The Salamanders

By

William Lane

William Lane presents a delightfully woven piece with The Salamanders, into a meditation on family and the nature of art. It begins on a holiday by the ocean, where controversial...
Fiction
Maggie’s Kitchen

By

Caroline Beecham

For many of us in Australia, the day to day lives of those who lived in London during the Second World War are rather hazy. Caroline has shed light on...
Fiction, History
Hidden Bodies

By

Caroline Kepnes

This book is intense. It’s an intimate portrayal of a cracked mind and an unsettling portrait of the thought processes of an unhinged, sociopathic killer. Hidden Bodies follows the continued...
Crime, Fiction
Mima

By

Shirley Eldridge

Mima was let down by many; colleagues, the police in the first instance and then again by them during the Coronial Inquest. Shirley Eldridge certainly wasn’t one of them. With...
Crime, Fiction, Non Fiction
Cambodia Noir

By

Nick Seely

Freelance Photographer and burnt out, former war photographer Will Keller has sunk to an all all-time low as he struggles to survive in the steamy, corrupt city of Phnom Penh....
Fiction
The House Between Tides

By

Sarah Maine

The author was inspired to write about the wild island of the New Hebrides after having spent happy times there in her childhood. She loved the history and the beauty...
Fiction, History, Romance
The Worst Woman in Sydney: The Life and Crimes of Kate Leigh

By

Leigh Straw

Hero or villain, Kate Leigh, this is the question. How does a rebellious, recalcitrant teenager who was sent away to a reformatory become the wealthy ‘Sly Grog Queen’ in eastern...
Crime, Fiction, History, Non Fiction
A Court of Mist and Fury

By

Sarah J Maas

New York Times Bestseller Sarah J Maas returns to the world of Prythian with the second book in her Court of Roses series, A Court of Mist and Fury. Dealing...
Fiction, Young Adult
Pistols and Petticoats: 175 Years of Lady Detectives in Fact and Fiction

By

Erika Janik

Ms Janik has found a fascinating topic which encompasses many areas of female involvement in crime fighting. She has looked at early police women and also female fiction characters fighting...
Crime, Fiction, History, Non Fiction
Black British

By

Hebe de Souza

Congratulations must go to the author on her first novel. It is a wonderful read. It tells the story of her family life set in the dramatic period (1958) in...
Biographies, Fiction