Blogs in January 1970

The Broken Shore 1st January 1970

Aussie Outback realism, this is a Sunday Times Bestseller. Joe Cashin is sent to the outback to recuperate from a botched stake out. Based in Port Munro a wealthy citizen is beaten to death in his home. Three teenage...

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Seven Little Australians 1st January 1970

Captain Wookcott, his young wife Ester, their baby, and the 6 step children. The life of a family in the 1800s.

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Questions of Travel 1st January 1970

Laura travels the world before returning to Sydney, where she works for a publisher of travel guides. Ravi dreams of being a tourist until he is driven from Sri Lanka by devastating events. An enthralling array of people, places...

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The Secret River 1st January 1970

First book in a Trilogy about early Australia (The Lieutenant and Sarah Thornhill).It is set in the early nineteenth century, on what was then the frontier: the Hawkesbury River, fifty miles beyond Sydney. The story begins in London in...

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A Handyman’s Best Tool 1st January 1970

What’s a girl to do when a sexy builder offers to be her tutor.in the bedroom? Three times dumped for not being adventurous in bed, Beth-Ann Harris is ripe for a steamy affair. Particularly when the man in question...

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