reviews

"A full encompassing family story of three generations making peace with their heritage, the essence of who they are and ultimately, how does that then fit within the cultural streamlines of white America." Rafaella, Ruth and Daisy - three women with expectations,...

"There was enough adrenaline coursing through my veins as I devoured the latest thriller from A A Dhand to match the clever mindset and chemical equations of Idris Khan - A K A 'The Chemist'." Idris is the endearing community pharmacist serving the drug-addled...

"Only Wally Lamb can bring the pieces of one's life to the fore, examine and peel back the layers to reveal a broken human spirit..." In 2017, a depressive spiral and a collision of tragic choices leads Corby to his incarceration, but can his time behind bars ever...

"There are moments in time when we may ponder, 'What if?' How may my life have differed? This is the them underpinning this remarkable debut novel." With her daughter Maia, Cora walks to register her newborn son and officially bestow his name. There are consequences...

"In Michigan 1999, Jack Fawcett is looking in the rearview mirror of his extraordinary life..." In 1929 Jack traveled with his parents to the Brazilian Amazon Basin for his Father's new job as key manager in Henry Ford's brainchild Fordlandia. Set up for a reliable...

"Sequel to Wild Swans, Jung Chang's expose still matters and those affected by regime rule need their voice more than ever..." How do you pour into the pages all the circumstances, brutality and life under Chines regime rule? How do you convey that of a family torn...

"Two women, twenty three years on from a war-zone - but how will they remember their actions to absolve guilt and heal from war trauma. How will they rebuild their friendship that shattered in the battle? Can they trust their memory?" A truly powerful and refreshing...

"Two stories align in the most clever way and the lead to this finale will bring a chill to your bloodflow... Australian author Trent Dalton is an artist that paints with words. An exploration of an aged and weathered marriage sits alongside a criminal investigation...

"A powerhouse of tension from this debut author. A summer holiday in the 80s on Wellington's Kapiti Coast." Set over summer of 1985, Alix's family book a bach on Wellington's Kapiti Coast to take time out in more ways than one - a last chance for her parent's marriage...

This is the third installment of the Detective Inspector Nyree Bradshaw series that is again compelling and intriguing. Set in Pahia, Northland, Catherine Lea has firmly established herself in the crime fiction genre here in New Zealand to rival Australian authors...

Rory, Juliet, Maeve and Dan have been inseparable friends since childhood growing up in Ballyboyne near Dublin, Ireland. But life cuts across their innocence and loyalty. The Good Mistress is an exploration in raw human need, guilt, shame and making peace with blame...

Former Detective Senior Sergeant Hana Westerman is sharp, eagle-eyed and efficient but with flaws that gives her the humanity her character demands...this is the third novel in the Investigator Westerman series. Hana is recalled to the force, driven to bring a...