reviews

"A beautiful, innocent friendship dominates the narrative and conveys the strong cultural roots of Iran through great and significant social change and upheaval." The Lion Women of Tehran spans decades and gives voice to the women that continually arise in the face of...

"Hannah Richell has moved firmly into a new genre of mystery, twisty thrillers and One Dark Night packs the punch we need when our expectations are high for a thoroughly engrossing read. Last year we were mesmerized with The Search Party, this year set aside the time...

"Hope, love, loss and injustice fit together to create Molly's heroic character. A fitting prequel that will give you a fresh understanding for The Dressmaker and the tale of Tilly Dunnage in pre-war Melbourne." Molly completes the trilogy of The Dressmaker and the...

"Following on from book one of the Kawai series and the story of legendary warrior Kaitanga, it's time to hear of Hine-aue, the granddaughter of Kaitanga, on the East Coast of Te Ika-a-Maui Aotearoa..." Book Two of the Kawai series reads like a direct experience from...

"With unimaginable grief and betrayal, Jane Saville is forced to reside in a cottage near the towering shadows of Salisbury Cathedral and make her own way..." Fiona McIntosh is a firm favourite of Book Club readers and delivers again in time for your holiday reading...

"A captivating tale set in and around an English seaside hotel in 1919. A full, colourful vast array of characters give structure and strength to this loved tale..." Delving into the pages of a new Helen Simonson novel is a treat - she gifted us Major Pettigrew's Last...

"If you love well-researched, credible historical drama, then you can't go past Auckland-based author Olivia Spooner. Meet Addy and Margot, in World War Two service in the Women's Auxiliary Army Corps AKA - The Tuis." A circle of Kiwi friends emerges from the New...

"An extraordinary life and her rise through politics in both Britain and USA...all within the shadows. Her life's work cannot be simply put in a box but author Sonia Purnell comes the closest of all biographies to give us a thorough, deserving record of the 'woman in...

"If someone predicted your precise time of departure from this Earth and the circumstances, would you embrace it and alter your life's ways, patterns and experiences?" This is the foundation block for Liane Moriarty's new novel Here One Moment. One woman's hypnotic,...

"It is only now that we can read of Pippa Latour's exceptional dedicated service as part of the Special Operations Executive and Women's Auxiliary Air Force in World War Two. She lived her life with profound resilience and fortitude..." We should know Pippa Latour's...

"It was poignant to read of 'older' love - an aged love with all its imperfections and oddities. It is refreshing to embrace a narrative of real life, conflicts, irritations and quirks that just work in all the messiness of life..." This is Nicky's 15th novel and I...

"Meet Frankie...you just want her to speak out and step from the shadows that her Irish lack-of-luck life deals. From the moment I turned the first page I wanted to cheer Frankie on and sod those adults around her that played her like a pawn in the game of life. It...