Stimulating fiction – novels that will provoke conversations.
THE WAR PHOTOGRAPHERS
SL Beaumont
In 1943, Mae works in the top-secret code-breaking Bletchley Park, but tragedy occurs when a photograph reveals a double agent. In 1989, Mae’s granddaughter searches for her grandfather’s killer as East German unrest escalates. SL Beaumont has done a superb job recreating the clandestine work during WWII, and we get an insider’s front-row seat to the fall of the Berlin Wall in this superb novel.
Paperback Writer’s Publishing,
RRP $32.99
ONE OF THE GOOD GUYS
Araminta Hall
Cole accepts a remote job on the English coast, bewildered that his wife wants a divorce. After all, he is one of the ‘good guys’. He meets artist Leonora and the pair forge a bond. But then two young women go missing from the eroding cliffs and Cole is a suspect in their disappearance. A psychological thriller that explores gender, violence, and power.
Pan Macmillan,
RRP $37.99
THE SECRETS THEY KEPT
Jenny Lynch
Helena’s mother died when she was three, but her nan and father refused to answer questions. Helena embarks on a quest of discovery as a journalist and, in doing so, delves into her own identity. What she finds is startling and challenges the way she has been brought up by her strait-laced family. An unforgettable central heroine in a debut novel that will surprise.
Mary Egan Publishing,
RRP $38.00
DARKNESS RUNS DEEP
Claire Mcneel
A brutal hate crime leaves a young man dead at a football oval and a small-town community devastated. Men’s football is on hold, but when Bess returns home, she puts together a women’s team. In doing so, will she reunite the town, or will the community be further driven apart? Engrossing and transformational – and you don’t need to enjoy sport to enjoy this tense, character-driven thriller.
Pan Macmillan,
RRP $37.99
words — KAREN MCMILLAN, bestselling author
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