Under the Visible Life by Kim Echlin
$19.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary
Half Chinese and half Canadian, Katherine Goodnow struggles through a 1950's childhood hostile to all she represents. Then, as a teenager, she discovers jazz, and her life is transformed. Her talent for the piano brings her freedom, adventure, and a sense of purpose, helping her survive unexpected mothe ...Show more
The North Water by Ian McGuire
$19.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary | Reading Level: very good
LONGLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2016 A NEW YORK TIMES TOP TEN NOTABLE BOOK 2016 A ship sets sail with a killer on board . . . 1859. A man joins a whaling ship bound for the Arctic Circle. Having left the British Army with his reputation in tatters, Patrick Sumner has little option but to accept the ...Show more
The Shadow Land by Elizabeth Kostova
$32.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary
Alexandra Boyd has travelled to Bulgaria hoping to salve the wounds left by the loss of her beloved brother. But a luggage mix-up soon after she arrives finds her holding an urn filled with human ashes.As Alexandra sets out to return the precious item to its owners she finds ever more obstacles in her p ...Show more
The Midsummer Garden by Kirsty Manning
$29.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary
Travelling between lush gardens in France, windswept coastlines of Tasmania, to Tuscan hillsides and beyond, The Midsummer Garden lures the reader on an unforgettable culinary and botanical journey...1487 Artemisia is young to be in charge of the kitchens at Chateau de Boschaud but, having been taught t ...Show more
Sweetbitter by Stephanie Danler
$18.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary
A lush, thrilling debut about a year in the life of a uniquely beguiling young woman, set in the wild, alluring world of a famous downtown New York restaurant. Let's say I was born when I came over the George Washington Bridge...This is how we meet unforgettable Tess, the 22-year-old at the heart of thi ...Show more
Ripley Under Water by Patricia Highsmith
$19.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary | Reading Level: Adult
Tom Ripley is quietly living a life of luxury at his chateau at Villeperce, and, as ever, is keeping one step ahead of the law - he has, after all, a past that would not bear too much close scrutiny...The fifth novel featuring the protagonist Tom Ripley finds the sophisticated and amoral American expatr ...Show more
Barkskins by Annie Proulx
$24.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary
Finalist for the Kirkus Prize for Best NovelA New York Times Notable BookA Washington Post Best Book of the Year From the Pulitzer Prize---winning author of The Shipping News and "Brokeback Mountain," comes the New York Times bestselling epic about the demise of the world's forests: "Barkskins is grand ...Show more
The Color of Our Sky: A Novel by Amita Trasi
$24.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary | Reading Level: good
In the spirit of Khaled Hosseini, Nadia Hashimi and Shilpi Somaya Gowda comes this powerful debut from a talented new voice-a sweeping, emotional journey of two childhood friends in Mumbai, India, whose lives converge only to change forever one fateful night. India, 1986: Mukta, a ten-year-old village g ...Show more
Sapphire Falls by Fleur McDonald
$29.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary
Fiona Forrest is devastated when her husband Charlie commits suicide after the accidental shooting of his mate, Eddie. Though Fiona decides to keep farming their successful property, rumours that she intends to sell keep circulating...When Detective Dave Burrows arrives to sign off on the investigation ...Show more
Closing Down by Sally Abbott
$29.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary | Reading Level: very good
No matter how strange, difficult and absurd the world becomes, some things never change. The importance of home. Of love. Of kindness to strangers. Of memories and dreams. Australia's rural towns and communities are closing down, much of Australia is being sold to overseas interests, states and countrie ...Show more
The End of the Day by Claire North
$29.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary | Reading Level: very good
Charlie meets everyone - but only once. You might meet him in a hospital, in a warzone, or at the scene of traffic accident. Then again, you might meet him at the North Pole - he gets everywhere, our Charlie. Would you shake him by the hand, take the gift he offers, or would you pay no attention to the ...Show more
The Twelve Lives of Samuel Hawley by Hannah Tinti
$29.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary
Bursting with imaginative exuberance, THE TWELVE LIVES OF SAMUEL HAWLEY by Hannah Tinti has been described as 'One part Quentin Tarantino, and one part Scheherazade' (Ann Patchett) and will appeal to fans of The Sisters Brothers or The Watchmaker of Filigree Street. After years spent living on the run, ...Show more