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Waratah House
On a ship to Australia in the 1880s, Marina is orphaned after a fever outbreak and is taken into the care of James and Sarah, who are headed for…
The Bletchley Girls
This is a collection of memories and experiences of fifteen women still alive in 2014 who worked in various capacities at Bletchley Park during World War II. Much…
The Grey Raider
In 1863, Confederate commerce raider Manassas, under the command of Captain Pelle, sails the seven seas chasing and sinking any merchant vessel flying the Stars and Stripes. When her…
If You Go Away
Adele Parks is best known for contemporary novels often described as “chick-lit”, so I approached this venture into historical fiction a little warily. But I needn’t have worried,…
Time and Again
It is Christmas 2024 and ex-SAS operative turned social media celebrity, Hugh “Guts” Stanton (think Bear Grylls), is approached by a secretive group of Cambridge University dons to…
Master of Shadows
This sweeping epic set in the mid-15th century has many of the ingredients of the traditional historical novel à la Sir Walter Scott: adventure, battles, romance, conspiracies and…
The Secret Chord
King David needs little introduction to those raised in the Judeo-Christian faiths (he’s also a prophet of Islam), but readers without any religious background may have an advantage…
Sweet Wattle Creek
It’s 1986 and Sophie is on the run from a toxic relationship. She hides out in the small country town of Sweet Wattle Creek and gets a job…
Endurance
Photographer Frank Hurley needs little introduction to anyone fascinated with early 20th century Antarctic exploration, or who has ever been moved by his stark images of the Western…
Palace of Tears
Adam Fox is owner of the Palace, an exclusive resort hotel in the Blue Mountains of New South Wales. In 1914, his only son Robin tumbles to his…
Betsy and the Emperor
The tagline on the Australian edition, “The true story of Napoleon, a pretty girl, a Regency rake and an Australian colonial misadventure”, puts a light spin on what…
A Splendid Savage
During the 1862 Dakota War, a mother hides her baby in the corn patch from marauding Sioux. The family’s home is burned but the sleeping Fred stays safe….
Deadlight Hall
This is the fifth book in a haunted house series featuring academic Michael Flint, his girlfriend Nell and a charming rogue cat called Wilberforce. Professor Leo Rosendale asks…
The Whispering City
Barcelona in 1952. When glamorous widow, Mariona Sobrerroca, is found murdered in her mansion, Inspector Isidro Castro is assigned to the investigation. Young newspaper journalist, Ana Marti Noguer,…
A Dangerous Place
Since leaving England and her investigation business behind, the life of Maisie Dobbs has been transformed, but at great cost. A double tragedy in Canada has her fleeing…
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