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  • Yellowface

    by Rebecca F Kuang ...
    The No. 1 Sunday Times and New York Times bestseller from literary sensation R.F. Kuang*A Reese Witherspoon Book Club pick*‘Propulsive’ SUNDAY TIMES‘Razor-sharp’ TIME‘A wild ride’ STYLIST‘Darkly comic’ GQ‘A riot’ PANDORA SYKES‘Hard to put down, harder to forget’ STEPHEN KINGAthena Liu is a literary darling and June Hayward is literally nobody.</stro... ... Read more

    $14.99 AUD

  • Lessons in Chemistry

    The multi-million copy bestseller

    by Bonnie Garmus ...
    THE MULTI-MILLION-COPY BESTSELLERSoon to be a major Apple TV series starring Brie Larson'I loved it' NIGELLA LAWSON*'*The most charming, life-enhancing novel I've read in ages' **INDIA KNIGHT, Sunday Times, Book of the Year'**The TV cook bit hooked me right in and the book did not disappoint' NADIYA HUSSAIN___________Your ability to change eve... ... Read more

    $14.99 AUD

  • Outback

    A stunning new crime thriller

    by Patricia Wolf ...
    Book 1 - A DS Walker Thriller
    The Number 1 Internationally Bestselling Ebook, perfect for fans of The Dry by Jane Harper.'Tense, gripping and atmospheric' - CHRIS WHITAKER'Gripped me from its shocking start' - SARAH YARWOOD-LOVETT'I highly recommend it' - LYNDA LA PLANTE CBETWO MISSING BACKPACKERS. ONE VAST OUTBACK.DS Lucas Walker is on leave in his hometown, Caloodie, taking care of his d... ... Read more

    $5.99 AUD

  • Talking To My Country

    The passionate and powerful bestselling book by critically acclaimed journalist and author of Tears of Strangers and The Queen is Dead

    by Stan Grant ...
    The acclaimed national bestseller - moving, passionate, deeply felt and powerful.In July 2015, as the debate over Adam Goodes being booed at AFL games raged and got ever more heated and ugly, Stan Grant wrote a short but powerful piece for The Guardian that went viral, not only in Australia but right around the world, shared over 100,000 times on social media. His was a personal, passionate and ... Read more

    $14.99 AUD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • It Ends With Us

    The emotional #1 Sunday Times bestseller

    by Colleen Hoover ...
    Don't miss IT STARTS WITH US, the sequel to IT ENDS WITH US. Available now...THE MULTI-MILLION-COPY GLOBAL BESTSELLER. SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOVIE.Lily hasn’t always had it easy, but that’s never stopped her from working hard for the life she wants. She’s come a long way from the small town where she grew up—she graduated from college, moved to Boston, and started her own business. And when she feels ... Read more

    $16.99 AUD

  • The Summer Girl

    An utterly gripping psychological thriller with shocking twists

    by Jenny Blackhurst ...
    It’s going to be a summer she’ll never forget.Claire’s little sister Holly has been working on the millionaire’s playground of Martha’s Vineyard, going to barefoot beach parties and flirting with the local rich kids. But now she’s missing and none of the locals seem to care, including the police. They think a message Claire received is proof she’s safe.But Claire knows for a fact that her sister ... Read more

    $1.99 AUD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Australia's Most Infamous Jail

    Inside the walls of Pentridge Prison

    by James Phelps ...
    'Pentridge was a place of murder and mayhem. A bluestone hell. The worst prison Australia has ever seen.' Andrew Kirby, former inmateWelcome to Pentridge, Australia's most infamous prison.In the long-awaited return to his bestselling true crime series on life behind bars, James Phelps has finally turned his attention to HM Prison Pentridge - the bluestone behemoth that was home to Victoria's worst ... Read more

    $14.99 AUD

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  • The Helsingør Sewing Club

    by Ella Gyland ...
    Inspired by the incredible true story of how the people of Denmark saved their Jewish neighbours during WW2Helsingør, Denmark, 1943In the midst of the German occupation during World War Two, Inger Bredahl joins the underground resistance and risks her life to save members of Denmark’s Jewish community and help them escape to Sweden.Copenhagen, 2018Inger’s granddaughter, Cecilie Lund, is mourning ... Read more

    $13.99 AUD $3.99 AUD

  • Paradise

    A totally addictive crime thriller packed with jaw-dropping twists

    by Patricia Wolf ...
    Book 2 - A DS Walker Thriller
    'Wow... Non-stop action from the first pages... So suspenseful!... do yourself a favour and read it... one of my favourite books of 2023' Reader Review, 5 starsIn a beach paradise, an unspeakable crime is committed. The only witness lies in a coma, fighting for her life...Australia's Gold Coast: On a stunningly beautiful stretch of coastline, a young mother is brutally murdered and her daughter, ... Read more

    $7.99 AUD

  • A Blind Eye

    A twisty and gripping detective thriller

    by Marion Todd ...
    Book 7 - Detective Clare Mackay
    The Scots Magazine Book of the Month May 2023‘Tartan Noir at its nail-biting, brutal, bloody best’ Helen Fields, author of The InstitutionCan DI Clare Mackay unravel a dead man’s secrets?Harry Richards, a local solicitor, is found in his car, throat slit.DI Clare Mackay is on the case. She soon learns that Harry was not the upstanding man he seemed to be. Finding the killer should be easy... ... Read more

    $7.99 AUD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Silent Bones

    An addictive and gripping crime thriller

    by Rachel Lynch ...
    Book 11 - Detective Kelly Porter
    Thirlmere hides a deadly secret…Drought hits the Lake District, uncovering a skeleton at the bottom of Thirlmere reservoir. The case quickly becomes personal for DI Kelly Porter when she discovers it’s the remains of an old classmate, missing for over twenty years.Then a day later, another body is found in a caravan park, its head broken and bloody.Kelly suspects these two crimes are linked. But ... Read more

    $7.99 AUD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Unnatural Death

    The gripping new Kay Scarpetta thriller

    by Patricia Cornwell ...
    Book 27 - Kay Scarpetta
    THE BREATHTAKING NEW KAY SCARPETTA THRILLER FROM THE 120-MILLION-COPY BESTSELLERTwo mauled bodies in the woods. Two top secret autopsies. The most chilling case of Scarpetta's career . . .In this thrilling new instalment of the #1 bestselling series, chief medical examiner Dr Kay Scarpetta finds herself in a Northern Virginia wilderness examining the remains of two campers wanted by federal law ... Read more

    $15.99 AUD

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  • The Body in Nightingale Park

    by Nick Louth ...
    Book 12 - DCI Craig Gillard Crime Thrillers
    Another impossible case for DCI Gillard, but this time the answers are very close to home…With a baby on the way, a pregnant wife to take care of and a new home to settle into, DCI Craig Gillard seems to have found a life of domestic bliss.But when retired police sergeant Ken Stapleford is found stabbed to death in front of his own TV while watching Saturday afternoon football, Gillard’s peace is ... Read more

    $7.99 AUD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Storytellers

    Questions, Answers and the Craft of Journalism

    by Leigh Sales ...
    Highly respected ABC anchor, bestselling author and hit podcaster Leigh Sales interviews the cream of Australian journalists about their craft – how (and why) they bring us the stories that inform our lives.Leigh Sales is one of Australia’s most accomplished journalists, having anchored the ABC’s flagship 7.30 program for twelve years. She has been a foreign correspondent, hosted Lateline and ... Read more

    $16.99 AUD

  • Unsafe: Damian longs for home, but one man stands in his way

    by Cathy Glass ...
    Damian longs for home, but one man stands in his way …Damian is just seven when he is taken in by foster carer Cathy Glass. His mother, Rachel, loves her three young children dearly, but she is vulnerable, naive and unable to cope on her own.Cathy sets about helping Damian overcome his eating issues, with the hope that he will eventually return home. But when Rachel’s new boyfriend, Troy, arrives ... Read more

    $10.99 AUD

  • The Voice to Parliament Handbook

    All the Detail You Need

    by Thomas Mayo, Kerry O'Brien ...
    The Voice to Parliament Handbook is an easy-to-follow guide for the millions of Australians who have expressed support for the Uluru Statement from the Heart, but want to better understand what a Voice to Parliament actually means.'We invite you to walk with us in a movement of the Australian people for a better future.' These words from the Uluru Statement from the Heart are a heartfelt ... Read more

    $7.99 AUD

  • The List

    by Yomi Adegoke ...
    The instant Sunday Times bestselling debut novel'A page-turning read about the dark side of social media' STYLIST‘The Book Of The Summer’ VOGUE‘Topical, heartfelt, provocative’ BERNARDINE EVARISTO‘The perfect summer read … Impossible to put down’ PAULA HAWKINS‘A page-turner that you can’t second guess’ THE TIMES‘A must-re... ... Read more

    $16.99 AUD $12.99 AUD

  • What the Shadows Hide

    by M J Lee ...
    Book 9 - DI Ridpath Crime Thriller
    To love and to cherish, till death did them part...'A brilliant thriller' The SunTwo desiccated bodies are found in each other's arms in the bricked up room of a derelict Victorian warehouse. After six months of work, the police have nothing and Ridpath is finally called in to investigate. Dubbed the Romeo and Juliet murders by the press, so many questions remain unanswered.Who are they? Why were ... Read more

    $4.99 AUD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Schoolgirl, Her Teacher and his Wife

    by Rebecca Hazel ...
    Teacher and former rugby league player Chris Dawson appeared to have it all – a loving family and a beautiful home in Sydney’s Northern Beaches. But in the summer of 1982 his wife Lynette disappeared and not long afterwards Dawson married a much younger woman a former student.Less than a decade later this young woman escaped the marriage and went to the police to record her suspicions that Dawson ... Read more

    $16.99 AUD

  • Magnolia Parks

    TikTok made me buy it! The addictive romance sensation – Book 1

    by Jessa Hastings ...
    Book 1 - Magnolia Parks Universe
    'If Gossip Girl and Made in Chelsea had a baby, it would be this book.' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'How many loves do you get in a lifetime?'She is a beautiful, affluent, self-involved and mildly neurotic London socialite.He is Britain's most photographed bad-boy who broke her heart.Magnolia Parks and BJ Ballentine are meant to be, and everyone knows it.She dat... ... Read more

    $12.99 AUD

  • Bite Back

    Feminism, media, politics, and our power to change it all

    by Hannah Ferguson ...
    This is a book of opinions and ideas with bite. It's news that talks back.Founded in 2020, Cheek Media Co. quickly established itself as the go-to platform for daring feminist opinions on everything from right-wing politics to overcoming taboos around sex and pleasure. In Bite Back, Cheek co-founder Hannah Ferguson turns her sharp, progressive perspective on the issues that matter. Her bold ideas ... Read more

    $12.99 AUD

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  • Once Upon A Broken Heart

    the New York Times bestseller

    by Stephanie Garber ...
    series Once Upon a Broken Heart
    How far would you go for happily ever after?'An unputdownable fairy tale' Kerri Maniscalco, New York Times bestselling author of Kingdom of the WickedFrom the #1 Sunday Times bestselling author of the Caraval series, the first book in a new series about love, curses, and the lengths that people will go to for happily ever after.For as long as she ... ... Read more

    $10.99 AUD

  • Dark Angel

    by John Sandford ...
    Book 2 - The Letty Davenport series
    Letty Davenport is back, and this time she’s taking no prisoners. The new incredible thriller from the #1 global bestseller.Letty Davenport’s days working a desk job are behind her. Her previous actions at a gunfight in Texas – and her incredible skills with firearms – draw the attention of several branches of the US government, and make her a perfect fit for even more dangerous work.The ... Read more

    $7.99 AUD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Identity Trap

    A Story of Ideas and Power in Our Time

    by Yascha Mounk ...
    The origins, consequences and limitations of an ideology that has quickly become highly influential around the world.For much of their history, societies have violently oppressed ethnic, religious and sexual minorities. It is no surprise then that many who passionately believe in social justice have come to believe that members of marginalized groups need to take pride in their identity if they ... Read more

    $19.99 AUD

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