There are few Aboriginal icons in White Australia history. From the explorer to the pioneer, the swagman to the drover's wife, with a few bushrangers for good measure, Europeans play all the leading roles. A rare exception is the redoubtable tracker. With skills passed down over millennia, trackers could trace the movements of people across vast swathes of country. Celebrated as saviours of lost children and disoriented adults, and finders of missing livestock, they were also cursed by rob...

From the award-winning co-writer of The Gone comes a gripping new crime thriller where the official story says accident – but the dead say otherwise.Chloe is about to have the worst day of her life.A rookie cop in Sydney, she responds to a call-out on a housing estate: reports of a gunman, a building in lockdown, backup still minutes away. Going in alone, Chloe is pulled upwards – floor by floor – ...

From the Barry Award nominee and Ngaio Marsh Award winner of Better the Blood, a new thriller bringing danger ever closer to Hana WestermanWhen Detective Inspector Jaye Hamilton stops at an Auckland liquor store for a bottle of champagne, it is supposed to be celebratory: his daughter Addison has just gotten engaged. Instead, he is suddenly gunned down at the register by a balaclava-clad assailant in what appears at first to be a random act. The getaway ca...

This sports book, memoir, and manifesto from a Super Bowl Champion elucidates racism in the United States.Michael Bennett is a Super Bowl Champion, a three-time Pro Bowl defensive end, a fearless activist, a feminist, a grassroots philanthropist, an organizer, and a change maker. He's also one of the most scathingly humorous athletes on the planet, and he wants to make you uncomfortable.Bennett adds his unmistakable voice to discussions of racism and police v...

An in-depth, full-color, step-by-step guide to the new golf swing that has taken the PGA Tour by stormThe traditional golf swing requires a level of coordination that few golfers have. So it's no surprise that, despite huge advances in club and ball technology, the average golf handicap in America has dropped by only one stroke since 1990. Maverick golf instructors Michael Bennett and Andy Plummer spent a decade researching the swing, eventually combining physiolog...

From three-time Ngaio Marsh Award-winning author Michael Bennett comes a gripping new stand-alone crime thriller where the official story says accident, but the dead say otherwiseChloe Venosa is about to have the worst day of her life. A newly minted constable in Sydney during the hottest summer on record, she responds to reports of gunfire at a notorious housing estate. Backup still minutes away, Chloe disobeys orders and goes in alone, pulled upwards until she re...

Winner of the Ngaio Marsh First Novel AwardAn absorbing, clever debut thriller that speaks to the longstanding injustices faced by New Zealand’s indigenous peoples, by an acclaimed Māori screenwriter and directorA tenacious Māori detective, Hana Westerman juggles single motherhood, endemic prejudice, and the pressures of her career in Auckland CIB. Led to a crime scene by a mysterious video, she discovers a man ritualistically hanging in a ...

From lost to loved the journey of gemma the service dog by Michael Bennett is a heartwarming story about a lovable Rottweiler pup named Gemma. Born on a ranch, she was not the most playful but the most affectionate of her litter. After her siblings found homes, Gemma finally gets adopted by a loving couple. However, an unexpected adventure leads her to become lost and eventually taken to an animal shelter. After months of waiting, she finds a second chance at a rescue facility where she is...

A new town. A second chance. A calling he never saw coming.When Peter arrives in Port Redding to rebuild his life, he believes he's come to help, running a harbor rescue clinic along a coastline forever changed by the sea. But this is no ordinary place. Dolphins gather with purpose. Orcas watch from beyond the break. And the ocean is not silent. It's waiting.As the tides begin to shift in ways no one can explain, Peter realizes he is standing at the edge of something far grea...

Some bonds are older than memory. Some promises are carried by the sea.When Michael saves an injured dolphin off the coast of his childhood beach, he has no idea his life has just become part of an ancient prophecy. Alongside Julie the girl whose dreams are touched by the ocean's hidden world Michael is drawn into a legacy of caretakers sworn to protect the balance between humans and dolphins.Guided by loyal dolphins, whispered visions, and knowledge passed down through gen...

Have you ever felt the sea pull at something deeper than memory?Across generations, one family rises and falls with the tide, their love for the ocean carried forward like a melody that refuses to end.Each life becomes a song - of courage, of inheritance, of promises kept across time.These are the Songs of the Caretakers.And somewhere beyond the horizon, the sea is still singing.

From lost to loved the journey of gemma the service dog by Michael Bennett is a heartwarming story about a lovable Rottweiler pup named Gemma. Born on a ranch, she was not the most playful but the most affectionate of her litter. After her siblings found homes, Gemma finally gets adopted by a loving couple. However, an unexpected adventure leads her to become lost and eventually taken to an animal shelter. After months of waiting, she finds a second chance at a rescue facility where she is...