Girl 43 by Maree Giles
24.99 AUD
Category: FICTION
The graffiti on the holding room wall says it all: 'Gunyah is hell on earth'. And Ellen's about to find out why. Ellen was never quite the daughter her mother wanted. Patent leather shoes and frilly dresses just weren't her thing and, at age fourteen, she's ready to leave school and find her own way. Fo ...Show more
When the Night Comes by Favel Parrett
27.99 AUD
Category: FICTION | Reading Level: very good
Longlisted for the Miles Franklin Literary Award 2015. Running away from the mainland was supposed to make their lives better. But, for Isla and her brother, their mother's sadness and the cold, damp greyness of Hobart's stone streets seeps into everything. Then, one morning, Isla sees a red ship. That ...Show more
Panic by Lauren Oliver
14.99 AUD
Category: FICTION
An utterly gripping thriller from bestselling author Lauren Oliver. Panic began as so many things do in Carp, a poor town of twelve thousand people in the middle of nowhere: because it was summer, and there was nothing else to do. Heather never thought she would compete in panic, a legendary game played ...Show more
Anatomy of Wings by Karen Foxlee
24.99 AUD
Category: FICTION
The Anatomy of Wings is a touching and funny novel by a fast-emerging Australian author who is catching the eye of awards judges around the country and publishers internationally. Ten-year-old Jennifer Day lives in a small mining town full of secrets. Trying to make sense of the sudden death of her teen ...Show more
Separation by Dinah Jefferies
29.99 AUD
Category: FICTION
A country at war with itself, a family divided and betrayed...Malaya, 1955. Lydia Cartwright returns from visiting a sick friend to an empty house. The servants are gone. The phone is dead. Where is her husband Alec? Her young daughters, Emma and Fleur? Fearful and desperate, she contacts the British Di ...Show more
Survivor by Lesley Pearse
19.99 AUD
Category: FICTION | Series: Belle Ser. | Reading Level: very good
Lesley Pearse, No.1 bestselling author of The Promise and Belle is back with Survivor, the story of Mariette, a born fighter. It is 1938 and headstrong eighteen-year-old Mari Carrera leaves a gossipy small town in rural New Zealand aboard the SS Rimutaka. Rather too careless with her reputation, Mari is ...Show more
Silent House by Orhan Pamuk
19.99 AUD
Category: FICTION
Never before published in English, Nobel Laureate Orhan Pamuk's second novel is the moving story of a family gathering the summer before the Turkish military coup of 1980. In a crumbling mansion in Cennethisar, a former fishing village near Istanbul, the old widow Fatma awaits the annual summer visit of ...Show more
Here Come the Dogs by Omar Musa
29.99 AUD
Category: FICTION | Reading Level: very good
In small-town suburban Australia, three young men from three different ethnic backgrounds--one Samoan, one Macedonian, one not sure--are ready to make their mark. Solomon is all charisma, authority, and charm, a failed basketball player down for the moment but surely not out. His half-brother, Jimmy, b ...Show more
Freud's Mistress by Karen Mack
19.99 AUD
Category: FICTION
"A thrilling story of seduction, betrayal, and loss, "Freud's Mistress "will titillate fans of "Memoirs of a Geisha" and "The Other Boleyn Girl.""--"Booklist" In fin-de-siecle Vienna, it was not easy for a woman to find fulfillment both intellectually and sexually. But many believe that Minna Bernays wa ...Show more
The Night Guest by Fiona McFarlane
19.99 AUD
Category: FICTION
A mesmerizing first novel about trust, dependence, and fear, from a major new writer Ruth is widowed, her sons are grown, and she lives in an isolated beach house outside of town. Her routines are few and small. One day a stranger arrives at her door, looking as if she has been blown in from the sea. Th ...Show more
Adultery by Paulo Coelho
29.99 AUD
Category: FICTION
The thought-provoking new novel from the international bestselling author whose words change lives. This is Linda's story. She's lucky. She knows that. It's what makes being unhappy even worse. Her friends advise taking medication. But Linda wants to feel more, not less. A meeting with a politician, and ...Show more
Book of Spies by Gayle Lynds
26.99 AUD
Category: FICTION
When the CIA discovers a connection between the legendary library and a bank account linked to terrorists, they bring in rare books curator Eva Blake. Soon an attempt is made on Eva's life - and she is on the run. Determined not only to survive but to uncover the truth, Eva turns to the only person she ...Show more