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Patricia Dunmore
It is late in the evening when a fully-loaded Dreamliner begins its final approach to Auckland airport after a long flight from Hong Kong. Passengers are getting ready to land, air traffic controllers are about to hand the plane over to the local tower, when suddenly the plane vanishes from the radar. No May Day was issued; everything seemed perfectly normal. But the plane, carrying 214 passengers and crew, has vanished.

The authorities have no idea why or a clue to where it is. Deep fog is rolling across the Waitakere Ranges and neither the coastguard nor LandSAR know where to search. Even the Chief Air Accident Adviser is stumped. Detective Sergeant Maki Hohepa is part of the Police Disaster Response Unit tasked with unravelling this mystery.

But nothing is as it seems. There are unidentified passengers, missing luggage and body parts that lead to a shocking discovery. Is this sabotage by a foreign nation or was it pilot suicide? Could it be drugs-related, or is it something altogether more sinister?

Michael Wolff
The author of Fire and Fury delivers a breathtaking insider account of the 2024 Trump campaign—undoubtedly the wildest, most unpredictable campaign in U.S. history, including multiple criminal trials, two assassination attempts, and a sudden switch of opponents.

All or Nothing takes readers on a journey accompanying Donald Trump on his return to power as only Michael Wolff, the foremost chronicler of the Trump era, can do it. As Trump cruelly and swiftly dispatches his opponents, heaps fire and fury on the prosecutors and judges who are pursuing him, and mocks and belittles anyone in his way, including the president of the United States, this becomes not just another election but perhaps, both sides say, the last election. The stakes could not be clearer: either the establishment destroys Donald Trump, or he destroys the establishment.

What soon emerges is a split-screen reality: on one side, a picture that could not be worse for Trump: an inescapable, perhaps mortal legal quagmire; on the other side, an entirely positive political outlook: overwhelming support within his party, ever-rising polling numbers, and lackluster opposition. Through personal access to Trump’s inner circle, Wolff details a behind-the-scenes, revealing landscape of Trumpworld and its unlikely cast of primary players as well as the candidate himself, the most successful figure in American politics since, arguably, Roosevelt, but who might easily seem to be raving mad.

Threading a needle between tragedy and farce, the fate of the nation, the liberal ideal, and democracy itself, All or Nothing paints a gobsmacking portrait of a man whose behavior is so unimaginable, so uncontrolled, so unmindful of cause and effect, that it defeats all the structures and logic of civic life. And yet here in one of the most remarkable comebacks in American political history, Trump is victorious. This is not just a story about politics: It is a vivid exposé of the demons, discord, and anarchy—the fire, fury, and future—of American life under Trump.

Erica James
Once a grand country house, Hope Hall is now beautiful luxury apartments and when Cassie and Nina become new neighbours, they soon become firm friends. But as perfect as life in the Cambridgeshire countryside seems, both have heartaches of their own.

Cassie is blissfully in love with Ben, but shadows from her first marriage loom large, threatening her happiness. Nina, a widow, must confront a painful decision that will shatter her mother-in-law’s dreams.

Into their lives comes Venetia, a lively seventy-nine-year-old with a penchant for secrets – one of which is close to her heart, concealed in her handbag… As Venetia recalls her own bittersweet history with Hope Hall, the bonds between the three women are forged, revealing the strength found in friendship and the courage to confront the past.

Nora Roberts
He showed up at Arden Bowie’s debut author appearance with a copy of her novel and an eager smile. He showered her with compliments and got her autograph. Then he came to her next event. And the one after that. Dustin was just an aspiring writer who wanted advice, Arden reassured herself. But after giving in to one of his incessant invitations and chatting with him over coffee, she discovered that ignoring her inner alarm bell had been a terrible mistake…

An introvert at heart, Arden had long craved solitude―but now, after a harrowing assault, she finds herself hiding behind locked doors and startling at every sound. And her relief at his imprisonment is tempered by anxiety when Dustin’s wealthy mother helps to get him a paltry five-year sentence at a psychiatric facility.

Arden decides to write a new story for herself, moving to a tiny Oregon town and befriending Gideon, an ex-LAPD detective. But while she learns to thrive, Dustin remains his delusional, twisted self, as fixated as ever and now seething with anger. He still believes Arden’s purpose on earth is to serve and please him. And his job is to protect her. But who will protect her from him?

Mali Cornish
A razor-sharp psychological suspense thriller for fans of Gillian Flynn about the family secrets that bind us – and break us. When Elspeth returns from New York to her hometown of Geelong, it’s not for a holiday – it’s because her mother, Simone, has vanished without a trace. Elspeth moves in with her sister, Aoife, and old wounds reopen as they circle around their father’s death years earlier. But Elspeth’s own behaviour soon unsettles those around her. She’s jittery, secretive – and the police begin to wonder if she’s hiding something more than grief.

Desperate to prove her innocence, Elspeth teams up with Steve, a local crime reporter, to hunt for the truth. Their search leads them to Simone’s unfinished memoir, which includes letters that expose long-buried betrayals and dangerous secrets. But as the investigation tightens, so does the net around Elspeth. Is she an investigator, a daughter, or something more dangerous? Because in a family built on lies and betrayal, digging too deep can be deadly.

Eleanor Buchanan
After her mother’s death, Roz turns her back on Australia, carrying only a ring with a luminous opal, an heirloom she discovered while clearing out her home. In London, amidst the antique treasures of a small shop, she feels an almost mystical pull towards a painting depicting four rocks on the Scottish coast. Driven by an unquenchable longing, she travels to Skara, the homeland of the deceased painter.

Together with Drew, a charismatic islander, Roz uncovers not only the story of a great love, but also the tragic secret of four sisters, a secret that will change her own life forever… A family with an ancient secret, enigmatic heirlooms, and exotic lands—if you love family mystery sagas, you can’t miss this series!

Stella Quinn
Single dad Luke means well. But ever since his son, Jace, had an accident, Luke’s been trying to keep him safe from everything, driving Jace crazy. When a move to a dilapidated farm brings a chance at healing, Luke will take it. Even though it means fly-in-fly-out work and living with his interfering sister, Sal.

Felicity was once a fearless travel writer. Now she’s home in small-town Clarence to start over, yet somehow she’s become a nervous schoolteacher who avoids everyone, even her parents. Due to short-staffing, Felicity finds herself teaching science (despite not knowing what an amoeba is) as well as unexpectedly coaching tennis. (Ugh.)

Enter the Clarence Tennis Ladies. They love a project almost as much as a cuppa and cake. And when Jace mentions to Aunty Sal his dad needs to ‘get a life’, the club springs into action. Isn’t there a new single teacher in town who might be just the distraction Luke needs?

Steve Matthews
Two sisters are brutally separated by war in tragic circumstances. Ania is imprisoned and forced to endure the atrocities of a Nazi concentration camp. Danuta’s search for her sister leads her into the dangers of the Polish Underground. Each will do what they must to survive long enough to find each other. Their dream of being reunited is crushed in shocking circumstances. In an astonishing twist of fate, the opportunity for revenge presents itself 60 years later.

But faced with the ultimate decision what will be the outcome … seek justice or revenge? Spanning decades, Hitler’s Brothel is a tragic and gripping tale of deception, courage and survival.

Azadeh Moaveni
Guest House for Young Widows charts the different ways women were recruited, inspired, or compelled to join the militants. Emma from Hamburg, Sharmeena and three high school friends from London, Nour, a religious dropout from Tunis: all found rebellion or community in political Islam and fell prey to sophisticated propaganda that promised them a cosmopolitan adventure and a chance to forge an ideal Islamic community where they could live devoutly without fear of stigma or repression.

It wasn’t long before the militants exposed themselves as little more than violent criminals, more obsessed with power than the tenets of Islam, and the women of ISIS were stripped of any agency, perpetually widowed and remarried, and ultimately trapped in a brutal, lawless society. The fall of the caliphate only brought new challenges to women no state wanted to reclaim.

Moaveni’s sensitivity and reporting makes these forgotten women indelible and illuminates the turbulent politics that set them on their paths.