Collection: Fiction

Shipwrecked & washed ashore Gulliver wakes to find himself a prisoner of a race of people less than 6 inches tall on the island of Lilliput. In Modest Proposal Swift suggests that the impoverished Irish might ease their troubles by selling their children

This novel's theme is the Zen Buddhist phrase describing the narrow path to enlightenment. The book describes an over-populated, materialistic society in which people increasingly turn inwards to the spiritual life in a search for freedom

It's been years since Lucy Sheridan was in Summer River. The last time she visited her aunt Sara, she'd been dragged out of a wild party by Mason Fletcher. Returning after her aunt's fatal car accident, Lucy learns there's more to the story...

Richard, Carmel and Liesl are an unlikely trio with a complex shared past. They met while working in Rwanda during the genocide. Now the three are back together, united both by a photograph and attempts on their lives...

London 1920. The world is recovering from war and the future looks bright for sculptress, Lulu Pearson. But then she receives a letter from Joe Reilly, a racehorse trainer in Tasmania, informing her she is the owner of a promising yearling, Ocean Child.

Eddie is a wounded war veteran. On his 83rd birthday, a tragic accident kills him as he tries to save a little girl from a falling cart. He awakens in the afterlife, where he learns that heaven is not a destination...

Dr Kay Scarpetta has left Virginia in quest of peace but instead finds herself drawn into baffling, horrific murders in Florida, where she becomes entangled in an international conspiracy that confronts her with the shock of her life...

In the mountains of Oaxaca, a storm wipes out the roads and all communication, trapping a tour group in the jungle with a dangerous predator with a secret to protect. Single mother Eve Hardaway must fight to survive against incredible odds

It's 1948 and Hanora Sparrow and her teenage daughters have fallen on tough times. With little more than the suitcases they carry and a few pounds between them, they must move to a housing commission camp on the outskirts of Sydney.

Many of Ian Fleming's short stories have been the inspiration for the extremely successful James Bond film franchise, and included in this collection are such stories as Octopussy, The Living Daylights, and Quantum of Solace...