Collection: Fiction

Philadelphia is suffering from one of the country's worst murder rates. Homicide sergeant Matt Payne must navigate death threats and misdirected public outrage to follow a strange pattern of seemingly unrelated killings.

Rose was a cook for Himmler, a confidante to Hitler, and a friend of Simone de Beauvoir. This novel tells the epic tale of an inspiring, resilient Marseillaise chef who embodies the sentiment of what doesn't kill you only makes you stronger.

Set in Darwin during the Second World War, Sugar is a 16 year-old Aboriginal fringe-camp dweller. Her resistance to authorities sees Sugar and her oppressors finally meet on a level playing field that none of them ever expected - a Japanese bombing raid.

Becky Brandon (nee Bloomwood) and her daughter have joined husband Luke in LA. Luke is there to help manage the career of famous actress Sage Seymour, and Becky wants to be Sage's personal stylist, and every A-list celebrity in Hollywood!

On a cattle station that stretches beyond the horizon, seven people are trapped by their history and the need to make a living. Trevor Wilkie, the good father, holds it all together, promising his sons a future he no longer believes in himself.

Sonja Kurtz is in Vietnam carrying out a personal revenge mission when her daughter sends a call for help. Emma, a student archaeologist on a dig in Namibia, has discovered a body dating back to the country's liberation war of the 1980s.

Call me Drood, Eddie Drood. My parents are missing in action. My grandfather has been murdered. And the future of my family lies in the iron grasp of the Lady Faire, an incredibly seductive, mysterious and powerful being...

Stalin's Soviet Union is an official paradise, where citizens live free from crime and fear one thing: the all-powerful state. Defending this system is security officer Leo Demidov. But when he dares to investigate a murder, he finds himself demoted...

Jack Kerouac's classic novel of freedom and longing defined what it meant to be 'Beat' and has inspired every generation since its initial publication more than 40 years ago. A classic story of the Beat Generation...

From the love affair between a missionary and the drunkard to the mystery surrounding a death at sea. This collection gives a warm and humourous insight into life in the colonies.