Collection: Fiction

Charlotte Simmons buys a Bed & Breakfast in Swallow's Falls as a ploy to get close to the man who might have the answers to the mysterious death of her mother. What she doesn't count on is opposition from the hotshot owner of Kookaburra's Bar & Grill...

Bridie Farrell and Shaun Broderick come from opposite sides of the tracks. But unlike Bridie's family, who are strugglers, the Brodericks are the owners of one of the most prestigious properties in the district. Still, all is not well in either family.

Five years ago Amanda Pierce was excitedly preparing to marry her college sweetheart. She and Jeffrey had already battled through sickness and health, although their lives were certainly more richer than poorer as Amanda was set to inherit her father's successful garment company. Then Amanda disa...

Six years ago Melody was attacked and left for dead. She survived by burying her memories, confident that her attacker was convicted and imprisoned. Then the body of another woman, Eve, is discovered...

A ruthless powerbroker schemes to build a new Egyptian empire as glorious as those of the Pharaohs. Part of his plan rests on the manipulation of a newly discovered aquifer beneath the Sahara, but an even more devastating weapon is at his disposal.

It's 1973 England and Rebecca is madly in love with Dave. But a move to a tiny village changes not just their romance, but also brings out a number of ghosts. Why can Rebecca see them and what is their plan?

In November 1989 an Indian couple are discovered murdered in a small town in upstate New York. They lie together as though just disengaged from a long embrace. Yet their murder has been two centuries in the making. A journey through time...

In the tumultuous period of change that was Australia in 1977, Whitlam has lost the federal election, and things will never be the same again. Relationships are falling apart, and Michael accepts that he will never be a rock and roll musician...

Twenty-one years ago, a young Captain, Vaughn de Vries finds himself in pursuit of the suspects of a fatal bombing in his precinct, under the command of one of the most feared white police officers of the time: Major Kobus Nel...

These twenty-five stories mark Graham Swift's return to the short form after seven acclaimed novels. They unite into a richly peopled vision of a country that is both a crucible of history and a maze of contemporary confusions.