Fiction
Virtuoso
Yelena Moskovich
Format: Paperback
An audacious, mesmerising novel of love in the post-communist diaspora, written with the dramatic tension of Euripidean tragedy and the dreamlike quality of a David Lynch film
Jesustown
Paul Daley
Format: Paperback
From award-winning journalist Paul Daley comes a gripping multi-generational saga about Australian frontier violence and cultural theft that will capture the national imagination.
A Stone's Throw Away
Karly Lane
Format: Paperback
A pitch-perfect new rural romance from the bestselling author of Once Burnt, Twice Shy.
The Story of the Lost Child
Elena Ferrante
Format: Paperback
"Nothing quite like this has ever been published before," proclaimed The Guardian about the Neapolitan novels in 2014. Against the backdrop of a Naples that is as seductive as it is perilous and a world undergoing epochal change, Elena Ferrante tells the story of a lifelong friendship between two women with unmatched honesty and brilliance.
Esther's Children
Caroline Beecham
Format: Paperback
From the picturesque streets of pre-war Vienna to Britain's atmospheric cities in the grip of war, Esther's Children is the perfect read for fans of Kate Quinn's The Alice Network, and Kelly Rimmer's The Warsaw Orphan.
The Forgotten Sister
Judy Summers
Format: Paperback
Liverpool, 1848. When Meg's struggling family realise they can't feed all the children, Meg volunteers to go to the workhouse for one season, and she'll take her little sister, Rosie, with her. But Meg and Rosie are separated as soon as they enter the workhouse...
Stranger to the Moon
Evelio Rosero, translated by Anne McLean and translated by Victor Meadowcroft
Format: Paperback
An allegorical tale. In a small town the full terror emerges of a dominant power structure left unchallenged. One of many kept indoors during their short lives, an unknown narrator describes with increasing circles the boundaries of his living space and the realities of his uncertain condition.
Reptile Memoirs
Silje O. Ulstein
A brilliantly twisty and unusual literary thriller for fans of Gillian Flynn, Jo Nesbo, Kate Atkinson and Tana French, which asks the question: Can you ever really shed your skin?
Death in Daylesford
Kerry Greenwood
Format: Paperback
Surrounded by secrets, great and small, the formidable Miss Phryne Fisher returns to vanquish injustice.
Magpie's Bend
Maya Linnell
Format: Paperback
A pitch-perfect rural romance of community and family from the bestselling author of Bottlebrush Creek.
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