HQ Fiction

The Wild Date Palm

By Diane Armstrong - Published 2024

Genres:

It’s a rare experience when you encounter an historical novel that not only sweeps you away with a magnificent, stirring tale full ...Read Review

The Milliner of Bendigo

By Darry Fraser - Published 2023

Genres:

Evie Emerson is in a tricky situation. Edwin Cooper, a man she had briefly and foolishly courted, announces via the local newspaper that ...Read Review

The Chocolate Factory

By Mary-Lou Stephens - Published 2024

Genres:

In the early 1920s, the British confectionary consortium of Cadbury-Fry-Pascall sets up its first overseas factory near Hobart, Tasmania. Dorothy Adwell is one ...Read Review

The Secret World of Connie Starr

By Robbi Neal - Published 2022

Genres:

As Connie Starr is born screaming her head off in Ballarat in 1934, her mother, Flora, knows that there will be “more chaos in ...Read Review

The Darkest Shore

By Karen Brooks - Published 2020

Genres:

The most famous Scottish witch trials and burnings took place in the late 16th century, but the prejudices and accusations lingered on for ...Read Review

The Collaborator

By Diane Armstrong - Published 2020

Genres:

To paraphrase William Faulkner, World War II isn’t even past. In fiction and non-fiction, the fight goes on—perhaps especially fiercely at ...Read Review

The Girl In The Painting

By Tea Cooper -

Genres:

Australian historical fiction writer, Tea Cooper, has produced another historical fiction novel, hot on the heels of: The Naturalist’s Daughter and The ...Read Review