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1942 Japan has bombed Sydney Harbour. Sixteen-year-old Ossie lies about his age to protect his country, even though it means abandoning his only family, a one-eyed dog named Lucky.Kind-hearted Mrs Plum is already looking after forty-six dogs belonging to soldiers who've gone to war. She can't pos...

Eighteen missing people, multiple families grieving, and one person looking for answers in this forensic and moving re-examination of some of Australia's most heartbreaking missing persons cases Every 14 minutes in Australia, someone vanishes. Of the 38,000 missing persons reported each year, mos...

Sure to be THE debut thriller of 2025, The Peak is a nailbiting and unputdownable read, a powerfully taut, gripping and fast-moving international thriller that weaves a story of friendship, love and betrayal together with the ruthless geopolitics of China's rise, set in the last 24 hours of the w...

The gripping and exciting first book in a brand new crime thriller series from the No.1 bestselling author.Welcome to North Falls.A small town where everyone knows everyone. But nobody knows the truth.Emmy Clifton has lived here all her life. She thinks she knows her neighbours. She's wrong.She t...

From the bestselling award-winning author of The Good Wife of Bath comes this rollicking historical adventure that celebrates the art of whisky distilling, the defiant spirit of the Scottish Highlanders and a woman's fearless quest. 1780 Scottish Highlands In every glass of whisky lies a small ac...

The page-turning, action-packed sequel to Andromache Between Worlds that is perfect for fans of the Jane Doe series. Andromache Peters thought that saving her dad from a parallel universe would be the end of her adventures. But then Vincent Black, the villain who sent him there, escapes from pris...

Relationships on the station are forbidden ... but are some rules made to be broken?At Windale Mountain Sheep Station there's only one rule: don't sleep with the guests.In her ten years living on the mountain, Indigo Mills has never once thought about breaking the rules. After a childhood of negl...

Gripping, propulsive and intelligent, The Revisionists is a tour de force, an absorbing, unputdownable novel about ambition - and how we curate our own stories and rescript our memories in order to survive. Upper East Side, Manhattan, 2023: Christine Campbell, former journalist, turns on the tele...

Married young. Finally divorced. Turning thirty ... A witty rom-com for all fans of Sally Thorne and Beth O'Leary. Makayla has many regrets: a Chiko Roll impulse buy, not visiting the Big Pineapple and marrying her high-school dud.Now, newly divorced, determined to hold on to her independence and...

One woman's secret is another's scandal …It's rare for a room in beautiful, iconic Columbia Mansions to be up for grabs, and retiree Gwen is thrilled when its new occupant Pixie turns out to be the most delightful neighbour she could have wished for. Before long the two women have formed an unlik...