1989

The book cover of 1989 by Val McDermid includes the taglines 'The Number One Sunday Times Bestseller', 'She'll Risk Anything for the Truth ....' and 'An Allie Burns Thriller'

The image is looking up onto a set of concrete steps with low walls either side. There is a tower in the distance and birds flying against a cloudy light grey sky.

In the new installment to her historical crime series that began with 1979, internationally bestselling author Val McDermid delivers a propulsive new thriller that finds journalist Allie Burns has become an editor, and as the Cold War and...Read more

1984

The Book Cover for 1984 by George Orwell - this edition has a head and shoulders drawing of a man with short hair and a moustache. He's wearing a high necked jumper, and his face is half in a red shadow. The title of the book and the author's name are prominent at the bottom.

'It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen.'

Winston Smith works for the Ministry of truth in London, chief city of Airstrip One. Big Brother stares out from every poster, the Thought Police uncover every act of betrayal. When...Read more

Deception Creek

The book cover for Deception Creek by Fleur McDonald has the note 'Voice of the Outback Over 650,000 books sold' at the top and the tagline 'When secrets from the past threaten, loyalties are questioned.' in the middle of an image of a woman, wearing a short sleeved shirt, she has long brown hair and is looking towards her right. She's standing on the left with a farm scene in front of her - a grain bin, trees and slightly hilly paddocks. The whole thing is washed pinky dusk colour and there's a hint of the sun rising or setting in the distance.

A returned criminal, a cult-like family and cybercrime all clash against the backdrop of the Flinders Ranges in this thrilling new rural suspense novel from the best-selling Voice of the Outback.

Emma Cameron, a recently divorced farmer and a local in Barker,...Read more