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New Fiction Titles

Creative Differences by Graeme Simsion

 

A wry and incisive study of partnerships -- in love, in writing -- and creativity. It's paired with a selection of stories from across Simsion’s career, including the first appearance of Don Tillman.

The Witches' Blade by A. K. Mulford

Book 2 in Kiwi author Mulford’s trilogy The five crowns of Okrith.  A magic sword. A powerful curse. An untested fae princess. Eighteen-year-old Ruadora Dammacus now possesses the Immortal Blade. 

Age of Vice by Deepti Kapoor

An epic, action-packed story propelled by the seductive wealth, startling corruption, and bloodthirsty violence of the Wadia family -- loved by some, loathed by others, feared by all. A debut novel that has been receiving great reviews

Marmee by Sarah Miller

In 1861, war is raging in the South, but in Concord, Massachusetts, Margaret March has her own battles to fight. With her husband serving as an army chaplain, the comfort and security of Margaret's four daughters now rest on her shoulders alone. 

The Lipstick Bureau by Michelle Gable

1944, Rome. Newlywed Niki Novotná is recruited by a new American spy agency to establish a secret branch in Italy's capital. 

The Hotel on the Riviera by Carol Kirkwood

By the sapphire blue waters of the French Riviera, a decades-long secret is about to be revealed... Wayward Greek heiress, Ariana Theodosis, inherits the Hotel du Soleil as part of a mysterious legacy.

The Artist's Secret by Alexandra Joel

A young woman who has been brought up by a single mother in a hippie commune on the South Coast of NSW becomes a curator at the Sydney Art Museum. 

The Gifted Son by Genevieve Gannon

With two bright children, a beautiful home and a husband she's always depended on, Lillian Hogarth considers herself blessed. Until, on her son Jamie's final day of high school, he fails to come home.

The House of Now and Then by Jo Dixon

After a humiliating public scandal, Olivia is hiding from the press in a remote Tasmanian house when an unknown man knocks on her door, seeking Pippa, a woman who once lived there. His father, Jeremy, has died, leaving behind a letter for this mysterious woman. 

Seven Sisters by Katherine Kovacic

Naomi started grief counselling prepared to run for cover as soon as her therapist, Mia, pulled out a crystal or tried to align her chakras. But Mia seems ordinary and her practice, The Pleiades, is named for the seven sisters from Greek mythology.

The Homecoming by Alison Stuart

It has been almost twenty years since Charlie O'Reilly left Maiden's Creek, the town where she once knew only injustice and fear. Now she returns as acting matron of the local hospital, determined to prove her worth - and to escape the attentions of a man she would rather forget. 

Shelter From the Storm by Penelope Janu

Fiercely independent naval officer, Patience Cartwright has never had a place to call home, but she knows where she doesn't belong. After an unhappy childhood and a badly broken heart, she'll never return to the country. But to save her career, Patience is forced to accept a secondment - to an environmental team working near the town where she grew up. 

The Make-up Test by Jenny L. Howe

Allison Avery loves to win. After acing every academic challenge she's come up against, she's finally been accepted into her dream Ph.D. program at Claymore University, studying medieval literature under a professor she's admired for years. 

Partners in Crime by Alisha Rai

Indian Matchmaking meets Date Night in this fun, romantic adventure by bestselling author Alisha Rai.

The Rom-Com Agenda by Jayne Denker

Eli thinks he and his girlfriend, Victoria, are meant to be together until she breaks up with him, leaving him heartbroken and confused. Determined to win her back, he goes along with the advice of his friends: become the sophisticated yet vulnerable ideal man. How? Study the best romantic heroes from everyone's favourite rom-com movies.

Dog Friendly by Victoria Schade

Exhausted veterinarian Morgan Pearce is feeling overworked and under-thanked, so when two of her favorite clients ask her to watch their special needs senior dog in their Nantucket home, she jumps at the chance for a summer break. 

The Italian Daughter by Soraya Lane

Italy, 1946. Estee always believed that she would spend her life with her childhood sweetheart Felix. But when her incredible gift for dance gave her the opportunity to move to a big city and provide for her mother, she knew she had to sacrifice her happiness for her family's future and a chance at a better life

The Backup Plan by Jill Shalvis

When Alice receives a call about an unexpected windfall, she's stunned to learn the gift is a falling-apart-at-the-seams old Wild West B&B she once considered home--and she's inherited it along with two strangers. 

Forever Never by Lucy Score

Under Brick Callan's mile-wide chest beats a loyal heart with a few cracks in it. He's the steadfast, overprotective type. Especially when it comes to the one woman he can never have. 

Son of the Poison Rose by Jonathan Maberry

Son of the Poison Rose marks the second installment of New York Times bestselling author Jonathan Maberry's epic, swashbuckling Kagen the Damned series. The Silver Empire is in ruins. War is in the wind. Kagen and his allies are on the run from the Witch-king. 

Our Share of Night by Mariana Enriquez

In 1981, a young father and son set out on a road trip across Argentina, devastated by the mysterious death of the wife and mother they both loved. United in grief, the pair travels to her family home near Iguazú Falls, where they must confront the horrific legacy she has bequeathed. 

Some Trick by Helen DeWitt

For sheer unpredictable brilliance, Gogol may come to mind, but no author alive today takes a reader as far as Helen DeWitt into the funniest, most yonder dimensions of possibility. 

The War Librarian by Addison Armstrong

1918. Timid Emmaline Balakin works at the Dead Letter Office and lives more in books than her own life. That is, until an envelope crosses her desk at the Dead Letter Office bearing a name from her past, and Emmaline decides to finally embark on an adventure of her own--as a volunteer librarian on the frontlines in France. 

Devil's Chimney by Adam Lyndon

Book 1 in a new series. On a wild and stormy night on England's south coast, ambitious young police constables Rutherford Barnes and Harriet Holden are doing the rounds when they see a burglar fleeing the scene of a crime. And the location is Harriet's house. 

Beachy Head by Adam Lyndon

Book 2 in this new series. DC Barnes is back on the job after an eighteen-month suspension. He's offered a case no one else wants - and he's in no position to refuse. A one-punch homicide. 

Red Dirt Road by S. R. White

In Unamurra - a drought-scarred, one-pub town deep in the outback - two men are savagely murdered a month apart, their bodies elaborately arranged like angels. With no witnesses, no obvious motive, and no apparent connection between the killings, how can lone police officer Detective Dana Russo possibly solve such a brutal, baffling case? 

A Mansion for Murder by Frances Brody

Book 13 in the Kate Shackleton series

1930, Yorkshire. Intrigued by a mysterious letter from a stranger offering important information, Private Investigator Kate Shackleton arrives in the mill village of Saltaire.

Terms of Inheritance by Michelle Upton

When multi-millionaire Jacki Turner is forced to take stock of her life, she sets her daughters a challenge - in order to inherit her vast fortune, each must fulfil a task that she believes will push them to become better versions of themselves

One of Our Ministers is Missing by Alan Johnson

On holiday in Crete, Lord Bellingham, a government minister in the Foreign Office, had been solo trekking in the White Mountains when he mysteriously disappeared. 

The Love Algorithm by Claudia Carroll

True love is only just a swipe away? Right? Iris is good with numbers. In fact, she's great at numbers. Educated, cultured and career-driven, she's got it all. Well, nearly. The only thing missing from her perfectly calibrated life is a partner - and not for lack of trying. 

Tides of Honour by Genevieve Graham

Graham brings to life a little-known chapter of history in this unforgettable story of survival and sacrifice about a young woman and a wounded soldier caught in the horrors of the Great War and its aftermath

Invincible by WJ Moloney

Son White and his horse Ben endured the horrors of WWI. Upon White's return home, he embarks on another journey with another group of young New Zealanders, who bind together to become Invincible.

The Darkness in the Light by Daniel Kalla

A psychiatrist's patients are dying--are they suicides related to a new antidepressant, or is there something even more sinister going on in the northernmost town in the US? 

The Orphan's Letters by Glynis Peters

As the Second World War rages on, nurse Kitty Pattison's life takes a nomadic turn as her work with the Red Cross sees her traversing the country, moving from post to post. 

The Magic of Lemon Drop Pie by Rachel Linden

 

An uplifting novel about a heartbroken young pie maker who is granted a magical second chance to live the life she didn't choose.

The Summer Party by Rebecca Heath

When Lucy Ross is forced to come back to her childhood summer home in Queens Point, Australia, it's supposed to only be a short stay. But when a body washes up on the beach, she soon finds herself pulled into a murder investigation. 

The Secret Society of Salzburg by Renee Ryan

At first glance, Austrian opera singer Elsa Mayer-Braun has little in common with the young English typist she encounters on tour. Yet she and Hattie Featherstone forge an instant connection - and strike a dangerous alliance. 

About Time by Jodi Taylor

 

Book 4 of the Time Police series. After their heroic efforts to safeguard the Acropolis and prevent the Paris Time-Stop, the Time Police have gone from zero to hero. 

The Paris Affair by Melanie Hudson

Scarred by his experiences in World War One, German doctor, Sebastian Braun lives a quiet life tending to his patients and his beloved garden. Until Sophie Hathaway bursts into his life and challenges his dearly-held beliefs. 

Devil's Delight by M. C. Beaton

Book 33 in the Agatha Raisin series written with R. W. Green. 

Dinosaurs by Lydia Millet

 

A man named Gil walks from New York to Arizona to recover from a failed love. After he arrives, new neighbors move into the glass-walled house next door, and his life begins to mesh with theirs. 

The Girl in the Photo by Heidi Amsinck

Nordic noir. When ninety-year old Irene Valborg is found murdered in an affluent suburb of Copenhagen, her diamond necklace missing, it looks like a burglary gone wrong.

Code 6 by James Grippando

Aspiring playwright Kate Gamble is struggling to launch a script she's been secretly researching her entire life, mostly at the family dinner table. Her father is CEO of a private data integration company whose clients include the CIA and virtually every counter-terrorism organization in the Western World. 

Poetry Unbound, ed. Padraig O Tuama

 

This collection, edited by Padraig O Tuama, presents fifty poems each with their own commentary and personal anecdotes alongside insights into the content of the poem. 

A Stranger's Game by Colleen Coble

Even though Torie Bergstrom hasn't been back to Georgia since she was ten, she's happy to arrange a job for her best friend at one of the family properties on Jekyll Island. But when Torie learns that her best friend has drowned, she knows it is more than a tragic accident.

The Best Thing by Mariana Zapata

Lenny DeMaio made herself a promise: she was done. Done thinking about him. Done worrying about him. Done reaching out to a man who clearly didn't want to be found. Too bad no one gave Jonah Collins the memo. 

The Librarian of Auschwitz by Salva Rubio

 

A graphic novel based on the incredible true story of Dita Kraus, Holocaust survivor and secret librarian for the children’s block in Auschwitz.

Fox Creek by William Kent Krueger

Ojibwe healer Henry Meloux has had a vision of his death. As he walks the Northwoods, he tries to prepare himself peacefully for the end of his long life. But peace is destined to elude him as hunters fill the woods seeking a woman named Dolores Morriseau, a stranger who had come to the healer for shelter and the gift of his wisdom.

Standing by the Wall by Mick Herron

Espionage. Subterfuge. Blackmail. Mystery. Humor. Revenge. Failure. Success. All this and more in a tight package of five novellas by Mick Herron, author of the Slough House novels.

Querelle of Roberval by Kevin Lambert

 

Homage to Jean Genet's antihero and a brilliant reimagining of the ancient form of tragedy, Querelle of Roberval, winner of the Marquis de Sade Prize, is a wildly imaginative story of justice, passion, and murderous revenge.

Hard to Break by Michael Lewidge

Mike Gannon always wanted to go to Alaska. That's why when a bucket-list grizzly bear trip to the Klondike comes up, he's on it with both feet. But as he arrives up in the northern wilds, he discovers other hunters are there. And they're not looking for grizzly. 

Critical Threat by Lynette Eason

Book 3 in the Extreme Measures series. FBI Special Agent Grace Billingsley tracks serial killers, using her skills as a psychiatrist and behavioral analyst to get dangerous people of the street. 

Hell Bent by Leigh Bardugo

 

Follows the popular Ninth House. Find a gateway to the underworld. Steal a soul out of hell. A simple plan, except people who make this particular journey rarely come back. But Galaxy Alex Stern is determined to break Darlington out of purgatory. 

A Runner's Guide to Rakiura by Jessica Howland Kany

A Millennial New Yorker, a Stewart Island fisherman, and a WW II veteran walk into a bar… a tale of romance, adventure, and a treasure hunt which will take you through decades and landscapes, from the beaches of Rakiura Stewart Island to the battlefield of Monte Cassino, to post-war Paris, to the Twin Towers rebuild. 

The Trees by Percival Everett

Shortlisted for the 2022 Booker Prize.

 

When detectives from the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation arrive to investigate a series of brutal murders in the rural town of Money, they meet expected resistance from the local sheriff, his deputy, the coroner, and a string of racist White townsfolk. As the bodies pile up, the MBI detectives uncover a history that refuses to be buried. 

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