Allen & Unwin
The Empress Murders
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The Empress Murders is set in 1925 on an ocean liner and, at first, appears to be a Christie-esque cosy whodunit. But be warned: ...Read Review
The Wanton Road (Fiskardo’s War)
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The completion of a trilogy recounting the journey of Jack Fiskardo, a tough soldier but a compassionate man, through the Thirty Years’ War ...Read Review
The Governor, His Wife and His Mistress
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Widowed dressmaker Ann Inett struggles to support two children. When she has difficulty collecting a debt, she feels justified in breaking into her ...Read Review
The Players
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In June 1685, Charles II’s illegitimate son, the Duke of Monmouth, arrived on the south coast of England to lay claim to the ...Read Review
Violet Kelly and the Jade Owl
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Fiona Britton’s debut novel is a quirky 1930s mystery set in Paddington, on the outskirts of Sydney, where La Maison des Fleurs, ...Read Review
Fallen: George Mallory: The Man, The Myth and the 1924 Everest Tragedy
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For my eighth birthday my mother gave me a book, The Boy’s Book of Heroes, and it was here that I first ...Read Review
The Unearthed
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Old bones – ‘mossed and soft’ – are discovered in the wilderness near Queenstown. Forensic scientist Antonia Kovacs arrives from Hobart to investigate them, also ...Read Review
That Bligh Girl
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The early 1800s. Governance of the convict colony of New South Wales is in disarray and borders on anarchy at the hands of ...Read Review
Lucky Red
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Orphan Bridget Shaughnessy is a prostitute in Dodge City, Kansas, in 1877. After burying her Pa out on the plains, she rolls into Dodge ...Read Review
The Dead Men (Fiskardo’s War, 2)
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The Dead Men follows directly from the author’s excellent first novel, The Silver Wolf, which introduced Jack Fiskardo. The novel opens in ...Read Review
