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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.

Peter Frankopan
From the Middle East and its political instability to China and its economic rise, the vast region stretching eastward from the Balkans across the steppe and South Asia has been thrust into the global spotlight in recent years. Frankopan teaches us that to understand what is at stake for the cities and nations built on these intricate trade routes, we must first understand their astounding pasts.

Frankopan realigns our understanding of the world, pointing us eastward. It was on the Silk Roads that East and West first encountered each other through trade and conquest, leading to the spread of ideas, cultures and religions. From the rise and fall of empires to the spread of Buddhism and the advent of Christianity and Islam, right up to the great wars of the twentieth century—this book shows how the fate of the West has always been inextricably linked to the East.

Stig Abell
Former London detective Jake Jackson finds his new life in the country threatened when women start disappearing in this beautifully written and deeply immersive novel that will challenge even the most diehard mystery lover’s deductive skills. A beautiful summer’s day. When young nurse Claire Davidson goes missing on the riverbank, the only clues left behind are her phone and shoes.

A mystery that sweeps the nation. People disappear all the time, but this case sparks an online frenzy. Amateur investigators descend on the rural idyll. Everyone has a theory. Is Claire Davidson just the story of a swim that went wrong, or could there be truth to the conspiracies?

A killer growing bolder. But when another woman is discovered dead in the river, signs point to murder. Jake Jackson, a former detective who came to the countryside searching for peace, must investigate before more lives are taken.

Amanda Hampson
Never underestimate a tea lady. Sydney, 1968. When a popular local man is murdered, police are quick to pin the blame on his glamorous model fiancée, who has since disappeared. But Hazel suspects a criminal cover-up and rallies the tea ladies to investigate; a quest that brings danger right to her door.

Meanwhile, Merl’s long-buried family secret threatens to unravel her carefully constructed life. When she stumbles on evidence that her detective son-in-law is corrupt, she’s forced to swallow her pride and reunite with the other tea ladies, enlisting their help to expose him.
Betty becomes immersed in a local theatre group where there is more drama offstage than on it, further complicated by her infatuation with the enigmatic leading man.
Irene aspires to a new career as a debt collector but her first case has more frustrations and obstacles than she bargained for, even with the help of a new weapon.

Clare Mackintosh
He has a secret. She knows he’s lying… YOU THINK YOU KNOW THE PEOPLE YOU LOVE. Nadeeka is certain Jamie is having an affair. She knows the tell-tale signs. She’s been here before.

YOU THINK YOU KNOW WHO YOU CAN TRUST. When Jamie claims to be at work late, she knows he’s lying. He’s with another woman, and she’s determined to catch him in the act.

YOU THINK YOU KNOW HOW THE STORY ENDS. But when Nadeeka arrives home to confront him, Jamie can’t explain himself. The house has become a crime scene… Jamie is dead.