'Easily my favourite read of this year . . . an unputdownable, bittersweet tale'
Allison Saft, New York Times bestselling author of A Far Wilder Magic
All they needed to break the wor..
It's 1832 on an isolated coast on the South Island of New Zealand. A lush and tranquil bay is facing a season of upheaval. White men are whaling, sealing, whoring and warring. Creatures are culled, wo..
Escape to the island of Naxos with this beautiful debut novel about finding friendship and love in the most unexpected of places.
On a sun-kissed Greek island lies a gorgeous guesthouse and..
Escape to the island of Naxos with this beautiful debut novel about finding friendship and love in the most unexpected of places, perfect for fans of Nicky Pellegrino, Emily Henry, Rebecca Serle and J..
The psychic had a curious message for Helena. She said: 'You are not who you think you are.'
'The Secrets They Kept' is the story of a young woman's quest to discover the truth about her mother's..
A sweeping, captivating, inspiring WWII story from the No.1 bestselling author of The Girl from London.
In 1942, a group of young women arrive in Cairo, Egypt. The Tuis, named after the bea..
A gripping historical novel set amid the New Zealand Wars in 1860.
As English settlers wage war upon local iwi in colonial Taranaki, two women confront their pasts to survive the present.
Fr..
"The Spanish Garden is about memory and how it serves and deceives us. It is about the casualties of war, both the dead and the living, and the need to acknowledge the unnamed and the disappeared. It ..
Sascha Stronach's queer, Maori-inspired Endsong trilogy reopens on a city in flames, where a magic-wielding pirate crew uncovers an age-old fight between the gods that threatens their world.
The..
A compulsive and chilling novel about subjugation, survival and the meaning of family.
Up on the highway, the only evidence that the Chamberlains had ever been there was two smeared tyre tracks i..
Tampa, Florida, 1898: a frontier where the old world meets the new, and where miracles of transformation are possible. Dominating the town is the new Tampa Bay Hotel, with its tangle of Moorish minare..
'Parry knocks it out of the park . . . Just plain wonderful' Kirkus
'A joyous adventure through all the tales you've ever loved. Funny, charming, clever and heartfelt, you're absolutely go..
A dazzling and spellbinding debut about a mysterious painting, the secrets it keeps, and the two women connected across centuries by a quest to discover the truth - for readers of Geraldine Brooks, Tr..
Rose Finch is the owner/manager of the Sunset Rest Home. She is determined the home will not be the loveless mausoleum of a retirement home where her grandparents Tom and Marjorie, who raised her, saw..
She will risk everything to expose the truth.
1943 - Bletchley Park, England
Mae Webster, immersed in the clandestine world of codebreaking at Bletchley Park, is recruited to help unveil a spy..
A classic novel that became a classic film.
An international bestseller that was made into a multiple award-winning film.
Eight-year-old Kahu craves her great-grandfather's love and attentio..
East Anglia, 1645.
Martha Hallybread, a midwife, healer and servant, has lived peacefully for more than four decades in her beloved Cleftwater. Everyone in the village knows Martha, but no..
Hold up your phone to take a photo and some people won't be there. Look for them in older images and their bodies are gaps, the rest of the photo still busy around them. People have stopped appearing ..
'Keeps readers on their toes from the opening page. His is a rare talent that continues to turn out crime masterpieces' Herald Sun
'A twisty small-town PI mystery with a protagonist I didn'..
An utterly compelling recreation of the events that led to one of the last executions in New Zealand.
Albert Black, known as the 'jukebox killer', was only twenty when he was convicted of murderi..
Blackball, West Coast, pre-World War I. Three youngsters; Pansy, Clem and Otto. Life had an idyllic surface with a far from idyllic underside for youngsters in this mining town. As a World War approac..
Friday afternoon. Trafalgar Street. School's out.
How better to start your weekend, than cruising the main drag?
But when Kael, Tegan and Freya annoy two women in a plus-size dress shop, things ra..
Love happens when you least expect it...
Assunta has given up on love. She might run her little trattoria in the most romantic mountain town in Italy, but love just seems to have passed her..
Something to get my teeth into. Something I wasn't altogether sure I could do. Hell, it was about time I had something hard-hitting, out of the ordinary.
Rebecca Thorne needs a story that will ea..
AUSTRALIA'S ANSWER TO KATHY REICHS. 'Dark and twisted, this addictive thriller will keep you guessing right up until the final chapter. Loved it!' Rebecca Gibney
Based on the hugely successful Ch..
Tu is proud of his name - the Maori god of war. But for the returned soldier there's a shadow over his own war experience with the Maori Battalion in Italy. Three young men from the one family went to..
In this, the eighth volume in the Detective Inspector O'Rorke series, it is the summer of 1888. As O'Rorke prepares to leave London to return to New Zealand, Crimean War 'ghosts' of both friends and e..
Jane Halifax will need all her forensic experience to unlock the secrets of one of the world's most formidable minds: a Silicon Valley billionaire whose ex-business partner has just been murdered ... ..
Even after visiting the Oracle, Adrienne still can't quite believe the prophesy. But whether she believes it or not, there is no denying the strange power building within her, or the bond forming betw..
In his small noodle shop in Te Whanganui-a-Tara, a young chef obsessively juliennes carrots. Nothing is going according to plan: the bills are piling up, his mother is dead, and there are strangers in..
An evocative novel of love and art, and one man's journey to find his place in the world. Where Light Meets Water is a moving debut traversing nineteenth-century London, Melbourne and New Zealand's ru..
From the Chatham Islands/ Rekohu to London, from 1835 to the 21st century, this quietly powerful and compelling novel confronts the complexity of being Moriori, Maori and Pakeha. In the 1880s, Mere ye..
A champion of regenerative farming is brutally murdered. An intensive dairying advocate has shot himself. What is going on in this peaceful rural community?
Lauren Fraser, visiting South Canterbu..
A gorgeous hardback of Katherine Mansfield's best stories, selected by her biographer Claire Harman
A beautiful new hardback edition of Katherine Mansfield's most vivid and distinctive stories.
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Set in the Mackenzie Basin, this vivid novel is about familial love, friendship and how our lives touch, connect and impact upon one another.
'The SUV advanced, without slowing as it passed; the ..
At the heart of Catherine Chidgey's extraordinary new novel is an enigmatic voice that tells the story of German families caught up in a nation's dream. It's 1939. Two children watch as their parents ..
Gutsy new P.I. Lou Alcott takes charge in this brilliantly crafted thriller. Twisty, gritty and unputdownable, in this story the underdog is fighting back. Perfect for readers of Sarah Bailey and Jane..
Whoever invented love at first sight should have left instructions for what to do when it only strikes one of you...
...is all Ava Durant can think as she watches the man of her dreams from across ..