AustLit

'Life in the Scottish Highlands is anything but boring for 16-year-old Ellie Lucas. Her home, Glenwillow Castle, is a portal to the afterlife, the boy she loves a ghost charged with guarding it and her murderous great-great uncle is back from the dead, intent on causing trouble. With so much in her life unresolved, Ellie clings to her ghostly love, Flynn, but then he goes missing in the portal, and one by one her friends desert her, too. Add to that the strange voices she keeps hearing, plus her uncle’s blood-thirsty schemes to claim her castle for himself, and Ellie begins to wonder if her legacy really is lost…' (Publication summary)

'When 15-year-old Ellie's parents move her from Australia to live in the Scottish castle they've been left by a relative, she knows she's in for a culture shock. Bad weather, next to no phone or TV reception and a dearth of entertainment are to be expected, but from the moment the plane arrives in Scotland, her life changes in ways she never imagined. Nothing in the remote highland village of Glenwillow is as it seems and it's not only the locals who are keeping secrets - her parents are hiding something, too. But when she falls for gorgeous and mysterious teenage groundsman, Flynn MacAlister, none of it matters, until Ellie discovers his is the biggest secret of all.' (Publication summary)

'Murder, blackmail, fraud – life in the idyllic English countryside isn’t that idyllic after all, or so Chief Inspector Hilary Heart discovers when she’s called in to investigate following an unexplained death.

'Although it’s 1998 – a new century on the horizon – picture-perfect Dinglederry village has stayed firmly in the past, the only ripples caused by the arrival of a handful of newcomers. But with a trail that leads again and again to London, and a body count that continues to rise, the Chief Inspector begins to wonder how far those ripples spread.

'The more she digs, the more lies she uncovers. Someone is in too deep and they’ll stop at nothing to save themselves – even if it means killing her.' (Publication summary)

'Chip and Skip have only just returned from their second time-travelling adventure and already they’ve plunged head-first into the next one. And while the magic glasses may have sent them over 100 years into the past, their destination seems strangely familiar.

'Still, with a little girl in danger, a wicked aunt and missing parents, the time travellers are soon fighting to save not only their new friends, but themselves as well. Will they succeed, or this time have they taken on too much?'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'It’s been months since Chip and Skip’s first time-travelling adventure and the mysterious glasses they found in the attic of their new home seem to have stopped working. But Chip gives them one last try and finds herself spiralling through time to 1940s’ London and the Second World War. Evacuated with hundreds of other children to the safety of the countryside, Chip can only hope Skip will find her.

'Because with a hidden cave, German spies, and a new friend in mortal danger she needs all the help she can get…'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'It's been 16 years since rebel Annie was sent to live with her aunt Meg in Incabar to escape the fallout from her mother's murder trial; 16 years since she met Amish Samuel and fell hopelessly in love. Since then she's moved on, faced up to killing her stepfather, setting her mother free, and learnt to live without Samuel. She's been doing things her way. Then the police call: Meg's in a coma, her husband dead, and Annie has no choice but to return to Incabar, re-visit her past, and deal with the unfinished business that is Samuel. However, it's not only old friends she has to face, but old enemies, too. Finding herself at the wrong end of a vendetta, and with Samuel fighting his own demons, Annie begins to wish she'd never left home. Because this time it's not just her heart she risks losing, it's her life...' (Publication summary)

'The adventure begins when Chip and Skip move into a big old house their parents have just bought, and find a mysterious treasure chest in the attic. Hidden in the corner of the chest is a bag, which holds two pairs of glasses with tiny dials. When they put them on and turn those dials they are catapulted back in time to 1912, and find themselves trapped aboard the doomed Titanic with a quest to fulfil. But time is running out! Will they be able to solve the mystery – and make it home – before the ship sinks?'

Source: Publisher's blurb.