Collection: Fiction

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 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.

Katey Tyler had no idea that her life-changing travels would have both in spades, as well as danger and intrigue, when she catches the eye of ship owner Boyd Anderson and inadvertently stumbles upon a high-stakes kidnapping...

American art historian, Maxwell Mather, lover of Pia Palombini, millionairess scion of a noble Italian family. When she dies, Mather discovers a cache of priceless works of art.

1608. Up the remote James River in the land the English named Virginia, lies a small wooden palisaded fort. This first outpost of the new colony is besieged by natives, beset by danger and sabotaged from within. Spy Christian Hardy is there to protect the new possession on behalf of young Prince ...