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4 1 y separately published work icon Dead Man in a Ditch Luke Arnold , London : Orbit , 2020 19679812 2020 single work novel crime fantasy

'Like his fellow citizens in Sunder City, Fetch Philips has nothing left - no hope, no money, no magic left in the world after the war that took it all away. He has nothing left to believe in.

'Which is why Fetch is surprised when people begin to believe in, well, in him.

Rumour has it that Fetch Philips is the man with the secret to bringing the magic back. So when a man is murdered in a way that can only be explained as magical, Fetch is brought in on the case. A case which just might unearth things best left buried.' (Publication summary)

17 2 y separately published work icon The Chain Adrian McKinty , Sydney : Hachette Australia , 2019 15937205 2019 single work novel thriller

'VICTIM. KIDNAPPER. CRIMINAL. You will become each one. You are now part of the chain. Don't break the chain.

'THE ONLY WAY TO GET YOUR CHILD BACK IS TO KIDNAP ANOTHER.

'Listen carefully ...
Your child has been kidnapped.
You must abduct someone else's child to save your own.
Disobey. Break the rules. Go to the cops. Your child will die.
Your victim's parents must kidnap another child before yours is released.
You are now part of the chain.

'#DONTBREAKTHECHAIN'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

2 1 y separately published work icon The Jade Lily Kirsty Manning , Crows Nest : Allen and Unwin , 2018 12915726 2018 single work novel historical fiction

'In 2016, fleeing London with a broken heart, Alexandra returns to Australia to be with her grandparents, Romy and Wilhelm, when her grandfather is dying. With only weeks left together, her grandparents begin to reveal the family mysteries they have kept secret for more than half a century.

'In 1939, two young girls meet in Shanghai, the 'Paris of the East': beautiful local Li and Viennese refugee Romy form a fierce friendship. But the deepening shadows of World War Two fall over the women as Li and Romy slip between the city's glamorous French Concession and the desperate Shanghai Ghetto. Eventually, they are forced separate ways as Romy doubts Li's loyalties.

'After Wilhelm dies, Alexandra flies to Shanghai, determined to trace her grandparents' past. As she peels back the layers of their hidden lives, she begins to question everything she knows about her family - and herself. ' (Publication Summary)

3 11 y separately published work icon Prime Cut Alan Carter , Fremantle : Fremantle Press , 2011 Z1752572 2011 single work novel crime 'Meet Cato Kwong — disgraced cop and ex-poster boy for the police force. Banished to the stock squad after the fallout from a police frame-up, Cato is brought in from the cold to solve the case of a torso washed up on the wild shores of the Great Southern Ocean. But Cato faces powerful opposition when his investigation lifts the lid on the exploitation of migrant workers and disturbs an even darker criminal mind.' (From the publisher's website.)
6 y separately published work icon The Dark Side Anthony O'Neill , New York (City) : Simon and Schuster , 2016 10492996 2016 single work novel science fiction thriller detective

In this dark and gripping sci-fi noir, an exiled police detective arrives at a lunar penal colony just as a psychotic android begins a murderous odyssey across the far side of the moon.

Purgatory is the lawless moon colony of eccentric billionaire, Fletcher Brass: a mecca for war criminals, murderers, sex fiends, and adventurous tourists. You can’t find better drugs, cheaper plastic surgery, or a more ominous travel advisory anywhere in the universe. But trouble is brewing in Brass’s black-market heaven. When an exiled cop arrives in this wild new frontier, he immediately finds himself investigating a string of ruthless assassinations in which Brass himself—and his equally ambitious daughter—are the chief suspects.

Meanwhile, two-thousand kilometers away, an amnesiac android, Leonardo Black, rampages across the lunar surface. Programmed with only the notorious “Brass Code”—a compendium of corporate laws that would make Ayn Rand blush—Black has only one goal in mind: to find Purgatory and conquer it.

Source: Publisher's Blurb

2 4 y separately published work icon Dinosaur Knights Michael Gerard Bauer , Malvern : Omnibus Books , 2009 Z1622679 2009 single work novel young adult fantasy science fiction "Dinosaur Knights is a gripping fantasy adventure about a scientist who attempts to bring a dinosaur through time. When the dinosaur becomes stranded in the Middle Ages, it crosses the path of two young boys and changes their lives forever. Roland dreams of being a knight while Oswald imagines a future as a physician; neither boy expected to face a dragon."--Provided by publisher.
3 1 y separately published work icon The Moon Below Barbara Bickmore , New York (City) : Ballantine Books , 1990 Z75441 1990 single work novel historical fiction The daughter of a Newcastle coalminer, Hallie Thomas moves to Australia where she struggles to make a life for herself amid the beautiful purple mountains and eucalyptus trees of New South Wales.
9 y separately published work icon The Borgia Ring Michael White , London : Arrow Books , 2009 10503839 2009 single work novel crime thriller

When a blackened skeleton is unearthed on a building site in the City of London, no one can have the slightest idea of its extraordinary link to a plot to assassinate the Queen of Englandover 500 years ago.

But there is one very conspicuous clue. On the index finger of the body's right hand is a gold ring topped with a brilliant, round emerald.

DCI Jack Pendragon has just transferred from Oxford to Brick Lane Police Station - in part to escape his own past. Immediately, he finds himself investigating three particularly gruesome murders. And he will need all the experience he has acquired from two decades on the force to track down a killer for whom an eerie obsession has become total madness. A killer who draws his murderous inspiration from a Renaissance family whose power and cruelty remain a living legend.

Source: Publisher's Blurb

4 6 y separately published work icon The Genius Wars Catherine Jinks , Crows Nest : Allen and Unwin , 2009 Z1645647 2009 single work novel young adult thriller 'In a thrilling conclusion to the Genius trilogy, Cadel must think like a criminal mastermind. After living a precarious life of lies and mistrust, Cadel has finally found his niche. But Prosper English resurfaces, determined to destroy everything Cadel has struggled to build...' (Libraries Australia record)
1 y separately published work icon Selling Bratwurst in Down Under : wie ich der Liebe wegen nach Australien auswanderte Annette Dutton , Knaur-Taschenbuch , 2010 6432029 2010 single work novel

' Ausgerechnet ein Australier, denkt sich Annette, als sie ihren Traumprinzen John auf einer Urlaubsreise kennenlernt. Doch als sie wenige Monate später den großen Schritt wagt und auf die andere Seite der Erde zieht, ist sie glücklich. Wenn da nicht die Jobsuche wäre … Aber John weiß Rat: Wie wäre es mit einer original deutschen Würstchenbude? ' (Publication summary)

3 7 y separately published work icon Genius Squad Catherine Jinks , Crows Nest : Allen and Unwin , 2008 Z1473146 2008 single work novel young adult

'Sometimes, when it comes to fighting evil, one genius just isn't enough.

'Cadel Piggott's been having a hard time since he chose to be good rather than evil. He doesn't know where he was born. He doesn't know who his father is. And he's under constant threat from Prosper English - the criminal mastermind he helped to put in gaol.

'Will Genius Squad be the answer to all Cadel's prayers? Or is he right to question their motives? Deciding what's good and bad is more difficult than Cadel could ever have imagined ...' (Publisher's blurb)

5 6 y separately published work icon Family Baggage Monica McInerney , Camberwell : Viking , 2005 Z1198228 2005 single work novel romance

'Tour guide Harriet Turner knows all about journeys. She's arranged hundreds of them for the travel agency her family runs. But when her work colleague and foster sister Lara disappears on the eve of a big overseas trip, Harriet finds herself in uncharted territory. Left in charge of a coachload of eccentric tourists on a themed tour based on the English TV detective series Willoughby, Harriet soon has her hands full. But as the bus wends its way through the picturesque countryside of Devon and Cornwall, the tour becomes another kind of journey for her. She finds herself facing big questions about her family, her childhood and her feelings for the guest of honour on the tour, the charming star of Willoughby, Patrick Shawcross. And the biggest puzzle of all: what has happened to Lara?' (Publication summary)

2 6 y separately published work icon Gang of Four Liz Byrski , Sydney : Macmillan Australia , 2004 Z1106956 2004 single work novel

'They have been close friends for almost two decades, supporting each other through personal and professional crises parents dying, children leaving home, house moves, job changes, political activism, diets and really bad haircuts. Now the 'gang of four', Isabel, Sally, Robin and Grace, are all fifty-something, successful and restless. It is Isabel who makes the first move, taking a year away from her family to follow in her mother's footsteps across Europe. Soon Sally is on her way to San Francisco, to come face to face with a guilty secret. Robin, in the wake of a clandestine relationship, heads for isolation in the country. And Grace? Well, Grace would never go away for an entire year, but, lonely in the others' absence, she thinks she might take a short holiday in England. Once there, she bumps into someone she hardly knows herself.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

2 4 y separately published work icon God's Callgirl : One Woman's Life Journey from Convent to Sex Worker Carla Van Raay , Pymble : HarperCollins Australia , 2004 Z1100439 2004 single work autobiography As a child, Carla van Raay experienced a trauma that changed her forever. Burdened by the weight of this terrible secret, all she wanted to do was survive. Life as a nun promised refuge from the outside world. Carla hoped to find love and understanding within the convent walls. Instead she became enmeshed in a complex system of regulations that drove her to the brink of madness. Finally released from her vows, she escaped back into the 'real' world. A hasty marriage and separation left Carla with a daughter to support. With few professional skills to rely on from her years as a nun, she turned to another age-old profession - prostitution. She worked as an escort to learn the ropes, then struck out on her own, setting up a massage service. God's callgirl was born. When eventually the seamier side of the business began to assert itself, Carla embarked on a journey to uncover the dark secret of her past. (Source: Trove)
2 2 y separately published work icon The Five Winds Patricia Shaw , London : Hodder Headline , 2003 Z1096236 2003 single work novel historical fiction
8 4 y separately published work icon Our Father Who Art in the Tree Judy Pascoe , Camberwell : Penguin , 2002 Z973579 2002 single work novel Mr O'Neill dies and while the family is still mourning, his spirit takes up residence in the tree in the back garden (back cover).
4 1 y separately published work icon Valley of Lagoons Patricia Shaw , Elwood : Greenhouse Publications , 1989 Z1399720 1989 single work novel historical fiction
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4 1 y separately published work icon Child of the Prophecy Juliet Marillier , Sydney : Pan Macmillan Australia , 2001 Z922201 2001 single work novel fantasy 'The folk of Sevenwaters have always done their best to be loyal custodians of the old ways of Ireland. They are a people bound into the very lifeblood of the land. This has caused much joy, but also heartbreak. An old feud with the Britons is stirring, and otherworldly forces seek a hand in its resolution. And now it is Fainne, the reclusive daughter of Niamh and granddaughter to Sorcha, who must shoulder the burden of charting a safe path to the future. Plucked from her remote home and sent to Sevenwaters, Fainne must decide where she stands, for she has opposing forces coursing through her blood. Can she turn her back on those she has begun to love and destroy the chosen one - the child of the prophecy? Or will love, once and for all, prevail?' - Libraries Australia
2 4 y separately published work icon Girls' Night In Jessica Adams (editor), Chris Manby (editor), Fiona Walker (editor), Ringwood : Penguin , 2000 Z792893 2000 anthology short story prose
5 4 y separately published work icon Pants on Fire Maggie Alderson , Ringwood : Penguin , 2000 Z343057 2000 single work novel humour romance When London editor Georgia Abbott comes to Sydney to work on Glow, a glossy woman's magazine, she has high hopes for a bright new start. Leaving behind a broken heart (her own) and a philandering ex-fiancé, she's looking forward to immersing herself in the Tim Tam-eating sisterhood of woman's mags. Not to mention being whisked off into the dusty Australian sunset by a suntanned, Akubra-hatted fantasy man. At first, things seem promising, as Georgia is swept up in a whirl of A-list parties, dancing, dinners and debauchery. But while Australian water may go down the plughole the other way, Australian men are starting to look all too familiar. And then there's the chaotic bunch of women Georgia works with on Glow, to whom every relationship disaster is a potential article, not least of all Georgia's, whose quest for love is fast becoming headline material. What to do? (Source: Trove)
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