We’re Not Us Without You

High school friends Lani, Tinker, Maya and Stig were inseparable until an unthinkable act shook the group. Now in their thirties, three of the friends are still close while Stig has disappeared completely, unable to face what happened in high school. Is it too late to save Stig from himself? And will bringing him back into the fold threaten the silence that has been keeping them safe all these years?

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Miss Caroline Bingley, Private Detective

A missing maid. A murder most foul. A highly imprudent adventure. Only her fine eyes can uncover the truth.

Two years after the events of Pride and Prejudice, Miss Caroline Bingley is staying at her brother’s country estate close to Pemberley, wondering if there’s more to life than cribbage and paying calls.

So when Georgiana Darcy’s maid, Jayani, vanishes and Georgiana disappears in search of her, Caroline races after them to London, only to discover a shocking, cold-blooded murder.

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The Butterfly Women

It’s 1863 and Melbourne’s red-light district has drawn the attention of a serial killer. Lush, dark and meticulously researched, this novel gives us a glimpse of the lives of women who were erased from the history books.

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The Wedding Vow

She is the perfect wife. He is the perfect liar. A year after he is murdered in their dream home, his wife sets out to uncover the identity of his killer. What she uncovers will shock her, and put her in terrible danger.

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Book Review Lyrebird by Jane Caro

Lyrebird

Lyrebirds are brilliant mimics, so if they mimic a woman screaming in terror and begging for her life, they have witnessed a crime. But how does a young, hungover PHD student and a wet behind the ears new detective, convince anyone that a native bird can be a reliable witness to a murder, especially when there is no body and no missing person?

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The Bluff by Joanna Jenkins

THE BLUFF

From the bestselling author of How to Kill a Client comes a page-turning rural thriller of loyalties and lies, murder and greed.
We meet Bea as she moves through the darkness, too scared to use her phone to light the way, but knowing enough to get the rifle from the lockbox on the back of the ute and to hide when she sees the lights approaching.

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An Invisible Tattoo by Suellen Dainty

AN INVISIBLE TATTOO

this compelling and beautifully written novel is about secrets and confessions, about vulnerability and hidden strength, about the cruelty of betrayal and, most of all, about the inextinguishable power and joy of friendship. 

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Book Review Cuckoo by Callie Kazumi

CUCKOO

When Claire surprises her fiancé, Noah, at work for their anniversary, she’s the one who ends up being shocked to her core …

Because Noah left the company nine months ago, and she had no idea. How can she not have known?
A gripping psychological thriller.

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Book Review Burning Mountain by Darcy Tindale

BURNING MOUNTAIN 

Darcy Tindale’s debut, The Fall, was shortlisted for the 2024 Davitt Awards. In Burning Mountain, Detective Rebecca Giles investigates the discovery of a human skull; a cold case that her career policeman father couldn’t solve 20 years ago.

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