Collection: Fiction

When Judge Raymond Fogletree and his secretary fail to appear for a trial and panicked clerks call for an FBI investigation, a murder case ensues and culminates in the imprisonment of a lawyer who tells the story of who killed the judge and why...

Subject: 1846. Newly arrived from England, Thomas Baker is young, penniless and alone. Eager to make his mark on this strange new place called South Australia, he accepts work as an overseer on a distant sheep property, believing this will be the opportunity he seeks. But when Thomas's path cross...

Agnieszka loves her valley home. But the Wood stands on the border, full of malevolent power, its shadow lies over her life. Her people rely on the wizard known only as the Dragon to keep its powers at bay. But he demands a terrible price for his help...

Outer eastern suburbs of Perth. A story of eight year old Amanda, whose father is in prison, and Rattuwat, a Thai man burying his daughter in a strange land. They abandon their broken-down car on the way to the prison's visiting hour

In northern Iceland, 1829, Agnes Magnusdottir is condemned to death for her part in the brutal murder of two men. Agnes is sent to wait out the months leading up to her execution on the farm of district officer Jon Jonsson and his family...

Ingemar Lerberg had it all: successful businessman, politician, husband, father. Until he is found, brutally beaten and left for dead in his mansion in Stockholm. His wife, Nora, is missing. Journalist Annika Bengtzon is assigned to the case.

Commander Mark Bishop commands the ballistic missile submarine USS Nevada. Mark wants someone to come home to and he has Gina Gray in mind, but after a tragic breakup, Gina only wants to concentrate on her ocean science research, but needs Mark's help....

Darkness has a way of creeping up when Ian is with Priss. Even when they were kids, he could feel it. Now in New York City, Ian no longer inhabits the tortured shell of his childhood. He is a successful graphic novelist, and Priss is still trouble...

Jack Norton is an ex-Navy Seal who came to Africa to make a difference. However, when Jack agrees to fly some injured children to a hospital in the Congo, he has no idea that a year later the destiny of a whole country will rest on his shoulders.

Bookish boys and taciturn men, strong women and wayward sons, fathers and daughters, lovers and husbands, here are their stories, whole lives brought vividly into focus...A beautiful, richly satisfying collection by David Malouf...