s...

The Last Painting of Sara de Vos

The Last Painting of Sara de Vos
  • Author(s): Dominic Smith
  • Location(s): Amsterdam, Brooklyn, Sydney
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): 1630s - 2000s

Amsterdam, 1631: Sara de Vos becomes the first woman to be admitted as a master painter to the city s Guild of St. Luke. Though women do not paint landscapes (they are generally restricted to indoor subjects), a wintry...

Thirty Days in Sydney

Thirty Days in Sydney
  • Author(s): Peter Carey
  • Location(s): Sydney
  • Genre(s): Travelogue
  • Era(s): Modern

Subtitled “a wildly distorted account” it is pretty much that: an oblique, poignant, entertaining and rather candid look at the city. Using his prize-winning novelist’s eye for telling detail, and the objectivity of the relative outsider (Carey has spent...

The Cartography of Others – Short Stories

The Cartography of Others – Short Stories
  • Author(s): Catherine McNamara
  • Location(s): Ghana, Hong Kong, Italy, London, Mali, Paris, Sydney
  • Genre(s): Short Stories
  • Era(s): Contemporary

A Japanese soprano sets sail for arid, haunted Corsica where she seeks her lost voice. A nude woman at the window of a Hong Kong hotel watches her lover dine in an adjacent building, but is her desire faltering?...

The Low Road

The Low Road
  • Author(s): Katharine Quarmby
  • Location(s): London, New South Wales, Norfolk
  • Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
  • Era(s): 1800-1830

Norfolk, 1813. In the quiet Waveney Valley, the body of a woman – Mary Tyrell – is staked through the heart after her death by suicide. She had been under arrest for the suspected murder of her newborn child....

The War Widow

The War Widow
  • Author(s): Tara Moss
  • Location(s): Sydney
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): Post WW2

The first in an internationally bestselling historical mystery series featuring straight-talking, champagne-drinking, fast-driving female private investigator and former war reporter Billie Walker. Perfect for fans of Jacqueline Winspear and Lisa Scottoline. It’s 1946 and WWII may be over, but...

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