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Deep River Due SEPT Karl Marlantes RRP $32.99 Deep River is a family saga of anguish, reinvention and courage from the author of Matterhorn. In lucid prose, Marlantes depicts the tyranny of nascent America, the limits of human survival and the enduring might of family love. Due AUG 27 1 Alexander McCall Smith RRP $34.99 Take a few minutes to relax with a cup of your favourite tea and savour the affairs of the world in microcosm, teeming with life’s loves and challenges. Little dramas writ large by the master chronicler of modern life and manners. Joy Dettman RRP $32.99 Jenny Hooper might have expected her later years to be the best of her life, and they are - until tragedy strikes. Left floundering in a house full of memories, not all of them good, Jenny knows a reckoning is in order. But it won't be easy… Sonia Henry RRP $29.99 Mother of Pearl Angela Savage RRP $29.99 In Mother of Pearl three women and their families' lives become intimately intertwined in the unsettling and extraordinary process of trying to bring a child into the world across borders of class, culture and nationality. feature TITLES Due SEPT 17 SLEEP Catherine Cole RRP $24.99 Whisper Network Chandler Baker RRP $32.99 RRP $32.99 OUR PRICE $27 99 Sloane and her colleagues' decision to take a stand sets in motion a catastrophic shift in the office. Lies will be uncovered. Secrets will be exposed. And not everyone will survive. Explosive, timely, resonant and relatable: you will love Whisper Network. Shop online at collinsbooks.com.au Get social with us Ghost Fire Wilbur Smith, Tom Harper RRP $39.99 OUR PRICE $34 99 Looking back on her teenage years with elderly artist Harry, Ruth sees how shared memories, both happy and sad, can reshape the ways in which we value the lives of others while fully living our own. Tony Park Spanning two centuries, Ghosts of the Past is based on a true story. An epic story set in both the present and turn of the twentieth century Africa, this book will appeal to fans of thrillers, adventure and historical fiction. To the Land of Long Lost Friends is the next charming and heart-warming instalment in the No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency series, from author Alexander McCall Smith. This is Mma Ramotswe's twentieth wonderful adventure. 1 Going Under Ghosts of the Past Alexander McCall Smith RRP $29.99 Due SEPT 3 A darkly funny and sexy novel that blows the lid off the medical profession and life inside a hospital by a young doctor whose anonymous article about the pressures of trainee doctors went viral around the world. To the Land of Long Lost Friends Trails in the Dust Claire G. Coleman RRP $32.99 Due SEPT 10 The Peppermint Tea Chronicles The Old Lie Shane Daniels and Romany Zetz have been drawn into a war that is not their own. Lives will be destroyed, families will be torn apart. Trust will be broken. When the war is over, some will return to a changed world. Will they discover that glory is a lie? Due SEPT From Wilbur Smith's Courtney series comes an epic story of tragedy, loss, betrayal and courage that brings the reader deep into the seething heart of the French Indian War. Due AUG 27 Wolfe Island Lucy Treloar RRP $29.99 Kitty Hawke, the last inhabitant of an island sinking into Chesapeake Bay, has resigned herself to annihilation, until one night her pregnant granddaughter arrives begging for sanctuary. Wolfe Island is the stunning new novel from the author of Salt Creek.