The Forsaken

The image of the book cover for The Forsaken by Matt Rogers includes the tagline ' A Broken Assassin. A Brutal Deception. A War for Redemption.'.

The image is red / brown in tone with the end of a large, solid bridge with wires / coming off a hefty brick pillar, which has a USA flag at half mast on the top and a couple of high buildings to the right.

For ten years, Logan Booth served as a contract killer for the CIA – he just never knew it. The first book in a blockbuster thriller series from Matt Rogers, million copy bestseller and 'a bright new talent shaking up the genre ' (Candice Fox).

In the twilight of his career, Logan learns...Read more

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The Forever War

The image of the book cover for The Forever War by Nick Bryant includes the tagline 'America's Unending Conflict with Itself'.

The image is of a roughly drawn version of the stripes on the American flag at the top, and a shot of the Capital Building with rioters in front of it.

The Forever War tells the story of how America's political polarization is 250 years in the making, and argues that the roots of its modern-day malaise are to be found in its troubled past.

As we approach the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, the American...Read more

Other Plans

The book cover for Other Plans by Caimh McDonnell (near as I can get it Caimh is pronounced KEE-va or KWEE-va).

The image has a red and black background with panels that look sort of like windows. There's a treeline with a large white moon showing above it, a bull with white horns and a very grumpy look on its face and a motorbike on a white stretch of road. The title of the book in centre at the top in a large, uneven font.

Life is what happens while you’re busy making other plans.

How much trouble can you possibly get into just stopping to use a restroom?

As it turns out, an awful lot. Bunny and co are supposed to be keeping a low profile, but nature calls and ironically, one of their...Read more

The Quiet Man

The book cover for The Quiet Man by Caimh McDonnell (near as I can get it Caimh is pronounced KEE-va or KWEE-va).

The image has a red and black background with panels at the bottom that look sort of like windows. There's a large snake, mouth open with fangs showing, a barred cell door, and some cards and gambling chips. The title of the book in centre at the top in a large, uneven font.

Getting into prison is easy, it’s getting out that’s tricky.

Almost everyone in prison will tell you they’re in there for a crime they didn’t commit, but Anthony Rourke really means it. That’s because he’s actually Bunny McGarry, who has got himself into one of Nevada’s finest...Read more

I Have Sinned

The book cover for I Have Sinned by Caimh McDonnell (near as I can get it Caimh is pronounced KEE-va or KWEE-va).

The image has a red and black background with panels at the bottom that look sort of like windows. There's the silhouette of a male figure, with a white dog collar showing, an arm holding a gun, and a bridge (?The Golden Gate Bridge - not sure). The title of the book in centre at the top in a large, uneven font.

Bunny McGarry is a man on a mission. He left behind his life in Ireland to go to New York to find the woman he loves, who happens to have a lot of very dangerous people looking for her. The good news is that they don’t know where she is, the bad news is that Bunny doesn’t either and the...Read more

Good Deeds and Bad Intentions

The book cover for Good Deeds & Bad Intentions by Caimh McDonnell (near as I can get it Caimh is pronounced KEE-va or KWEE-va).

The image has a red and black background with the tagline 'A Bunny McGarry Short Story" at the very top of what is mostly a black panel. The bottom of the book has the silhouette of a city skyline with skyscrapers and the Statue of Liberty in it. The title of the book in centre at the top in a large, uneven font, and there's a red and white Santa hat perched on the second O in GOOD

It's the night before Christmas and Bunny McGarry is hard at work. New York is the city that never sleeps and it certainly doesn’t take days off. Just because it's the holidays it doesn't mean that bad people aren't up to no good. Helena Martinez is trying to start a new life for her and...Read more

We Are the Stars

The book cover of We Are the Stars by Gina Chick has the subtitle 'A misfit's story of love, connection and the glorious power of letting go'. The image is of Gina's smiling beautiful face looking upwards to the right. There is a blurred tree in the background, Her hair is swept back and her shoulders slightly bare.

Gina Chick, the inaugural winner of Alone Australia, tells the story of her extraordinary, indomitable life in one of the most powerful, moving memoirs you will ever read.

From day one of her wildly unconventional...Read more

We Solve Murders

The book cover for We Solve Murders by Richard Osman (audio version) is a white background with the author's name in large lettering at the top, book name at the bottom in large black lettering, and the tagline '#1 New York Times Bestselling Author of The Thursday Murder Club'. 

To the left of the cover there's a half orange sphere, with the barrel of a gun across the bottom of it, and a cat sat at the top just in front of the gun sight. The cat and the barrel are glowing slightly orange as well.

Steve Wheeler is enjoying retired life. He does the odd bit of investigation work, but he prefers his familiar habits and routines: the pub quiz, his favorite bench, his cat waiting for him when he comes home. His days of adventure are over: adrenaline is daughter-in-law Amy’s business now...Read more

Leave the Girls Behind

The book cover of Leave the Girls Behind by Jacqueline Bublitz includes the taglines 'a novel' and 'International Bestselling author of Bewfore You Knew My Name'

The image is of a girl's face, turned to the right looking over her shoulder. She's obscured by rain on probably glass / window in front of her. Her face is light by red and blue lighting

Ruth-Ann Baker is a college dropout, a bartender—and an amateur detective who just can’t stay away from true crime. Nineteen years ago, her childhood friend was murdered by suspected serial killer Ethan Oswald. Still tormented by the case, Ruth can’t help but think of the long-dead Oswald...Read more

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Unblessed

The book cover for Unblessed by Roger Simpson includes the taglines 'A thrilling journey into the dark places where genius, money and murder meet.' and 'A Jane Halifax novel'.

The image is of a city skyline with only the tops of the buildings visible, there's fog or mist swirling below. The sky is dark orange and red.

Jane Halifax will need all her forensic experience to unlock the secrets of one of the world’s most formidable a Silicon Valley billionaire whose ex-business partner has just been murdered … A thrilling journey into the dark places where genius, money and murder meet....Read more

Double Jeopardy

The book cover for Double Jeopardy by Stef Harris includes the quotation 'Fast-paced, brimming with surprising twists and maneuvers' Paddy Richardson

The image is the view through the wet windscreen of a car with just a hint of a blurred wiper going past. You can see the instrument panel, and the surrounding cars with lights on, stoplights glowing.

Frank Winter is an ex-cop, a former hard-boiled Boston detective with a soft centre living in curmudgeonly retirement with his beloved dog, Dolly. But when his daughter's killer is released on parole, Frank's back, a man on a mission, and it's yesterday once more. But first, Frank's got a...Read more

Disaster Inc

The book cover for Disaster Inc by Caimh McDonnell (near as I can get it Caimh is pronounced KEE-va or KWEE-va).

The image has a red and black background divided into panels with the red ones at the bottom showing a glass of (presumably) Guinness, the Statue of Liberty and a handgun in each of them. The title of the book in centre at the top in a large, uneven font.

All Bunny McGarry wants is a spot of breakfast and a decent cup of tea. So imagine how annoyed he gets when two masked men attempt to rob the New York diner he is in? Unfortunately, dealing with that problem just leads to a whole lot more. One of the diner’s other customers isn’t who she...Read more

Demon Copperhead

The book cover of Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver is a slightly off white coloured image with birds, snakes, birdhouses, spiders and various other images forming a border above a bottom row of hills with a sun rising.

Demon Copperhead is set in the mountains of southern Appalachia. It's the story of a boy born to a teenaged single mother in a single-wide trailer, with no assets beyond his dead father's good looks and copper-colored hair, a caustic wit, and a fierce talent for survival. In a plot...Read more