Learning, By Degrees.Daniel Irvine Book One.A Serial Killer is eliminating witnesses - participants in a depraved initiation ceremony on a university campus. Witnesses who stand in the way of his dream, becoming the first President of Australia.Fact: An extensive study into incidents of Hazing at Australian Universities was conducted over a number of years. The result of that study was The Red Zone Report, An Investigation into Sexual Violence and Hazing in Aust...

Annette Harding is the star of Faraday's Folly. She says:Rex, a gorgeous German shepherd, is beside me when we find a skeleton in the barn of a property I've just inherited from my father. Then, a neighbour tells me there are rumours of a mineral spring somewhere on the land. I'm intrigued by the thought of my own mineral spring, but I am determined to discover the truth about the skeleton.Was my own father involved?What about his best friend who sold him the proper...

Before the war, life is easy for Irish-born Louise O'Brien. She is part of a small family of nuns, happily working together and living in the grand old convent in Ypres, serving the poor. When the Nazis claim ownership of the buildings, she joins the Maquis Resistance fighters, working as a nurse in a field hospital. That's where she first meets Jacko, an injured Australian airman.After the war is over, she returns to her religious Order and accepts a new post in Giverny, Ireland. ...

Has Pennie Irvine bitten off more than she can chew when she agrees to help Senior Sergeant Patrick Steele in his efforts to solve a long-running case against the Mission of St. Gerard's Church?How can she survive when a Parson and a Crime Boss combine forces in their efforts to kill her?In The Baby Farm, you will learn what happens after Pennie leaves her new-found friend, Steve Rogers, in a coma in the Dubbo Hospital. Convinced he cannot survive, she forges a new beginnin...

Rumors about the derelict house I inherited after my mother's death, were made worse by the discovery of a skeleton in the adjacent barn. Solving that mystery almost cost me my life, but as the beautifully restored house is now my new home, I'm eager to learn more about it and the history of Millers Track, the dirt road on which it stands.My approach to Amelia, proud owner of Roderick Hall and president of the Scottsferne Historical Society, is initially rebuffed. When a mutilated ...

Do you believe in coincidences?All Pennie Irvine wants is to give her friend, Chris Tonkin, the chance to study at the world-famous French school for parfumiers. So, why does her arch enemy, mob-boss Joe Luca, turn up in Paris at the same time?What is his connection with the Corsican Mafia, Albania and LAVA?Pennie hasn't seen Steph Laskarina since they both escaped from the insane Reverend Williams and his besotted wife, Beth. So, why is Steph sudde...

Whatever Happened to Steve?If this is a question you asked after finishing Pennie Irvine - Book 1, 'Broken Vows", then this book provides the answers.The Bridge Motel is a Companion Novella to the Pennie Irvine series.Steve faces many challenges after he wakes up from his coma in the Dubbo Hospital, not the least of which is the Retrograde Amnesia he wakes up with!(Retrograde amnesia is a form of amnesia where someone is un...

As Pennie explains: 'I was kicked out of home at seventeen and, even though I was a popular girl and had plenty of friends, I needed to make my own way in life. With nothing more than a backpack to hold my few belongings, I started hitchhiking. I tried numerous jobs as I moved from place to place. I was bar tending in Broken Hill when I decided, on a whim, to accept an offer from sixty-eight-year-old Percy Chambers. I travelled with him on his final run driving a delivery truck for Oli...

Do you want to understand and use more idioms in English? This easy-to-use ebook presents common idioms used in English today. Short texts, funny cartoons and clear definitions help you understand the idioms and see how to use them. Quick review exercises help you remember them. This practical and entertaining ebook is suitable for intermediate and advanced learners.FeaturesOver 140 of the most common English idioms.Short texts show how the idioms are used in everyday...

A heart-warming short story that will make us laugh and cry, and remind us why the little things in our lives are so important, from one of Australia’s best-loved writers, William McInnes. Lachlan and his dad head down to the oval for the under-twelves cricket game, as they do most Saturdays in the season; it’s part of their routine. Lachlan hopes he’ll get some runs. His dad is happy to stand on the sidelines with the other cricket parents, drink coffee and cheer the team on. But this wee...

'Wise, compassionate collection of personal essays that forms a nationally important chronicle of our social and political history.' NZ Listener'Linda Burgess can make you laugh and break your heart, often in the same sentence. Clear-eyed and wise, these elegant essays are the stories we share to survive.' Diana Wichtel'You'll want to read this in one sitting but it's worth savouring every line.' Madeleine Chapman'Somehow it makes perfect sense that a great...

The Mayor of Fordhamton is not happy that listeners to Nice Radio had voted the town the third most boring in England. The first Fordhamton Arts Festival is born and soon runs into trouble when the stand-in for the dead body in The Real Inspector Hound is found dead onstage during the dress rehearsal. It brings into town Detective Inspector Miles Davis who is soon digging into the public and private lives of the actors – the actors being staff at Geno Washing County High School. Davis has ...