Safe Haven

The book cover for Safe Haven by Shankari Chandran includes the taglines 'A Novel' and 'From the Miles Franklin Award-winning author of Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens'

The image is a beautiful montage of layers of blue wavy water upwards on the image until the top which has a night, starry sky with a full moon in the centre. The outside edges have images of red, orange seaweed with various things hanging from pieces - handcuffs, swimming goggles. There's strands of barbed wire woven through that. In the centre, below the title which has the waves of the layers blended over the top of large white lettering, there is a small boat, with a bow wave around it. There are fish, flowers and a sea bed at the bottom.

The new novel from the Miles Franklin award-winning author of Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens. 

It was a beautiful evening. The wind gathered speed, lifting the frangipanis from the grove behind him, pink and yellow petals defying gravity. Beyond the trees,...Read more

The Dream

The book cover of The Dream by Iain Ryan has the tagline 'This ride has no brakes ....' and a quote at the top '... as hard-boiled as Australian Crime Fiction gets' - Sydney Morning Herald on The Strip.

The image is of a moving rollercoaster cart which is blurred, running on a pink lighted track line. The title is at the top in very large yellow / orange lettering.

Corrupt cops, powerful criminals. A PI caught in the middle. The Gold Coast's darkest hour.

In the midst of a violent crime wave, Detective Bruno Karras (The Strip) investigates the disappearance of a wealthy family, confronting corruption within his own ranks...Read more

Everywhere We Look

The book cover for Every Where We Look by Martine Kropkowski is a view of still water through a tree. There's a young figure standing in the water at the bottom, where the water is reflecting a green sky above. There's a yellow glow in the distance, past a row of trees that is reflected in the rest of the water body.

Three friends travel to Marcoy, a regional town for a weekend away from family life. One year ago, a tragic incident splintered the group, and the women have seen little of each other since.

Melissa has slept much of the past twelve months away, and she hopes...Read more

It Takes a Town

The image of the book cover for It Takes a Town ... to Solve a Murder by Aoife Clifford is a white background with a red border, the main title in large red lettering, and the subtitle (... to Solve a Murder) in smaller black lettering, followed by the author's name at the bottom. Spread around the outside edges are green "blobs" for want of a better word that contain small tableau's - a woman standing at the top of the stairs, a figure seen through a caravan window, a shot of a tower and and trees, a woman standing in front of a window, her hand on a Venetian blind cord, and a man in a hat, with his dog, standing beside water.

So many people had reason to hate her, but did anyone have reason to kill her?
 
Everyone dies famous in a country town, but glamorous Vanessa Walton was a shining star. A celebrity since a television commercial when she was a child, Vanessa is back on the front page for...Read more

The Mystery Writer

The image of the book cover for The Mystery Writer by Sulari Gentill includes the tagline 'She needs to write the ending ... before she meets hers', includes the quote 'A mischievous twist on mystery novels and the people who write them.' BENJAMIN STEVENSON author of Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone

The image has a pale pink background, with the tagline at the top and the author's name at the bottom followed by 'Award-Winning Author'

In the centre there's a face of a startled / frightened woman with longish brown hair and eyes wide open - looking towards the right, her mouth is open and both hands held up to her face. She's looking out from the outline of a laptop on which two black hands are resting, the arms heading off to the right.There's an envelope in outline to the left with words 'A Mystery' written on it.

There's nothing easier to dismiss than a conspiracy theory—until it turns out to be true

When Theodosia Benton abandons her career path as an attorney and shows up on her brother's doorstep with two suitcases and an unfinished novel, she expects to face a few challenges...Read more

The Woman in the Library

The image of the book cover for The Woman in the Library by Sulari Gentill includes the tagline ' Four strangers. A quiet library. The perfect place for murder'.

The image has a pale blue green background, with the tagline at the top and the author's name at the bottom followed by 'Award-Winning Author'

In the centre there's a face of a startled / frightened woman with longish brown hair and eyes wide open - looking towards the left, her mouth is open and one hand is held up to her face. She's surrounded by the outline of books on a shelf, and her face is superimposed on one book which has been pulled slightly out of the line up by a black arm and hand. There's an envelope in outline to the right with words 'A Mystery' written on it.

In every person's story, there is something to hide...

The tranquility is shattered by a woman's terrified scream. Security guards take charge immediately, instructing everyone inside to stay put until the threat is identified and contained. While they wait for the all-clear,...Read more