Title: Nephthys Author: Rachel Louise Driscoll Genre: Historical Fiction Publisher: Penguin/Harvill Secker Published: 4th February 2025 Format: Paperback Pages: 336 Price: $34.99 Synopsis: A captivating treasure of a novel about Clemmie, a young Victorian Egyptologist, and her entanglement with the legend of the goddess, Nephthys. ‘Brilliant and meticulously researched… I loved it.’ Santa Montefiore Sister.… Continue reading Nephthys by Rachel Louise Driscoll
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Panic by Catherine Jinks
Title: Panic Author: Catherine Jinks Genre: Thriller/Mystery Publisher: Text Published: 7th January 2025 Format: Paperback Pages: 352 Price: $34.99 Synopsis: BRONTE NEEDS A PLACE TO LIE LOW. She posted a drunken rant that went horrifically viral. Now – jobless, friendless and broke – she’s forced to volunteer as a carer on an isolated rural property.… Continue reading Panic by Catherine Jinks
Tales of the Minstrel Tongue by Narrelle M Harris
Title: Tales of the Minstrel Tongue Author: Narrelle M Harris Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Dangerous Charm/Draft2Digital Published: 30th November 2024 Format: Paperback Pages: 90 Price: $31.04 Synopsis: In Kitty and Cadaver, Kitty Carrasco, funeral parlour beautician, gets the shock of her life when the recently departed, whom she's making presentable for their funerals, all sit up… Continue reading Tales of the Minstrel Tongue by Narrelle M Harris
Eleanor Jones Can’t Keep a Secret by Amy Doak
Title: Eleanor Jones Can’t Keep a Secret Author: Amy Doak Genre: Crime Publisher: Penguin Published: 2nd July 2024 Format: Paperback Pages: 320 Price: $19.99 Synopsis: Eleanor Jones stirs up more mystery and danger in this fast-paced YA mystery. Things have settled down in Cooinda and Eleanor Jones is getting used to her new normal –… Continue reading Eleanor Jones Can’t Keep a Secret by Amy Doak
Blood and Stone: A Radazan Mystery by Tamara M Bailey
Title: Blood and Stone: A Radazan Mystery Author: Tamara M Bailey Genre: Fantasy/Crime Publisher: Clan Destine Press Published: 1st July 2024 Format: Paperback Pages: 254 Price: $34.95 Synopsis: In Blood & Stone Tomi Cardozo, the top Justice Official in the thriving metropolis of Radaza, has been called to investigate a gruesome murder of a professor who has… Continue reading Blood and Stone: A Radazan Mystery by Tamara M Bailey
The Other Shadow by Tania Ingram
Title: The Other Shadow Author: Tania Ingram Genre: Contemporary Publisher: Scholastic Australia Published: 1st July 2024 Format: Paperback Pages: 240 Price: $15.99 Synopsis: Life has not been easy for Thomas since his dad died. His mother is acting strangely, he needs to care for his younger sister and things at school aren’t great. And then… Continue reading The Other Shadow by Tania Ingram
Dark Deeds Down Under 2: A Crime and Thriller Anthology edited by Craig Sisterson and Lindy Cameron
Title: Dark Deeds Down Under 2: A Crime and Thriller Anthology Author: Craig Sisterson and Lindy Cameron (editors) Genre: Crime Publisher: Clan Destine Press Published: 18th March 2024 Format: Paperback Pages: 300 Price: $36.95 Synopsis: Dark Deeds Down Under 2, the next volume of our ground-breaking, bestselling anthology series, edited by Craig Sisterson, features 21 short stories by… Continue reading Dark Deeds Down Under 2: A Crime and Thriller Anthology edited by Craig Sisterson and Lindy Cameron
Brave Kāhu and the Pōrangi Magpie by Shelley Burne-Field
Title: Brave Kāhu and the Pōrangi Magpie Author: Shelley Burne-Field Genre: Fiction Publisher: Allen and Unwin Published: 30th April 2024 Format: Paperback Pages: 208 Price: $17.99 Synopsis: An exciting and action-packed animal story featuring two kāhu sisters who must save their injured baby brother - before a coming flood destroys their home. Poto is the… Continue reading Brave Kāhu and the Pōrangi Magpie by Shelley Burne-Field
What Happened to Nina? by Dervla McTiernan
Title: What Happened to Nina? Author: Dervla McTiernan Genre: Crime Publisher: HarperCollins Australia Published: 28th February 2024 Format: Paperback Pages: 336 Price: $34.99 Synopsis: From the #1 internationally bestselling author of The Murder Rule comes an emotional novel of suspense about two families pitted against each other. Nina and Simon are the perfect couple. Young, fun and… Continue reading What Happened to Nina? by Dervla McTiernan
Every Exquisite Thing by Laura Steven
Title: Every Exquisite Thing Author: Laura Steven Genre: Thriller/YA Publisher: Farshore Books/Electric Monkey/Harper Collins Australia Published: 4th October 2023 Format: Paperback Pages: 352 Price: $19.99 Synopsis: A feminist YA horror-thriller-romance retelling of The Picture of Dorian Gray by the TikTok sensation and author of The Society for Soulless Girls…Penny Paxton is the daughter of an… Continue reading Every Exquisite Thing by Laura Steven
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