The Kills by Richard House
$19.99 AUD
Category: General Fiction
Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2013. Shortlisted for the South Bank Sky Arts Awards 2014. Camp Liberty is a forgotten military base in Amrah province, Iraq, a place where the detritus of war is incinerated, burried, erased from memory. It is manned only by a small group of economic mercenaries. Whe ...Show more
The Last Empress by Anchee Min
$23.95 AUD
Category: General Fiction
At the end of the nineteenth century China is rocked by foreign attacks and local rebellions. The only constant is the power wielded by one woman, Tzu Hsi, also known as Empress Orchid, who must face the perilous condition of her empire and devastating personal losses. In this sequel to the bestselling ...Show more
The Last Song of Penelope by Claire North
$34.99 AUD
Category: General Fiction | Series: The\Songs of Penelope Ser.
'CLAIRE NORTH BRINGS A POWERFUL, FRESH AND UNFLINCHING VOICE TO ANCIENT MYTH' Jennifer Saint, author of Sunday Times bestseller Ariadne Following the critically acclaimed Ithaca and House of Odysseus comes the final novel in Claire North's Songs of Penelope trilogy - an exquisite, gripping tale that br ...Show more
The Last of Cheri by Colette
$21.90 AUD
Category: General Fiction | Series: colette
At the end of Cheri the young Cheri left his aging mistress Lea on the eve of his marriage. Having served in the army during the war Cheri returns to Paris haunted by memories of his carefree youth and the bounty of his benevolent mistress. In the post-war 1920's he finds it impossible to settle down to ...Show more
The Laughing Corpse (Anita Blake #2) by Laurell K. Hamilton
$22.99 AUD
Category: General Fiction | Series: Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, Novels
An enthralling Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, novel 'The older the zombie, the bigger the death needed to raise it.' After a few centuries, the only death 'big enough' is a human sacrifice. I know because I'm an animator. My name is Anita Blake. Working for Animators, Inc. is just a job - like selling ins ...Show more
The Lebs: Miles Franklin Literary Award Finalist by Michael Mohammed Ahmad
$27.99 AUD
Category: General Fiction | Reading Level: near fine
A confronting new novel from award winning Sydney Morning Herald Best Young Novelist Michael Mohammed Ahmad. 'Bani Adam thinks he's better than us!' they say over and over until finally I shout back, 'Shut up, I have something to say!' They all go quiet and wait for me to explain myself, redeem myself, ...Show more
The Liar's Dictionary by Eley Williams
$19.99 AUD
Category: General Fiction
__________________________mountweazel, noun- a fake entry deliberately inserted into a dictionary or work of reference. Often used as a safeguard against copyright infringement. In the final year of the nineteenth century, Peter Winceworth has reached the letter 'S', toiling away for the much-anticipate ...Show more
The Lie by Helen Dunmore
$19.99 AUD
Category: General Fiction
Nominated for the Folio Prize Set during and just after the First World War, The Lieis an enthralling, heart-wrenching novel of love, memory and devastating loss by one of the UK's most acclaimed storytellers. Cornwall, 1920, early spring. A young man stands on a headland, looking out to sea. He is ba ...Show more
The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters
$24.99 AUD
Category: General Fiction | Reading Level: very good
* The brilliant and chilling new novel from Sarah Waters - longlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2009 * 'Sarah Waters has worked a spell' GUARDIAN
The Lotus Eaters by Marianne Macdonald
$0.00 AUD
Category: General Fiction
In Beverley Hills, in 1998, British celebrity interviewer Lottie meets Patty Belle, a minor Hollywood actress. In the scorching heat, as she drinks her Virgin Mary and her companion sips champagne, Lottie immediately recognises and responds to Patty Belle's magnetic appeal. But they are not to meet agai ...Show more
The Lovers by Catherine Rey
$24.99 AUD
Category: General Fiction
the Lovers by renowned French-Australian writer Catherine Rey is an arresting tale, a mystery with a low burn tension, which revolves around the disappearance of Lucie Bruyere. The novel unveils the truth about her charismatic yet subtly controlling partner, the world-famous artist Ernest Renfield. The ...Show more
The Luminist by David Rocklin; Jacquelyn Mitchard (Introduction by)
$32.95 AUD
Category: General Fiction
IN COLONIAL INDIA, at a time of growing friction between the ruling British and the restless Indian populace, a Victorian woman and her young Tamil Indian servant defy convention, class, and heartbreak to investigate what is gained - and lost - by holding life still. Suggested by the life and work of ph ...Show more