Everyone knows about Santa's Good and Naughty Lists but Carl is sure there's a third list: The Snotty List. But how is a 10 year old boy from Scranton, PA going to get to the North Pole to prove its existence? Join Carl as he embarks on the adventure of a lifetime. WARNING: This book contains snot. Lots and lots of snot.

Cato Kwong is back. Back in Boom Town and back on a real case—the unsolved mystery of a missing 15-year-old girl. But it's midsummer in the city of millionaires and it's not just the heat that stinks. A pig corpse, peppered with nails, is uncovered in a shallow grave and a body, with its throat cut, turns up in the local nightclub. As a series of blunders by Cato's colleague brings the squad under intense scrutiny, Cato's own sympathy for a suspect threatens to derail his case and his care...

When wealthy property developer Francis Tan and his family are found slain in their mansion, Cato Kwong is forced to recall a personal history that makes his investigation doubly painful. The killer is elusive and brutal, and the investigation takes Cato to Shanghai. In a world of spoiled rich kids and cyber dragons, Cato is about to discover a whole lot more about the Chinese acquisition of Australian land—about those who play the game and those who die trying.

A dark and gripping police procedural set in Fremantle, Australia. When a series of murders target the city's homeless population, Detective Cato Kwong faces a chilling case that hits close to home. Leaving his wife and baby girl, Cato races to stop a killer who's not only taking lives but also drawing closer to Cato himself, one body at a time. As the investigation deepens, a journalist's online game with the killer threatens to expose long-buried secrets and ignite a dea...

Sergeant Nick Chester has dodged the Geordie gangsters he once feared, is out of hiding and looking forward to a quiet life. But gold fever is creating ill-feeling between prospectors, and a new threat lurks in the form of trigger-happy Americans preparing for Doomsday by building a bolthole at the top of the South Island. As tensions simmer in the Wakamarina valley, Nick finds himself working on a cold-case murder and investigating a scandal-plagued religious sect. When local and internat...

Hop aboard for a desperate, deadly ride with Alan Carter, Amanda Curtin, Peter Docker, Jon Doust, Deborah Robertson, Dave Warner, and more. This is thrilling, jaw-clenching crime fiction from some of Australia's finest writers.

A gripping crime thriller set in the stunning Marlborough Sounds, New Zealand.Nick Chester is a sergeant for the Havelock police. Life in the remote Marlborough Sounds is paradise—unless you're hiding from a ruthless man with a grudge. Then, remote beauty has its own kind of danger.When two locals vanish and their bodies are found, Chester must confront a chilling possibility: a Pied Piper is at large. As he investigates, he uncovers a web of small-town sec...

A gripping crime novel set in Tasmania, where secrets lurk beneath the surface. When Roz Chen's wife, Niamh, is killed in a hit-and-run, Roz suspects foul play. Meanwhile, SAS veteran Sam Willard seeks a fresh start at a salmon farm, but is drawn into a web of old war crimes and new conspiracies.As Roz and Sam form an unlikely alliance, they uncover a trail of corruption and murder that reaches the highest levels of power. Forced to flee into the Tasmanian wilderne...

The world is in economic meltdown, but a mining town on the edge of nowhere is booming. With the town's population exploding, it's easy enough to hide a crime—or even a dirty past. Banished to the stock squad after the fallout from a police frame-up, Detective Senior Sergeant Cato Kwong is brought in from the cold to solve the case of a torso washed up on the wild shores of the Great Southern Ocean. When Kwong's investigation lifts the lid on the exploitation of migrant workers and disturb...

DS Nick Chester returns with a new case that will test his limits. The tiny South Island town of Franz Josef is perched precariously on New Zealand' s Alpine Fault. It already faces devastating earthquakes, floods and landslides. And now it harbours a killer. When a body is discovered suspended in a glacier, detectives Nick Chester and Latifa Rapata are sent to investigate. More victims surface, as does a web of corruption stretching from the international aid industry to the blood-steeped...

A thrilling crime series continues, uncovering dark secrets in Australia and Timor-Leste.Detective Cato Kwong investigates a gruesome murder in suburban Australia, leading him to Timor-Leste. There, he reunites with Rory Driscoll, a resourceful spook with a hazy moral compass, as they chaperone whistleblowers with targets on their backs. As they navigate a web of international intrigue and political conspiracy, Cato and Rory must confront their pasts and decide who...

Grow your own seasonal food in a low maintenance, nature friendly garden that feels like a woodland glade. Alan Carter shows you how to plan and plant a temperate forest garden for any sized plot, from small terrace or allotment to smallholding.Learn how to successfully layer root crops, fruit, perennial vegetables and edible shrubs below tree crops, cultivating an edible garden that doesn’t look like a traditional vegetable plot. A forest garden is wildlife friendly, provides nutrient-den...