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1894, Echuca, VictoriaTess Hawthorn is a woman on the run from her abusive husband. All she has to do is get on the riverboat Victor and she will be free.But with tensions at an all-time high between unionist shearers and Scabs, Tess isn't the only person trying to board a boat under the cover of...

Mackenzie Henry is happy enough with her life in the small town of Summerfield. She loves her work as a saddler, the bushland surrounding her home, and the feeling of safety her beloved grandfather brings her. She doesn't want anything-or anybody-else.So when her grandfather asks her to lead the ...

A great middle-grade read for all kids -- fun, funny and relatable. Just like Dylan!My life so far has been pretty awesome.At home I've got a great family (sure, even my big brother, Jacob, when he's not being a total pain) and my pet legless lizard, Pogo (she can lick her own eyeballs, really). ...

She'll get them in the end.She always does.Rita Marsh is a good person.By day, she runs a care home, looking after the elderly and infirm.By night, she's a vigilante, posing online as young girls and snaring the men who prey on them, exposing them for what they are.Rita has successfully kept her ...

Get ready for a BRAND-NEW heart-racing, twist-filled thriller from the #1 NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author NATASHA PRESTON.ARE YOU INVITED?In the heart of the English countryside, Bessie and her closest friends gather at a remote castle for a secret party destined to make this the best spring br...

THE ACCLAIMED LEGAL THRILLER FROM THE QUEEN OF CRIME DRAMA Young Cassie Booth goes missing on her paper round. Then her bloodstained jacket is found in a boathouse belonging to Karl Wilding - but there is little evidence against him.Meanwhile, a routine visit by Detective Inspector Pat North to a...

'I really didn't want to get to the end of this book but I couldn't put it down either, I loved it from the first page to the last' Reader review, 5 stars'A tender and heartwarming coming of age story ... threaded with an intriguing mystery that kept me turning the pages late into the night. This...

THE UNFORGETTABLE LEGAL THRILLER FROM THE LEGENDARY LYNDA LA PLANTEIdentical and brutal assaults on three women. One woman survives to give a detailed description of her attacker.The police arrest a suspect, Damon Morton, confident he is their man. But three of his employees admit to the crimes, ...

A FULLY REVISED AND EDITED EDITION OF THE CLASSIC THAT INSPIRED THE HIT, LONG-RUNNING TV SERIES STARRING DAVID HAYMANIt is every mother's nightmare. Her missing daughter found murdered. Her lover the prime suspect.It is every police officer's fear. A child murder. The evidence circumstantial.It i...

Published as a handsome hardback, My Country is the definitive David Marr collection. It includes early works, such as his review of the first Rocky Horror Picture Show and his reporting on the 1978 Mardi Gras police bashings, all the way to the most piercing accounts of Kevin Rudd’s ratf—king an...