Dead Tide
Fiona McIntosh
Newly promoted Detective Superintendent Jack Hawksworth has headed up three major serial operations in England and in each of these cases he has lost a part of himself.
While on sabbatical as guest lecturer in a London university, one of his female students dies under highly suspicious circumstances, and he finds himself drawn into a chilling new case that reaches across the world.
Jack’s investigations lead him to Adelaide where he identifies a cynical international crime consortium that preys on the anguish of childless couples and vulnerable women. Together with local major crime officers, he follows his leads to the windswept Yorke Peninsula, and becomes caught up in an intoxicating private drama.
With his personal and professional business entangled once again, Jack must put his own life on the line to bring justice to those who are grieving. From the bestselling author of Mirror Man comes a heart-stopping new novel of greed and corruption that questions the price people are willing to pay for a human life.
Headland
John Byrnes
The small beachside town of Gloster is on the edge of disaster. After constant rain, floodwaters are rising fast.
The Gifted Son
Genevieve Gannon
A Sydney family’s picture-perfect life is upended in an unputdownable new novel from the bestselling author of ‘The Mothers.’
The Hogarth family-Lilian, John and their children, Kate and Jamie-have faced some challenges together but all in all they consider themselves blessed. On Jamie’s last day of high school, Lilian is happily preparing a celebratory meal when he fails to come home.
The final day is a chance to let loose, and Jamie’s friends Jez and Mark want him to join them in a series of pranks to mark the end of their schooldays. Things go bad, there’s a violent brawl and Jamie is king hit with catastrophic results.
Jamie’s parents and sister each react differently: Lilian devotes herself to Jamie’s care and finds solace in her lapsed faith; career-driven Kate examines her priorities and vows to repair her relationship with her family; and John begins to panic because he hasn’t told Lilian his company is in trouble.
As Jamie lies in hospital, he tries to stay positive, but he’s haunted by strange dreams. Lilian starts collecting stories of miraculous recoveries to raise his spirits and all of this convinces Jamie that he must embark upon a campaign of good deeds to help his chances of recovery. Yet things become more complicated as the police begin investigating who threw the first punch.
The Summer Party
Rebecca Heath
In the tranquil town of Queen’s Point in southern Australia, the Whitlam family marks the end of every season with a lavish party in their clifftop mansion. Here, clutching her first glass of real champagne, the summer breeze intoxicating on her skin, sixteen-year-old Lucy Ross is kissed for the very first time. And then, in the shadows of the rose garden, she sees something she shouldn’t.
Winter, 2019. After two decades of silence, Lucy is back in Queen’s Point. She hasn’t planned on staying long. But when human remains wash up on the freezing beach, the police close the town. Unable to leave, Lucy is forced to rekindle old friendships – and examine old truths – she has long ago tried to forget. As long-buried secrets start to surface, Lucy must decide.
Will she confront the past and tell the truth? Or will she still do anything to protect the people she loves?
The Family Retreat
Bev Thomas
ONE PERFECT HOLIDAY. ONE SHOCKING ENDING.
When Rob decides the family needs to get away for the summer Jess is not convinced – won’t all the things they’re escaping be waiting for them on their return? But the kids are thrilled, and before long their idyllic little cottage, the sea air, and the feel of skin sticky from sun-cream, lollies and sand, begins to work its magic. Jess allows herself to sink into the holiday vibes – the family even make holiday friends.
The summer heat intensifies Jess – ever vigilant – unearths a secret, a problem she’s sure she can help solve. But things are not always as they seem. The water may look inviting but even the gentlest looking waves can hide the deadliest undercurrents.
As autumn approaches, Jess – and the reader – will come to realise this is going to end in a way no-one could have imagined…
