The Maw of the Beast is a fast-paced, multi-layered story of ambition, intrigue, adultery, jealousy, vengeance and tragedy.Disillusioned crime reported George 'Jogger' Jensen has quit the job at a major daily newspaper in Melbourne and sought refuge in his childhood seaside home town of Portarlington on the Bellarine Peninsula to contemplate his future.Within a week he has come face to face with the last thing he wanted: the body of a young unidentified woman with weights tie...

Poppy Day is a twisting tale of passion, secrets and vengeance on the Bellarine Peninsula reaching back to the dark days of WWII. George 'Jogger' Jensen, now a columnist on the weekly Bellarine Courier, is on his way to appease a reader critical of his story on redevelopment of the historic Seaview Hotel in Portarlington when he notices some premature activity at the site. Closer investigation is thwarted by members of an asbestos removal team who have already called the police. His news a...

A Bird in the Hand is a gripping tale of intrigue and obsession that exposes a dark underbelly of internationally linked crime in the protected wetlands on the Bellarine Peninsula. When journalist George Jensen boards the newly refurbished Queenscliff-Sorrento ferry to conduct interviews with the captain and crew for his regular column in The Bellarine Courier, he is drawn to a striking woman in the foot-passenger queue wearing a red dress, a long multi-coloured scard and carrying a leathe...

Set in northern Australia's Victoria River region, this dramatic tale interweaves three eraas.In 1839 British explorer John Lort Stokes makes an unexpected discovery when sinking water wells near the river.In 1942 Nackeroo corporal, Douglas Ashmore is guarding the region against perceived Japanese invasion when a radio broadcast reveals his location. 'Ash' and Aboriginal guide Gabriel hunt for a suspected enemy collaborator.In 1987 petroleum geologist Bradley Dixon puz...

Psst! It's True! This is the best book on ANIMALS you'll ever read! Did you know that fish can walk, snakes can fly and eggs can talk? What about the electric eel that could light up your house, or the lemur that every day eats enough poison to kill a dozen humans?Rick Wilkinson shows how animals adapt to their environment in bizarre and unexpected ways. If you don't want to get spewed on by a sea bird, slashed by a mantis shrimp or slimed by a hagfish, you'd better read this book!...

NO ONE TO TRUSTWhen writer Rob Fallon goes out one night and ends up with his best-friend's girlfriend, Jenny, he's feeling guilty before anything's even happened.NOWHERE TO RUNBut guilt quickly turns to shock when two men break into Jenny's apartment, abduct her, and try to kill Rob. When Rob reports this to the police, no one believes him. And when he speaks to Jenny's father, he says she's on holiday abroad.NO PLA...

The River Lee has always been a part of life – and death – in Cork. Now the bodies of five young men have been found by divers, locked in their car on the riverbed. A tragic accident? Or something more sinister?As the volunteer divers begin the macabre task of extracting the bodies, DCI Katie Maguire investigates a crime where all is not as it seems...What people are saying about THE DROWNED: A SHORT STORY:'Irrespective of the length of the story, G...

This inspiring collection features nine captivating stories about ordinary bush men and women who lead extraordinary lives.There's the island cattleman who swims his herd past toothy sharks and beady-eyed crocs; the pineapple grower who builds a stone church for his community; the timber worker who becomes a champion woodchopper; and a dairywoman who, at eighty-eight, is still rescuing birthing cows from the brink of death.Rhylle's effortless, larrikin style will have you lau...

Civilisation is Steve Braunias at his best, the scavenger of social lodestone, rich, fascinating and occasionally disturbing stories of settlements—from Kawakawa in the north, to Mosgiel in the south, and Samoa and Antarctica over the seas—and the people who live in them, their lives, loves, aspirations, and sometimes dark secrets.

Wild encounters with crocodiles, mad Territorians, Asian crab poachers, Cyclone Tracy, petty-crooks, the NT police, magistrates, judges and murderers, family members, Fred Brophy and his boxing troupe and all levels of authority.Meet Roy Wright, an old-style villain and barramundi poacher extraordinaire who, after a lifetime of dodging police, unbelievably goes straight(ish) in a legitimate mud crab business.Author, Bob Magor, paints a warts-and-all true-life portrait of a ...

Alby Murdoch - international photographer and Australian special agent - ducks bullets and bombs from Bondi to Bali and back, as he attempts to unravel a lethal tangle of high-level dodgy dealings.From the moment Alby drops his gun on a StKilda tram he knows he's in for a bad day. By lunchtime, after his partner Harry is gunned down in a Double Bay coffee shop, Alby realises someone wants him dead too - and they want him dead now.All Alby wants is some pasta, a good bottle of...

A book of humorous stories with a distinctive Kiwi flavour, both true and definitely not true, compiled through Radio Pacific, a leading radio talkback station based in Auckland.A book of humorous stories with a distinctive Kiwi flavour, both true and definitely not true, compiled through Radio Pacific, a leading radio talkback station based in Auckland. Spinning a good yarn is a time-honoured tradition in this country, and we've all heard some great ones. they used to be the favour...