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NONFICTION
An important read for everyone.
While in therapy, Sonia Orchard reflected on her life, choices and relationships. When she brought up her first “boyfriend”, it became obvious that her relationship with the groovy musician had been exploitative and unsafe. She was 15 and he was 26.
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.
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.
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.
Mimi is 77. She and her granddaughter are at a neighbours charity auction when a storm hits. While they’re stuck in the mansion the host is murdered. In this delightful ‘closed-room mystery, Mimi and Addie set out to investigate. Then a second body turns up.
A Melbourne woman moves across the world to escape a toxic marriage. She starts a new life in Yorkshire, makes friends in this safe, small community. Then a. bomb explodes.
This book is a bit of a departure for Fleur McDonald. While her Detective Dave Burrows books are excellent, they can be of a slightly more gentle nature than The Prospect. This book is an all-out, gritty crime novel. It is Outback Noir at its finest.
A biting domestic noir, The Pool examines the enduring shrapnel of tragedy: if you witness the worst thing imaginable, how does it change you? Could it make you a murderer?
Set in 1912, mounted trooper Gus Hawkins arrives in a small NSW town. Ambushed by a hidden gunman, he escapes back to town to find the police station on fire. And this is his first day at work.
A group of friends gather on WA’s Rottnest Island to celebrate a milestone birthday. The well-heeled and influential adults, some of whom loathe each other, party hard and ignore their children. Until one of the kids goes missing.