Reads like a conversation between friends.With these ten short stories, Rachel Small and Carrie Mumford have captured the essence of late-night secret-sharing. The stories will make you laugh, might make you cry, and are sure to stick with you long after you've finished reading them. Although each story stands alone, the collection has a powerful unity.None of These Are True is a raw collection of stories about love, uncertainty, and struggle that ...

If you don't do it yourself, you certainly know someone who is forever putting a foot into his or her mouth. This person has raised the tasteless, thoughtless, tactless, or otherwise terrifically awful remark into an art form. If there is a wrong place, a wrong time, or a wrong person to whom to say anything, they're on the spot and on the ready. And though we can joke about it (at the right time, of course), careless speech is no laughing matter. Words really can hurt-not only the person ...

A man's body is found in a Kentish hop field, his brutal death marked by horrific injuries.As Detective Kay Hunter begins to investigate, the case quickly reveals itself to be anything but routine. The local farming community is tight-lipped, the victim’s background is unclear, and the evidence uncovers a trail of conflicting stories and long-held secrets.With the media and her superior officers demanding answers, Kay must navigate the lies and unravel the ...

What if the perfect friend was hiding a deadly secret?When a championship jockey discovers the body of a young woman during a cold morning’s training ride, the local racing community is shocked to its core.Everyone says she was the perfect friend, the perfect daughter and the perfect fiancée.However as Detective Mark Turpin delves into the girl’s fateful last hours, he discovers a past full of lies and mystery.Investigating ...

Sophie Whittaker shared a terrifying secret. Hours later, she was dead.Detective Kay Hunter and her colleagues are shocked by the vicious murder of a teenage girl at a private party in the Kentish countryside.A tangled web of dark secrets is exposed as twisted motives point to a history of greed and corruption within the tight-knit community.Confronted by a growing number of suspects and her own enemies who are waging a vendetta against her, Kay mak...

When the body of a naked man is found in the middle of a barren field, a rural community is left in shock – and fear.Discovering that someone is offering money in return for information about the dead man and anyone connected to him, Detective Kay Hunter realises there is a dark side to the victim’s past.When a key witness disappears and a web of deceit and lies threatens to derail the investigation, she fears the worst.Can Kay and her team of detectives fin...

SMALL MIRACLES is a landmark Australian self-help book offering practical advice, inspiration and comfort for anyone coping with the loss of a baby through miscarriage, stillbirth or prematurity and related issues such as infertility.

This is three short books in one, each focusing on a different aspect of becoming successful in Homesteading. This book allows you to choose and use what you need - whether you are dreaming of being a hobby homesteader or completely self-sufficient.The first section has what you should consider as you first start homesteading. You need to consider everything from who cares for the roads, to where your water sources are, to how you want to retire. The second section has a focus on i...

Judy Lohden is your above-average sixteen-year-old—sarcastic and vulnerable, talented and uncertain, full of big dreams for a big future. With a singing voice that can shake an auditorium, she should be the star of Darcy Academy, the local performing arts high school. So why is a girl this promising hiding out in a seedy motel room on the edge of town?The fact that the national media is on her trail after a controversy that might bring down the whole school could have something to d...

Judy Lohden is your above-average sixteen-year-old: sarcastic and vulnerable, talented and uncertain, full of big dreams for a big future. With a singing voice that can shake an auditorium, she should be the star of Darcy Arts Academy, the local performing arts high school. So why is a girl this promising hiding out in a seedy motel room on the edge of town?The fact that the national media is on her trail after a controversy that might bring down the whole school could have somethi...

Shortlisted for the International Booker PrizeIn November 2021, an inflatable dinghy carrying migrants from France to the United Kingdom capsized in the Channel causing the death of 27 people on board. Despite receiving numerous calls for help, the French authorities wrongly told the migrants they were in British waters and had to call the British authorities for help. By the time rescue vessels arrived on the scene, all but two of the migrants had died.The narrator of Dele...

Sometimes you have to risk everything to find where you belong…Joanie Morris thought she had it all figured out — a successful career as a lawyer, lavish vacations, and a no-strings-attached approach to relationships. But when she abruptly parts ways with her firm, Joanie finds herself wondering what comes next. Seeking a distraction in her best friend Mia’s idyllic mountain town of Alpine Ridge, Joanie never expected to find herself drawn to the rugged ch...