Sorted on book title (not in series order)
70 years hoping the bomb doesn’t go off.
One chance to do something about it.
Jack Emery has thrown himself into nuclear disarmament with the zeal of a man who saved the world from annihilation. He now knows one nuclear weapon is one...Read more
Early one Sunday, the town of Molliston wakes to the news that a young bride is dead.
The year is 1929. The Great War with Germany has been fought and won, but at an immense cost to the small community. Death is too familiar here. So many sons were lost. So many daughters would...Read more
Perth cop Eve Rock is investigating a series of abductions from the seedy inner-city Paradise Nightclub when her boss adds a murder case to her workload.Now, Eve loves a challenge - about as much as she loves red wine, exotic food and cigars - but this case is a bit tricky because she'd...Read more
Noelle Bonaventure was the restless, reckless daughter of a Corsican opium runner. Baptiste Croce was an adventurer, with more charm than scruples. Together they inherited a drugs empire whose tentacles spread from the mist-shrouded mountains of Laos to the financial towers of San Francisco...Read more
"You could look back after a long time and ask, who wanted what from whom?" A man confronts death after an operation, a devout Christian encounters a man who hurt her long ago, a secretary uncovers her boss's secret shame. And in a house in Auckland an elderly woman is writing the last book...Read more
When David Byfield sees Isobel for the first time at a party, he decides that he has fallen in love with her. An attractive and successful lawyer, David is being groomed for a political career; his experience with love and intimacy, however, is limited.
Months after the party,...Read more
The drama begins with a body dumped in south-western Sydney - skinned, with no face.
Lewis Lin, taxi driver, photographer, recent arrival from Beijing, happens to be at the scene. With detectives Ginger Rogers and Shelley Swert in pursuit, Lin finds himself drawn into a deadly...Read more
Nicholas Hasluck revisits and revives the infamous and incredible case of Egon Kisch. Kisch, an investigative journalist by trade, came to Australia in 1934 as an activist against war and fascism. He was proficient in ten European languages, so when he arrived in Australia, the Government...Read more
Ned Kelly's reputation as an outlaw is growing. To the masses he's a folk hero, but to the Establishment he's the most wanted man in the British Empire - by Royal decree the only person that everyone is permitted to kill. When the authorities bring in an army of police to catch him, Ned...Read more
'I want you to come back to Kings Canyon . . . If you see it again, the memories of what happened might return.'
A Journey to Redhill Station
When Sara Blake takes up a position as governess on Redhill Station in Central Australia, she isn't expecting to...Read more
A vicious terrorist group is operating deep within the wild reaches of Australia. Using every ruse in the book, Denise infiltrates the terrorist training camp, knowing that if she is found out, her "comrades" will torture her to death.Read more
Shannon O'Leary (a pseudonym) is a prolific writer and performer. Her first book The Blood on My Hands told the story of her traumatic and violent childhood in the 1960s and 70s Australia. This sequel, Out of the Fire and into the Pan, explains to the reader how she...Read more
The Gripping Inside Story of Australia's Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs.
Australia has a unique place in the history of outlaw motorcycle gangs, boasting the highest per capita membership in the world, and a biker culture where bombings, drive-by shootings, arson, beatings and murder...Read more
Julia Schmidt reckons the suburban library where she works is the most boring place on earth. Then an old hobo dies in an armchair. Everyone thinks he died of natural causes. But they are wrong, and Julia is soon playing cat-and-mouse with a killer while trying to recover a priceless...Read more
Tess enters the prestigious and exclusive Ravensthorpe Writing College with dreams of literary greatness, but soon discovers that ambition comes at a cost.
Drawn into a tight-knit group with fellow writers Ethan, Theo, and Jaz, Tess’s world is upended when their charismatic tutor...Read more
"Fergus Hume delights in the complex. On the part of the reader it requires a great deal of attention to follow the peculiar actions of his characters. There always are detectives more or less clever who figure in this author's romances. The master rascal never is wanting. Mr. Richard Pratt...Read more
Senior Sergeant Kristina Peterson of Adelaide is not convinced that the murder of a leading member of the art world is straightforward. She works to uncover a web of rivalry, jealousy, forgery and dubious business practice.Read more
Parallel Lies is a fast-paced and fiendishly plotted novel about a menage a trois that becomes a menage a deux when one of the trio is murdered. Which one of the two survivors was the murderer, and what have they got to hide? Things are never quite what they seem, and people are never quite...Read more
Dr Brian Halstead, a leading specialist in fertility treatment, heads a clinic at the cutting edge of genetic research. A scandal threatens to paint a very different picture of a dangerous fanatic playing with his patient's lives - and with the laws of nature.Read more
Australia in 2020 has become a republic with a Prime Minister and an elected President. A crisis looms. The US wants Australia to send troops to the Middle East. The Prime Minister says 'yes', the President 'no'. The Australian Defence Force faces a dilemma: Who to obey?
Ken...Read more
Lachlan Fox heard his name over the PA system at JFK. At the airline service counter, a typed note was waiting for him.
'Go to the the third payphone near the first set of toilets ahead of you. It will ring at 9.45 pm. Answer it.'
September 11 changed everything. The...Read more
Ruth Cogan’s amazing life on the Atherton Tablelands of Far North Queensland is filled with tragedy after her husband is killed and her son dies from a drug overdose. From stolen gold to the murder of young aboriginals, this dramatic story climaxes with Ruth and her two friends pursuing...Read more
Savva Golitsyn . . . the wolf is back . . .
The Prema Foundation is an organisation devoted to one cause - reinstating fascism in Croatia. One man, Ivan Isakovic, stands in its way, keeper of devastating evidence that will expose Prema and its horrific activities.
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The Piccadilly Puzzle revolves around the mysterious murder of a woman on a foggy night in a major London thoroughfare. The woman, initially thought to be a “streetwalker” is soon identified as a certain Miss Sarschine, the mistress of a prominent Lord who has just eloped...Read more
On Damon Styles's eighteenth birthday, he is expelled from school. But it's what happens afterwards that changes everything.
Now Damon must come up with a plan. It's the only way he can think straight. First, get his firearms licence. Then, see if the Pigman will give him a job...Read more
Ruth Cogan feels she has found peace at last working at the Stockman’s Hotel in sleepy Townsville, far North Queensland . This new life is a welcome change of pace for Ruth after her exhilarating adventures pursuing drug dealers to Sydney and the heartbreaking tragedy of losing her husband...Read more
Sheriff's detective Jude Devine thought she'd left her past in Washington, D.C. When the reclusive millionaire Fabian is found murdered in Paradox Valley, a photograph of Jude's missing brother Ben is found among his possessions. Finally, Jude has the chance to solve the mystery that has...Read more
Stone the crows—Aussie Kylie Kendall returns!
Kylie’s relationship with paramour Ariana Creeling has reached a new level—until she disappears. There’s no sign of violence, no ransom demand—she simply vanishes. Kylie is distraught, not knowing whether she’s alive or dead....Read more
Pretending to be dead is one of the more bizarre ways to opt out of society. Despite the obvious risks, a surprising number of people attempt to leave their old life behind by faking suicide. And the results can be unbelievably madcap.
High fliers facing financial ruin,...Read more
When ghostwriter Roxy Parker accepts a job at a tropical island resort, she expects little more than a good story and a touch of sunstroke. Instead she stumbles upon her hotelier client, murdered and buried in a plot of sand, her head protruding ghoulishly for the crabs to devour. And...Read more