The Words For Her by Thomasin Sleigh

An arresting story about how photographs bind us together and what happens when those binds fall away. New Zealand author.

The Strawberry Field Girls by Karen Dickson

The strawberry harvest is finally ready. This delicious fruit makes up the main source of income for the small hamlet of Strawbridge; and good friends Leah, Alice and Dora are ready to spend their summer months working on Isaac Whitworth's farm.

The Scarlet Papers by Matthew Richardson

Four stories, four lives, and the fate of the world are bound by a single manuscript. A document feared and whispered about in capitals across the globe. In its pages, history will be rewritten. It is only ever known as...The Scarlet Papers. 

The Nigerwife by Vanessa Walters

Nicole Oruwari has the perfect life: a handsome husband, a palatial house in the heart of glittering Lagos, Nigeria, and a glamorous group of friends. She left London and a dark family past behind for sunny, moneyed Lagos, becoming part of the Nigerwives-a community of foreign women married to wealthy Nigerian men. But when Nicole disappears without a trace after a boat trip, the cracks in her so-called perfect life start to show. 

The Kind Worth Saving by Peter Swanson

When private detective and former teacher Henry Kimball is hired to investigate an ex-pupil's cheating husband, he senses all is no quite what it seems, and before he knows it he's gotten far too close to the other woman. 

The Barbarian by Douglas Jackson

AD 406. Abandoned by his friends and hounded by his enemies, Roman cavalry commander Marcus Flavius Victor is forced to flee an increasingly fractured Britannia with a small band of loyal warriors

Target and Destroy by Tom Marcus

It takes a certain type of person to tackle the dark realities of gangland London. Someone that operates in the shadows and doesn't follow the rule of law. That's where former MI5 officer Matt Logan comes in. 

Smoulder by Laurell K. Hamilton

Book 29 in the  Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter series.

Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, goes up against an ancient evil set on destroying all she holds dear.

Paris Requiem by Chris Lloyd

Book 2 in the  Detective Eddie Giral series

 Paris, September 1940. After three months under Nazi Occupation, not much can shock Detective Eddie Giral. That is, until he finds a murder victim who was supposed to be in prison. 

Search History by Amy Taylor

After fleeing to Melbourne in the wake of a breakup, all Ana has to show for herself is an unfulfilling job at an overly enthusiastic tech start-up and one particularly questionable dating app experience. Then she meets Evan. 

Obsessed by Liza North

Laura has a husband, children, a home in a city she loves. She thinks she can be happy, despite her past. Until someone walks back into her life who she knows will shatter everything. 

Make Me Clean by Tina Baker

Mary is a good woman and a good cleaner. She cleans for Elsie, a funny old bird who's losing her marbles, who has the terrible husband. She cleans for Brian, the sweet man with the terrible boss. She cleans for the mysterious Mr Balogan, with the terrible neighbours. If you're thinking of hiring her, you should probably know that she might have killed the terrible husband, the terrible boss and the terrible neighbours. 

Limelight by Daisy Buchanan

Limelight is a story about sisterhood, sexuality, and self-esteem. It's about how we cope with living in a world which constantly tells us who we are. What happens when we stop listening and start paying attention to who we need to become.

Freeze by Kate Simants

Frozen Out is set to be a TV sensation. On a small ship off the coast of Greenland, eight contestants will push themselves to breaking point for a GBP100,000 prize. The show is Tori Matsuka's baby. After years working her way up the ladder, she's finally launching her own production company with Frozen Out, and the late nights, the debts, the strain on her relationship will all be worthwhile. Everything is riding on the next twelve days. 

Empire by Conn Iggulden

Book 2 in The Golden Age series.

Pericles returns home more than a hero: he's the leader of Athens, the empire's beacon of light. But even during times of peace, the threat of Sparta — Athens's legendary rival — looms large on the horizon. 

Dark of Night by Colleen Coble

Book 2 in The Annie Pederson series.

As if the last few months haven't been hard enough ranger Annie has to figure out whether or not to believe a woman who claims to be her sister, Sarah, who was abducted twenty-four years ago at age five.

Beware the Woman by Megan Abbott

Newly married and with a baby on the way, Jacy and her new husband, Jed, embark on their first road trip together to visit his father, Dr. Ash, in Michigan’s far-flung Upper Peninsula. 

A Sinister Revenge by Deanna Raybourn

Book 8 in the Veronica Speedwell mystery series.

Veronica's natural-historian beau, Stoker, has been away in Bavaria for months and their relationship is at an impasse. But when Veronica shows up before him with his brother, Tiberius, Lord Templeton-Vane, he is lured back home by an intriguing job offer: preparing an iguanodon for a very special dinner party. 

Eddy, Eddy by Kate de Goldi

Eddy, Eddy is a coming of age story, a love story, an earthquake story and a story of finding your way back from grief. Eddy Smallbone (orphan) is grappling with identity, love, loss, and religion. It's two years since he blew up his school life and the earthquakes felled his city. Home life is maddening. And now the past and the future have come calling - in unexpected form. As Eddy navigates his way through the Christchurch suburbs to Christmas…he moves closer and closer to an overdue personal reckoning.”

Indigo Moon by Eileen Merriman

Both Rigel and Indigo are Offspring, born to virally optimised parents. With dire warnings about the possible consequences of time travel, they have been forbidden from even thinking about it. But Indigo is bored…She longs for excitement, which she might just find with the mysterious stranger Billy Raven. Meanwhile, Rigel has an odd feeling that he can’t shake off. Is it because his dad…is off on another dangerous mission? Or is it because of what the Foundation did to his mum? Or is something else going on?

Iris and Me by Philippa Werry

The story of Iris Wilkinson, who wrote poetry, novels and journalism under the pen name Robin Hyde. Her story is narrated by a loyal but mysterious companion who asks the reader to guess their secret. 'Iris and Me' is an imaginative account of the adventures of one of Aotearoa's most significant writers, presented in a form that Hyde herself would have loved, the verse novel."

By Your Side by Scott Mitchell

An intimate, honest and personal account of a life spent loving Barbara Windsor. 'I'm so glad you had the life you did, Barbara. I'm sorry you can't remember, but my God, what a life! You haven't wasted a minute of it.'

The Biggest Ideas in the Universe by Sean Carroll

Starting with the ideas that revolutionised our view of nature, Space, Time and Motion poses deep questions about the cosmos, guiding us through classical physics from Euclid and Galileo to Newton and Einstein. Carroll investigates how a twin could be seven years older than her brother, and demonstrates why it's easier than you might think for a drifting astronaut to get back to the safety of the space station. 

Paper Cutting Tips and Techniques by Kyleigh Orlebar

Discover the wonderfully relaxing art of papercutting and create stunning designs. Packed with ideas and enthusiasm, this book takes you through the whole process from first picking up a scalpel to displaying your work of art.

Bao Family by Céline Chung

Expect an explosion of flavour, with recipes for pancakes, chilli chicken salad, dim sum, spring rolls, hot-and-sour soup, sweet-and-sour fish, Cantonese fried rice and of course bao buns. The key recipes all feature handy step-by-step instructions, and every dish is imbued with the love that Celine and her family have for their homeland of Wenzhou, from their home in Paris.

Taxtopia by The Rebel Accountant

A rogue accountant breaks ranks to share his journey from clueless naif to skilled tax consultant - and in doing so blows the lid on the murky world of making the tax burdens of the ultra-wealthy disappear. If you suspect that tax is a rigged game, a con, designed to fleece the little guy, you are about to find out just how shockingly true that really is.

The Health Babes Guide to Balancing Hormones by Dr Krystal Hohn and Dr. Becky Campbell

As board-certified physicians of natural medicine, these ladies will tell you all of the ways you can get your hormone levels under control. The biggest piece of the hormone puzzle is eating foods that support hormone health and detox pathways as well as learning how to manage stress. 

Size by Vaclav Smil

Explaining the key processes shaping size in nature, society and technology, Smil busts myths around proportions - from bodies to paintings and the so-called golden ratio - tells us what Jonathan Swift got wrong in Gulliver's Travels - the giant Brobdingnagian's legs would buckle under their enormous weight - and dives headfirst into the most contentious issue in ergonomics - the size of aeroplane seats. 

Planta Sapiens by Paco Calvo

Decades of research document plants' impressive abilities: they communicate with one another, manipulate other species, and move in sophisticated ways.  Although plants may not have brains, their internal workings reveal a system not unlike the neuronal networks running through our own bodies. 

A Million Ways to Stay on the Run by Donal MacIntyre and Karl Howman

The authors deliver a compelling account of a major criminal, who shunned the effective discomfort of bunkers and safe houses to live a life on the run brimming with luxury, women, sun, sea, and Bacardi - and all while hiding in plain sight.