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Maya Linnell
From interviewing local flower growers to receiving blue ribbons for her show baking, Lauren Bickford’s genuine love for her hometown is almost as strong as her ambition to become a radio presenter. But is it enough to outweigh the series of on-air stuff-ups that have plagued her career?

No stranger to this small wine growing region in South Australia’s Limestone Coast, Jack Crossley is the new cop in town. He’s traded his city beat for a slower pace, and as a former local, knows only too well that mischief can lurk around every quiet corner.

For Jack and Lauren, the course of true love is not running smoothly. Can he restore order in the town before the neighbourhood watch vigilantes take justice into their own hands? Or are Jack’s biggest worries much closer to home? Can Lauren’s reporting remain impartial as her attraction to Jack grows? Or will her family’s advice lead her completely astray?

Barbara King
This is the third book of the Coloured Sands Trilogy. The characters from the first two novels, Coloured Sands and Valley of the Eagle are joined in this novel with dramatic impact. 1973: Phillip Parry, son and heir of the great Jooloonga station uses his Cessna like a car. The coming of the secret family creates a furore that will test them all.

This is the story of Susannah Ruth aged 18, her siblings and beautiful mother Colleen, who are thrust into the limelight of wealth and recognition after twenty years in hiding. Suddenly, the vivacious Susannah is in love with Douglas Clarke of the neighboring Wandara Station. Phillip Parry is furious. He cannot forget the past rumours of the once notorious Clarke family. His mind centres on cattle duffing, illegitimate children and other sinister musings that will not fade.

Barbara King

1932. Jonathan Clarke, from an aristocratic English family sails to Australia with his wife and daughter. His only remaining asset is the cattle station, Moorooba Downs in central Queensland. Due to his unsavoury lifestyle, he lost all to his brother Henry – the family mansion and much more.To Jon’s consternation, his son Benjamin remains with his uncle and is presently employed in the shipping office in Singapore.

1937. Ben receives an urgent call from his sister Annie aged 15 to return to the family. Jon is deserting them to marry a Boston socialite and Annie is desperate. Their mother Cordelia has succumbed to a severe mental breakdown. A week later Ben arrives to find the family in disarray. His mother is absolutely incapacitated and although Ben admires Annie’s courage and tenacity, he is uneasy with her wild, uninhibited streak. She is stealing cattle from the neighbours and hiding them in a secret shangri-la-type gorge. This gorge is shrouded in a mystical Dreamtime tale and the aborigines know this place as Valley of the Eagle.

Ben’s life tumbles and cascades through a myriad of passions and fervid events that change his life forever. Mystery, intrigue, hate and revenge, and a love story like no other will sting the heart with brutal force. The beauty of the Australian bush, the wonder and enchantment of the secret gorge add an extra dimension to the joy and love of nature.

Barbara King
This is the story of Emily. The Australian Outback Historical Saga is in essence a biography of an extraordinary woman’s life, set on the great Jooloonga Station in central Queensland.

1901: A little girl wanders down a creek in central Queensland after the revenge massacre of her family. She becomes known as The Crazy Orphan and is rendered mute for two years. A host of remarkable characters pour in and out of her life. The pioneering Wilsons and their six children provide the love that remains indelibly printed on her soul. An extraordinary event at the annual Racing Carnival has her venting her anger in an outburst that relaxes her vocal chords, but the incident has her banished from the community the same day.

Jack Carr
You think you know James Reece. Think again. A storm is on the horizon. America’s days are numbered. A Chinese submarine has gone rogue and is navigating towards the continental United States, putting its nuclear missiles within striking distance of the West Coast. A rising Silicon Valley tech mogul with unknown allegiances is at the forefront of a revolution in quantum computing and Artificial Intelligence.

A politician controlled by a foreign power is a breath away from the Oval Office. Three seemingly disconnected events are on a collision course to ignite a power grab unlike anything the world has ever seen. The country’s only hope is a quantum computer that has gone dark, retreating to the deepest levels of the internet, learning at a rate inconceivable at her inception. But during her time in hiding, she has done more than learn. She has become a weapon. She is now positioned to act as either the country’s greatest savior or its worst enemy. She is known as “Alice” and her only connection to the outside world is to a former Navy SEAL sniper named James Reece who has left the violence of his past life behind.

Louise Candlish
A gripping, twisty new thriller from the bestselling author of Our HouseTHERE’S TROUBLE IN PARADISECharlotte and Perry have owned their clifftop holiday home in Pine Ridge for years. They’ve worked hard for it – why shouldn’t they enjoy it? Even if the locals can’t afford to live in the village these days…

Now city friends Amy and Matt have bought a second home nearby and when the two families descend, they plan lazy days at the beach and evenings sipping rosé and watching the sun set from Charlotte’s summerhouse veranda.

But this summer is different. A group of locals – headed by the charismatic Robbie – will stop at nothing to make the second home owners pay for their holiday. By the end of their break, marriages will be torn apart, friendships shattered and crimes exposed.

And one of them will have lost their life.

Harrison Christian
‘A riveting account about Scott of Antarctica and the machinations of his demise. Of the food depots that were diminished and the rescue that never came.’ (Peter Hillary, mountaineer and explorer).

For a long time it seemed Antarctica would remain the sole hold out in a nearly fully explored world. The approaches were too difficult and dangerous, and the material benefits to the exploring nations were too few … Far from being a land of plenty, the Antarctic continent – if it was that – was no place for human beings.

Robert Falcon Scott’s 1910 attempt to reach the South Pole is placed in jeopardy when Edward Evans joins as his second-in-command. A clash of personalities between the two men almost prevents the Terra Nova from sailing, but they forge ahead, conscious of competing expeditions racing to the pole.

On the treacherous journey across the Antarctic ice, the differences between the scientific-minded Scott and the ambitious Evans become insurmountable. Scott sends Evans back early, making the final push without him, only to find they have been beaten by the Norwegians.

When Scott and his remaining men make their desperate return to base, they’re met with an inexplicable shortage of supplies, leading to the tragic deaths of the entire party.

P. J. Tracy
The Dead of Winter… Minneapolis, winter’s first white flakes; a park full of snowmen. But the layers of packed snow hide a goulish surprise …

First, the bodies of two cops are found inside the snowmen and then a day later, in the countryside to the north, Sheriff Iris Rikker makes a similarly shocking discovery. Soon Detectives Gino and Magozzi are sent north through the worst blizzard Minnesota’s seen for years to find what else links the investigations.

But some secrets you don’t want to uncover. And as the cases unravel, it seems snowmen aren’t the only ones with something to hide …

Michael Robotham
The mystery of Evie Cormac’s background has followed her into adulthood. As a child, she was discovered hiding in a secret room where a man had been tortured to death. Many of her captors and abusers escaped justice, unseen but not forgotten. Now, on a hot summer’s day, the past drags Evie back as she watches the bodies of seventeen migrants wash up on a Lincolnshire beach.

There is only one survivor, a teenage boy, who tells police their small boat was deliberately rammed and sunk. Psychologist Cyrus Haven is recruited by the police to investigate the murders—but recognizes immediately that Evie has some link to the tragedy. By solving this crime, he could finally unlock the secrets of her past. But what dark forces will he set loose? And who will pay the price?