Australia

Crime. A never-ending drought, searing heat and the intensity of a close-knit community ratchet up the tension, as a policeman returns to his home town for the funeral of his childhood best friend. A friend suspected of brutally killing members of his own family. Reluctantly drawn into the investigation, he is forced to confront his past and the community that rejected him two decades earlier.

Unmarried and approaching 40, a university scientist applies the same systematic approach to finding the perfect partner as he does to his work. But things don't quite go to plan when a women, who isn't interested in him anyway, and on paper is completely unsuitable, bursts into his life creating feelings he could never have anticipated. Quirky, humorous, touching, warm and highly readable.

Historical fiction. A lighthouse keeper and his wife find a boat washed up on the shores of their remote island. Inside is a crying baby and a man's body. Following their hearts, they make a decision that will shape the rest of their lives.

Historical Fiction. 1788 and a young lieutenant arrives in New South Wales, setting up an observatory to chart the stars in the Southern Hemisphere. He befriends a young Aboriginal child who helps him with his efforts to record and learn their language. As their connection develops he begins to question his purpose in their homeland. Thought-provoking and nuanced. A book that asked questions about how we value difference, how we communicate across language barriers and how we respond when faced with a moral dilemma.

Crime fiction. In the outback, nothing stays buried forever....In the desolate outback town of Finnigans Gap, police struggle to maintain law and order. Thieves pillage opal mines, religious fanatics recruit vulnerable youngsters and billionaires do as they please. Then an opal miner is found crucified and left to rot down his mine. Nothing about the miner's death is straight-forward, not even who found the body. Homicide Detective Ivan Lucic is sent to investigate, assisted by inexperienced young investigator Nell Buchanan. But Finnigans Gap has already ended one police career and damaged others, and soon both officers face damning allegations and internal investigations. Have Ivan and Nell been set up, and if so, by whom? As time runs out, their only chance at redemption is to find the killer. But the more they uncover, the more harrowing the mystery becomes, and a past long forgotten is thrown into scorching sunlight. Because in Finnigans Gap, nothing stays buried for ever.