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  • Inferno (The Gothic Chronicles Collection)
    "There is no greater sorrow than to be mindful of the happy time in misery." Dante Alighieri's Inferno, the first Canticle in the epic poetic masterpiece The Divine Comedy, is now available in an exquisite hardcover edition featuring a foiled cover and distinctive interior design elements, making it an ideal gift for literature lovers, fans of gothic horror and allegorical...
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  • I Died at Fallow Hall
    A thought-provoking, genuinely contemporary take on the country house murder mystery: the perfect combination of literary and crime novel. Burke-Patel's debut is both a traditional country-house mystery and an examination of loneliness, the difficulty of making connections with others, and how hard it can be to escape the roles imposed on us by family and society Guardian Superbly and elegantly...
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  • H. P. Lovecraft Cthulhu Mythos Tales
    The complete Cthulhu Mythos by master horror writer H. P. Lovecraft in one volume. The Cthulhu Mythos is a collection of 23 loosely connected short stories by H. P. Lovecraft, one of the earliest masters of dark fantasy and horror. From “Dagon” to “The Call of Cthulhu” to “The Haunter of the Dark,” each story connects to the ancient cosmic...
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  • Happy Valley: Text Classics
    Happy Valley, Patrick White's magnificent debut novel, was first published in 1939. Long out of print, it is now part of the Text Classics series. Based on White's own experiences in the early 1930s as a jackaroo at Bolaro, near Adaminaby in south-eastern New South Wales, Happy Valley paints a portrait of a community in a desolate landscape. It is...
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  • Great Japanese Stories
    Great Japanese Stories offers a captivating selection of short stories presented in their original Japanese with accompanying English translations. This new dual-language edition, featuring ten stories selected from The Penguin Book of Japanese Short Stories, celebrates some of the finest twentieth-century literature from Japan. The stories appear in their original Japanese alongside expert English translations, providing unique cultural insights and...
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  • First Name Second Name
    In this darkly ironic novel, a dead man walks back through four generations of family estrangements to recover his lost identity. The journey will be long and difficult, one thousand miles. Try not to be too obvious. Stick to the backroads. You'll know you've arrived when you get there. Stephen Bolin leaves a bizarre note by his deathbed, asking his...
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  • Dancing Home
    'When he was in jail, he'd begun to prepare himself for the fight of his life, a showdown with the policeman, McWilliamsa. In Dubbo, he reckoned, he'd face life with death, and see who blinked first.' Blackie and Rips are fresh out of prison when they set off on a road trip back to Wiradjuri country with their mate Carlos....
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  • Charles Dickens: Four Novels
    Four of Charles Dickens’s most enduring and popular works in one volume. Oliver Twist. Pip. The ghosts of Christmas past, present, and future. The characters of Charles Dickens live on in our imaginations long after we’ve read his renowned works of social commentary and vivid storytelling. Although these novels were written more than a hundred years ago, no home library...
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  • By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept
    Elizabeth Smart’s passionate fictional account of her intense love-affair with the poet George Barker has been described by Angela Carter as ‘Like Madame Bovary blasted by lightning … A masterpiece’. One day, while browsing in a London bookshop, Elizabeth Smart chanced upon a slim volume of poetry by George Barker and fell passionately in love with him through the printed...
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  • Bush Studies
    Barbara Baynton's short-story collection Bush Studies is famous for its stark realism, refusing to romanticise bush life and instead revealing all its bleakness and harshness. Economic of style and influenced by the great nineteenth-century Russian novelists, Baynton presents the Australian bush as dangerous and isolating for the women who inhabit it.
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  • Brothers Grimm: 101 Fairy Tales
    This collection of stories from the Brothers Grimm includes old favourites and hidden treasures to be discovered. They are the stories of characters we’ve known since childhood: Snow White, Hansel and Gretel, Cinderella. But the works originally collected by the Brothers Grimm in the early 1800s are not necessarily the versions told before bedtime. They’re darker and don’t always end...
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  • Barmy in Wonderland
    Although Cyrill Fotheringay-Phipps, fondly known as Barmy, only consulted a fortune-teller to take the weight off his feet, it did seem as though the old crystal ball had had an eyeful. Had he not met Dinty, the fair girl to end all fair girls, and was he not about to enrich the Broadway theatrical scene? Love is a powerful spur,...
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  • Arabian Nights
    HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. ‘So he rose and lighted one lamp after another, till he had lighted the whole eighty and the palace seemed to dance with brilliancy.’ Beginning with the legend of King Shahryr, whose anger at his queen’s infidelity leads him to murder a new wife each day, Arabian Nights...
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  • A Classic Christmas
    This beautiful, giftable Christmas collection features 15 old-fashioned works from classic authors who invite you to a feast of holiday nostalgia. A Classic Christmas includes stories from Louisa May Alcott, L. M. Montgomery, Hans Christian Andersen, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and Charles Dickens (A Christmas Carol, the world-renowned holiday favourite). The volume also includes poems from Clement Clarke Moore, Elizabeth Barrett...
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  • Alone on a Wide Wide Sea
    How far would you go to find yourself? The lyrical, life-affirming novel from the nation’s favourite storyteller ‘Michael Morpurgo’s best book in years’ Observer When six-year-old Arthur is shipped to Australia after the Second World War, he loses everything he knows. Subjected to brutal hardship on a working farm before finding a home with the eccentric Aunty Megs, Arthur is...
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  • A Little Princess
    Puffin Classics: the definitive collection of timeless stories for every child. Rediscover the Puffin Classics collection and bring the best-loved classics to a new generation - including this charming edition of A Little Princess. Alone in a new country, wealthy Sara Crewe tries to make friends at boarding school and settle in. But when she learns that she'll never see...
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  • Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
    A marvellous addition to the highest level of the best-selling Reading Programme. Follow Alice and the White Rabbit down the rabbit hole and join in with their madcap adventures. Part of the Usborne Young Reading series, this retelling of Lewis Carroll's enduring and popular nonsensical tale is ideal for newly independent readers.
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  • Alice in Wonderland Graphic Novel
    When Alice journeys down the rabbit hole, she finds herself in a strange and magical world. A mad hatter, an invisible Cheshire cat, and a crazy caterpillar are just some of the extraordinary characters Alice encounters in this fantastical land. Follow Alice's amazing adventures in this beautiful graphic version of Lewis Carroll's timeless fantasy. Enjoy the vivid storytelling and mesmerizing...
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  • A Bear Called Paddington and Other Stories
    Bringing together the first three classic novels in one bumper paperback volume, this is the perfect introduction to Paddington Bear! "A bear on Paddington Station?” said Mrs Brown in amazement. “Don’t be silly – there can’t be." When the Brown family find a bear on Paddington station, their lives are soon changed forever… for whether he is settling into his...
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  • Trash Truck: Meet Hank
    Based on the Netflix original series and inspired by a true story, this early reader is perfect for little fans of big trucks! Meet Hank and his best friend, Trash Truck, as they take you on a fun adventure through Hank's small town. Trash Truck: Meet Hank is a My First I Can Read, perfect for shared reading with a...
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  • Pinkalicious: Kindergarten Fun
    “Students who are learning to read will enjoy visiting a vibrant kindergarten classroom with Pinkalicious.” —School Library Journal Pinkalicious gets a kindergarten buddy in this Level One I Can Read, brought to you by #1 New York Times bestselling author Victoria Kann! Pinkalicious can’t wait to have a kindergarten buddy. But what if her buddy doesn’t like kindergarten? Will Pinkalicious...
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  • Howdunit
    Winner of the H.R.F. Keating Award for best biographical/critical book related to crime fiction, and nominated for the Edgar Allen Poe and Macavity Awards for Best Critical/Biographical book. Ninety crime writers from the world’s oldest and most famous crime writing network give tips and insights into successful crime and thriller fiction. Howdunit offers a fresh perspective on the craft of...
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  • Clark the Shark: Friends Forever
    A recommended story that helps young readers learn how to be a good friend. (School Library Journal) Featuring bold illustrations by Guy Francis and lively easy-to-read text by Bruce Hale, this Level Two I Can Read will have beginning readers ready to take a bite out of reading! Perfect for social emotional learning. Clark the Shark is super excited about...
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  • Biscuit and the Great Fall Day
    Join the beloved and bestselling little yellow puppy, Biscuit, on a great fall day! Biscuit loves Autumn! He picks apples, jumps in leaves, runs through a corn maze, and even goes on a tractor ride! Woof, woof! A perfect companion to any fall day, including for apple and pumpkin picking trips, Halloween celebrations, and preschool units on seasons. Biscuit and...
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  • The Hobbit
    For the first time ever, a beautiful slipcased edition of the enchanting prelude to The Lord of the Rings, illustrated throughout with over 50 sketches, drawings, paintings, and maps by J.R.R. Tolkien himself, with the complete text printed in two colours and with many bonus features unique to this edition. Bilbo Baggins is a hobbit who enjoys a comfortable, unambitious...
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  • The Midnight Feast
    THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER For starters, everyone here is lying… The Midnight Feast: The delicious new murder mystery thriller from the No.1 bestselling author of The Guest List & The Hunting Party ‘A stunning murder mystery’ CHRIS WHITAKER 'Unputdownable' LISA JEWELL 'Agatha Christie meets The White Lotus' TOM HINDLE In the shadow of an ancient wood, guests gather for...
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  • Alexander's Outing
    Alexander's Outing by Pamela Allen tells the delightful tale of a curious little duckling named Alexander. "Stay close, take care," quacked Alexander's mother. But Alexander was a wayward duckling – he straggled behind... ...and disappeared down a deep, dark hole... Join Alexander on his adventurous outing as he navigates this unexpected predicament, making for a fun and engaging read for...
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  • A French Christmas
    A gorgeous gift edition of festive stories from France, from the publishers of A Scandinavian Christmas, A German Christmas, and An Italian Christmas. Joyeux Noël! Merry Christmas! These festive stories welcome Christmas à la française—delicious, chic, and unexpected. Sparkling Parisian streets, opulent feasts, wandering orphans, kindly monks, oysters, bonbons, flickering desire, and more than a little wine—this collection of stories...
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  • A Crooked Mark
    A Crooked Mark is a dark and sinister debut YA novel about a teen boy who must hunt down those marked by the devil - including the girl he has fallen for, now in paperback. Perfect for fans of Neal Shusterman and Kendare Blake. A Crooked Mark tells the story of Rae Winter, who should be dead. Some say that...
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  • A Christmas Carol
    A Christmas Carol is the classic story, retold as a beautiful picture book to share with a new generation. "Bah humbug! What do I care for Christmas?" sniped Scrooge. This is the snow-laden story of Scrooge, a mean miser, who is determined to think only of himself — and his money. That is, until he is visited by three Christmas...
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  • According to Jeeves
    Wit and wisdom from the world of Wodehouse - a new collection of iconic quotes for every occasion! With an introduction by Alan Titchmarsh 'The funniest writer ever to put words to paper' - Hugh Laurie 'Sunlit perfection' - Stephen Fry 'Paper has rarely been put to better use' - Caitlin Moran A collection of wit and wisdom from the...
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  • The Annotated Great Gatsby
    100th Anniversary Celebration: A richly illustrated deluxe edition of the American classic, with illuminating commentary by a preeminent Fitzgerald scholar. This is the most authoritative edition ever published. Read The Great Gatsby exactly as Fitzgerald intended—and get an inside look at its composition and publication. "Sumptuous." - Irish Independent Boats against the current, we are borne back ceaselessly to The...
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  • The Last Miracle: Jewish Stories
    This collection from one of the great writers of Europe's Jewish diaspora shows the heat of individual passions blazing out against the levelling forces of history. In stories that move back through time from the First World War to Ancient Rome, we encounter heroes and bookworms, visionaries and gadabouts, patriarchs and rebel children—all tied together across the centuries by their...
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  • Hermione Granger
    Calling all fans of J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter stories! The POCKET POTTERS are the must-have guides to all of your favourite characters from the wizarding world. What is Hermione’s favourite subject? How did she make friends with Ron and Harry, and what does a mountain troll smell like? Find out all this and much more about Hermione Granger! Follow her...
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  • Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead, Vol. 8
    Surviving a zombie apocalypse beats a dead-end job any day! After spending years slaving away for a soul-crushing company, Akira’s life has lost its lustre. But when a zombie apocalypse ravages his town, it gives him the push he needs to live for himself. Now Akira’s on a mission to complete all 100 items on his bucket list before he...well,...
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  • When the Lights Go On Again
    The tide is turning, but on the home front, the battle is far from over for the Campions... Autumn 1944, the allies are invading Italy. On the home front, the Campion family are doing their bit—working tirelessly in the hope that the end of the war is now in sight. Sasha, newly engaged to Bobby, has been tormented by nameless...
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  • Weights and Measures
    A masterly performance Evening Standard Joseph Roth's dark fable about a man torn between resolve and restlessness in Eastern Europe's borderlands In the twilight of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Anselm Eibenschütz is appointed inspector of weights and measures in a remote border town. There he encounters a shadowy world of gamblers and smugglers – and discovers his wife is pregnant by...
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  • Thin Air
    Thin Air by Kellie M. Parker presents a gripping and suspenseful locked-door YA thriller set on a seemingly doomed flight to Paris. Over a span of eight hours, twelve contestants find themselves in a life-threatening situation, making it perfect for fans of Diana Urban, Karen McManus, and Jessica Goodman. Now available in paperback. Seventeen-year-old Emily Walters harbours a secret. In...
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  • The Venice Train
    A gripping new translation of Simenon's cinematic tale of greed, guilt and the cruel workings of fate. The Venice Train tells the story of Justin Calmar, who experiences some painful, nerve-racking weeks. At the office or at home, in the middle of a meal, he suddenly finds his forehead bathed in sweat and a tightness in his chest. At those...
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  • The Unhappiness of Being a Single Man
    No one has captured the modern experience, its wild dreams, strange joys, its neuroses and boredom, better than Franz Kafka. His vision, with its absurdity and twisted humour, has lost none of its force or relevance today. This essential collection, translated and selected by Alexander Starritt, casts fresh light on Kafka's genius. Alongside brutal depictions of violence and justice are...
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  • The Thief Who Sang Storms
    "A timely quest infused with magic." — The Times, Children's Book of the Week The hugely anticipated, brand-new fairytale adventure from Sophie Anderson, the bestselling author of The House with Chicken Legs. The Island of Morovia is shaped like a broken heart. The humans live on one side of the island, and the alkonosts — the bird-people — live on...
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  • The Soldier's Curse
    In the Port Macquarie penal settlement for second offenders, at the edge of the known world, gentleman convict Hugh Monsarrat hungers for freedom. Originally transported for forging documents and passing himself off as a lawyer, he is now the trusted clerk of the settlement's commandant. His position has certain advantages, such as being able to spend time in the Government...
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  • The Ski Trip
    Don’t miss SOMEONE IN THE WATER, Sarah Clarke’s gripping new summer thriller, available to pre-order now. 'You won’t know who to trust’ Adele Parks, Platinum ’A fast-paced tale of revenge.’ Catherine Cooper, author of The Chalet ‘Suspenseful, claustrophobic.’ Katy Brent, How to Kill Men and Get Away With It 'A tense and twisty thriller.' Nikki Smith, author of The Beach...
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  • The Shutter of Snow (Faber Editions)
    Extraordinary. A fascinating and unexpected delight. Coleman shows how women might write if we were free - and how murderous we'd be. Lucy Ellmann Haunting and evocative, this is a timeless portrayal of madness, capturing the terror and loneliness of being untethered from reality. Catherine Cho The only thing to do is to put hammers in the porridge and when...
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  • The Selected Works of Edgar Allan Poe
    HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. The Selected Works of Edgar Allan Poe ‘True! Nervous, very, very dreadfully nervous I had been and am; but why will you say that I am mad? The disease had sharpened my senses, not destroyed, not dulled them.’ This ultimate collection of the infamous author’s works includes “The...
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  • The Secret Detectives
    When Isobel Petty is orphaned, she finds herself being taken away from her home in India and sent to live with a distant uncle in England. On board the S.S. Mariana, she witnesses a shocking act – somebody being thrown overboard in the middle of the night. But when the ship's captain insists that nobody is missing, Isobel and her...
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  • The Penguin Book of Christmas Stories
    The Penguin Book of Christmas Stories is the ultimate festive anthology, featuring the best Christmas stories of all time, selected from around the world. Now available in a beautiful clothbound edition, this collection offers a rich array of festive tales. Discover Truman Capote making whisky-soaked fruitcake in Alabama, Laurie Lee sliding across a frozen pond in Gloucestershire, and Shirley Jackson...
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  • The Path of Minor Planets
    It's 1965, on a small island in the South Pacific, a group of astronomers gather to witness the passing of a comet. However, when a young boy dies during a meteor shower, the lives of the scientists and their loved ones change in subtle yet profound ways. The Path of Minor Planets by Andrew Sean Greer is a remarkable and...
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  • The Noh Mask Murder
    Strange things are happening in the Chizurui mansion... At night, a figure clad in a Hannya mask is spotted wandering around the house. The amateur crime fiction writer, Akimitsu Takagi, is sent to investigate, but then tragedy strikes. The head of the Chizurui family is found dead inside his study, locked from the inside, with only a Hannya mask and...
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  • The Mystery of a Hansom Cab
    The Mystery of a Hansom Cab by Fergus Hume is Australia's original blockbuster and an international best-selling crime novel. First published in 1886, it achieved overnight sensation status by selling hundreds of thousands of copies worldwide and being translated into eleven languages. Over a century later, Hansom Cab has lost none of its page-turning power. Set in the charming yet...
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  • The Midnight Guardians
    Discover a world of magical storytelling with Ross Montgomery. SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA CHILDREN'S BOOK AWARD WATERSTONES CHILDREN'S BOOK OF THE MONTH HIVE CHILDREN'S BOOK OF THE MONTH TOPPSTA CHILDREN'S BOOK OF THE MONTH “One of our finest children’s writers.” Phil Earle “A master storyteller.” Aisling Fowler “Another absolute triumph from one of my favourite children’s authors.” Catherine Doyle Sometimes...
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  • The Middle Parts Of Fortune
    The drumming of the guns continued, with bursts of great intensity. It was as though a gale streamed overhead, piling up great waves of sound, and hurrying them onwards to crash in surf on the enemy entrenchments. The windless air about them, by its very stillness, made that unearthly music more terrible to hear. First published anonymously in 1929 because...
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  • The Little Sparrow Murders
    An old friend of Kosuke Kindaichi's invites the scruffy detective to visit the remote mountain village of Onikobe in order to look into a twenty-year-old murder case. But no sooner has Kindaichi arrived than a new series of murders strikes the village—several bodies are discovered staged in bizarre poses, and it soon becomes clear that the victims are being killed...
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  • The Lady Killer
    The Lady Killer leads a double life in the shadow world of Tokyo's singles bars and nightclubs. By day, a devoted husband and hard worker; by night, he cruises nightclubs, cafés, and cinemas in search of lonely single women to seduce. But now the hunter is being hunted, and in his wake lies a trail of gruesome murders. Who is...
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  • The House Without Windows
    A lost classic of children's nature writing — introduced and illustrated by beloved creator of The Lost Words, Jackie Morris. This is the irresistible and entirely unique story of one little girl's desire to escape into the wilderness. Little Eepersip doesn't want to live in a house with doors and windows and a roof, so she runs away to live...
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  • The Haunting of Moscow House
    In this elegant gothic horror tale set in post-revolutionary Russia, two formerly aristocratic sisters race to uncover their family's long-buried secrets in a house haunted by a past dangerous – and deadly – to remember. It is the summer of 1921, and a group of Bolsheviks have taken over Irina and Lili Goliteva's ancestral home in Moscow, a stately mansion...
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  • The Hatter's Ghosts
    A masterful tale of murder and intrigue in a small French town, from the celebrated author of the Maigret series. Nobody mentioned the victims, or the terror that had gripped the town. For the last twenty days, it had rained, and between the usual quiet conversations and card games, only the trickle of water and the air of cold fear...
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  • The Getting of Wisdom
    One of the most memorable characters in Australian fiction, Laura Rambotham, aged twelve, enters the portals of an exclusive girls' school eager to be accepted. But this precocious country girl is snubbed and ridiculed by her fellow students, who are richer, more attractive and more adept at dealing with life's hypocrisies. The Getting of Wisdom, a wicked and satirical novel...
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  • The Gathering
    Winner of the CBCA of the Year - Older Readers When Nathanial and his mother move to the quiet, safe streets of Cheshunt, he immediately senses something wrong. Violent gangs patrol the streets, feral dogs roam at night, and the oppressive stench from the abattoir lingers over the school. Soon Nathanial learns that his presence is no accident. As he...
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  • The First 7
    In the thrilling conclusion to the Last 8 duology, the Last Teenagers on Earth return home to find a colony of survivors who aren't who they seem. In this thrilling conclusion to The Last 8 duology, the Last Teenagers on Earth return to their now-hostile planet to respond to a distress signal—but who, or what, is waiting for them there?...
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  • The Enemy Within
    SET TO BE ADAPTED FOR THE SCREEN. Like Michael Connelly’s Bosch, John Bailey will risk everything to get to the truth – and expose a deadly enemy. Shortlisted for the 2022 Danger Prize. Shortlisted for the 2022 Ned Kelly Award. He heard a voice, someone calling out in the distance, followed by a loud fluttering of birds. Bailey looked up...
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  • The Dickens Boy
    From the Booker-winning author of Schindler's Ark, a compelling and spirited novel about Charles Dickens' son and his little-known adventures in the Australian Outback. In the late 1800s, rather than run the risk of your under-achieving children tarnishing your reputation at home, you sent them to the colonies. At least that is what Charles Dickens did with two of his...
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  • The Deadly Percheron
    A memory loss mystery set in wartime New York Who stole George Matthews' life? 'Doctor, I think I'm losing my mind...' When a wealthy young man turns up at respected psychiatrist Dr George Matthews' office uttering these words, it changes his safe existence forever. Suddenly Matthews finds himself dragged into a strange, surreal world where nothing is certain. And when...
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  • The Damned Thing
    A murder is relived from three startling perspectives; a hunter is driven out of his mind by an invisible, malevolent entity; a man meets a terrifying end in an abandoned house; a werepanther creeps through a window in the dead of night... Any lover of the dark and unsettling tale will be enthralled by the stories in this collection, all...
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