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In October 1943, four Australian soldiers left Biella in the foothills of the Alps in northern Turin, fleeing Italy's Nazi–Fascist regime. They spoke no Italian, and they had scant clothing and no food. With the help of local partisans, who offered support at great risk to themselves and their fa...

‘Powerful and mesmerising, Catching the Light is a brilliant portrait of the ways we are consumed by motherhood, art and the yearning for self.’—Shankari Chandran, Miles Franklin award–winning author of Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens and Safe Haven‘Immediately gripping and thrillingly nuanced, thi...

A hidden treasure. A hotel heist. Only THE MAID can solve the mystery…Molly the maid is no stranger to secrets…She sees everything behind closed doors at the Regency Grand hotel: wiping away the dust and grime of guests passing through.But one secret lies much closer to home.An old trinket – a fa...

When plans are upended, who can turn them the right way up? Kind-hearted and practical psychologist Colin Palmer has spent decades helping his clients. Now he's under pressure to retire and hit the road in a new caravan with his wife Joyce. However, when Joyce abruptly heads off on her own advent...

No matter how much or how little you find, you will never, ever own the gold. It will always own you.After a scandal, investigative reporter Zara Ellison and her partner, policeman Jack Higgins have moved to Kalgoorlie - each struggling with this fresh start. This wild mining town has its own rul...

Born into a daring, musical family in 1886, Annette Kellerman was a force of nature and made for the stage - her first love - and encouraged to defy social norms from a young age. But after she was diagnosed with rickets as a child she took up swimming for therapy, and soon she became an Australi...

A family gathering, but not everyone who sits down to dinner will survive it. Poisonous lies, family secrets, addiction and revenge - always a dish best served cold - are all on the menu. For readers of Sally Hepworth, Jo Dixon and Ali Lowe, this twisty domestic suspense holds you captive from it...

A missing maid. A murder most foul. A highly imprudent adventure. Only her fine eyes can uncover the truth.'Pure indulgence! Full of ardent amours, dastardly deeds and rakish rogues' KATE FORSYTH'Miss Bingley dismounts her high horse and reinvents herself as a brilliant detective ... A rollicking...

Was she taken ... or did she run? The pulse-pounding new psychological thriller from the bestselling author of You Don't Know Me Rose was torn away from her daughter. Now, is she the only one who can save her?Former London police officer Rose Campbell has been estranged from her daughter, Lou, fo...

'There's always someone whispering about something.'On a small island off the coast of Scotland, an isolated community is grieving. Eighteen-year-old Alan Ferguson was found at the foot of the lighthouse - an apparent suicide.DIs Georgina Lennox and Richard Stewart are sent to investigate. A ragi...