Impossible Causes by Julie Mayhew
$32.99 NZD
Category: Fiction
The Crucible meets The Craft in this brilliantly dark thriller about isolated communities, rumours and suspicion. The arrival of three strangers on Lark, a remote island with a population of 300, is the cause of much speculation. The first, a young teacher ¿ the only male teacher on the island ¿ the oth ...Show more
Damascus by Christos Tsiolkas
$36.99 NZD
Category: Fiction
Winner of the Victorian Premier's Literary Award for Fiction 2020. The stunningly powerful new novel from the author of The Slap. 'They kill us, they crucify us, they throw us to beasts in the arena, they sew our lips together and watch us starve. They bugger children in front of their mothers and ...Show more
Celestial Bodies by Jokha Alharthi
$27.99 NZD
Category: Fiction | Reading Level: very good
Winner - Man Booker International 2019! Celestial Bodies is set in the village of al-Awafi in Oman, where we encounter three sisters: Mayya, who marries Abdallah after a heartbreak; Asma, who marries from a sense of duty; and Khawla who rejects all offers while waiting for her beloved, who has emigrated ...Show more
Out of Darkness, Shining Light by Petina Gappah
$32.99 NZD
Category: Fiction
'Engrossing, beautiful and deeply imaginative.' Yaa Gyasi, author of Homegoing This is the story of the body of Bwana Daudi, the Doctor, the explorer David Livingstone - and the sixty-nine men and women who carried his remains for 1,500 miles so that he could be borne across the sea and buried in his ow ...Show more
The Topeka School by Ben Lerner
$32.99 NZD
Category: Fiction | Reading Level: 1 Fiction
James: "Adam is a debate champion caught up in his verbal dexterity. His psychologist parents are treating Darren, whose actions degrade into anger. A zig-zagging narrative reflects Adam’s attempts to piece together traumatic events buried in his adolescence. With wit and sincerity, ambiguity resolves i ...Show more
In Darkness Visible by Tony Jones
$36.99 NZD
Category: Fiction | Reading Level: 2 Crime
Intriguing, gripping and believable, Tony Jones has used worldwide political history to create a second sensational thriller. In 2005, Marin Katich, living in Croatia under an alias, is being watched. Before the year is out, he has been assaulted, arrested, charged with serious war crimes and locked up ...Show more
Spies, Lies and Secret Agents by Heather Holmes
$24.99 NZD
Category: Fiction
In the little village of Appledale, brothers, Igor, Erik and Sid, are scraping a living running a residential home for the elderly and a local laundry service, when Lady Luck makes an appearance. One morning, in with the usual laundry deliveries, is a large bag of money which disappears almost as soon a ...Show more
Songs of Innocence and of Experience (Macmillan Collector's Library) by William Blake
$19.99 NZD
Category: Fiction | Series: Macmillan Collector's Library
William Blake's Songs of Innocence and of Experience includes some of the visionary poet's finest and best-loved poems such as 'The Lamb', 'The Chimney-Sweeper' and 'The Tiger'. Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library, a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket-sized classics with gold-foiled edges and ...Show more
The Siberian Dilemma by Martin Cruz Smith
$37.99 NZD
Category: Fiction | Series: The\Arkady Renko Novels Ser. | Reading Level: 1 Fiction
'Martin Cruz Smith makes tension rise through the page like a shark's fin' Independent 'One of those writers that anyone who is serious about their craft views with respect bordering on awe' Val McDermid Journalist Tatiana Petrovna has disappeared. Arkady Renko, iconic Moscow investigator and Tatiana's ...Show more
The Woman in the Window (Movie Tie-in) by A. J. Finn
$14.99 NZD
$19.99 (25% off)
Category: Fiction
Instant #1 New York Times Bestseller - Soon to be a Major Motion Picture"Astounding. Thrilling. Amazing." --Gillian Flynn"Unputdownable." --Stephen King"A dark, twisty confection." --Ruth Ware"Absolutely gripping." --Louise PennyFor readers of Gillian Flynn and Tana French comes one of the decade's most ...Show more
Just One Wish by Rachael Johns
$35.00 NZD
Category: Fiction | Reading Level: very good
Three women, three secrets, one life-changing journey. Alice has always been a trailblazer as a scientist, activist and mother. She knew her choices would involve sacrifices, but now, on the eve of her eightieth birthday, she's beginning to wonder if she's sacrificed too much. Alice's daughter, Sappho, ...Show more
From the Ashes by Deborah Challinor
$14.99 NZD
$25.00 (40% off)
Category: Fiction | Series: The\Restless Years Ser.
In 1950s Auckland things are changing - and fast. Women are joining the workforce in numbers, white goods are readily available and the age of rock 'n' roll has arrived.Allie Manaia works the Elizabeth Arden counter at Smith and Caugheys. It's been two years since the Dunbar and Jones fire, where some o ...Show more