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FICTION
CLOCK DANCE THE CLOCKMAKER’S DAUGHTER
Anne Tyler
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Clock Dance is a bittersweet novel of hope and regret,
fulfilment and renewal, it brings us the everyday life
of a woman who decides it’s never too late to change
direction, and choose your own path. The Clockmaker’s Daughter is a story of murder, mystery
and thievery, of art, love and loss. And flowing through
its pages like a river is the voice of a woman who stands
outside time, whose name has been
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forgotten by history, but who has
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watched it all unfold: Birdie Bell, the
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clockmaker’s daughter.
DUE 12TH SEPTEMBER
THE HONOURABLE THIEF
THE ACCIDENTAL FURTHER ADVENTURES
OF THE HUNDRED-YEAR-OLD MAN
Meaghan Wilson Anastasios
RRP $32.99
Archaeologist Benedict Hitchens has one last chance to
restore his reputation, solve the mystery of Eris and prove
his Achilles theory. But it is full of risk, and possibly has
fatal consequences...Meaghan Wilson
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Anastasios weaves an action-packed tale
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of honour, passion, heroes and thieves
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across an epic backdrop of history.
Jonas Jonasson
RRP $24.99
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DUE 9TH AUGUST
DINNER WITH THE DISSIDENTS
In the sequel to The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed
Out of the Window and Disappeared Allan and Julius
are at the centre of a complex diplomatic crisis involving
world figures from the Swedish foreign minister to Angela
Merkel and President Trump. Things are about to get very
complicated.
FRIEDA
John Tesarsch
RRP $29.99
DUE 28TH AUGUST
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Annabel Abbs
RRP $32.99
Leonid Krasnov, the writer employed by the KGB to
infiltrate Solzhenitsyn’s inner circle, is living a reclusive
life in Canberra under an assumed name. Haunted by his
past, he seeks one last chance to make amends. Dinner
with the Dissidents is a gripping portrayal of tumultuous
times, and a story of love, courage and deception.
This is the story of Frieda von Richthofen, wife of D.H.
Lawrence and the inspiration for Lady Chatterley’s Lover.
Frieda is a stunning novel of emotional intensity, about
an extraordinary woman - and a notorious love affair that
became synonymous with ideas of sexual freedom.
DUE 11TH SEPTEMBER
THE ANOMALY
Michael Rutger
RRP $29.99
Following the trail of an explorer, a TV crew find a cave
in the Grand Canyon filled with ancient treasure and
artefacts beyond their wildest imagination. But soon their
elation will descend into a nightmare…The Anomaly is a
gripping action adventure which will leave you breathless
until the final page has been turned.
PRIZE FIGHTER
Future D. Fidel
RRP $29.99
At ten years old, Isa’s life in the Congolese city of Bukavu
changed forever. The streets were burning. The town was
mostly silent, like a ghost town, until the yelling started…
Prize Fighter is a moving debut novel that packs an
emotional punch based on the critically acclaimed play
by Future D. Fidel.
THE SHANGHAI WIFE
Emma Harcourt
RRP $29.99
Forbidden friendship, political conspiracy and incendiary
passion draw Australian woman Annie Brand deep into
the glamour and turmoil of 1920s Shanghai. But this
world is far more complex than Annie understands
and she becomes caught in a web of intrigue and
conspiracy…
BENEATH THE MOTHER TREE
D.M. Cameron
RRP $32.99
Beneath the Mother Tree is a compelling portrait of how
our dark history and dreaming landscape can make
extraordinary things of ordinary lives. Wrought with
sensuousness and lyricism, D.M. Cameron’s debut novel
is a thrilling journey, rhythmically fierce and eagerly
awaited.
CRAZY RICH ASIANS
Kevin Kwan
RRP $22.99
Thwarted love, scheming snobs, obscene wealth and
haute couture - it’s all here in this new edition of a
fabulous bestseller and now a groundbreaking and lavish
movie. Crazy Rich Asians is an absolutely wicked treat!