# New Titles and Recommendations January 2024 Source: https://ballaratmi.org.au/library/new-titles-and-recommendations-january-2024/ ## January 2024 ## New Releases ## Rosemary recommends more > ##### Mystery *Traitors Gate | Jeffrey Archer* [Reserve](https://ballaratmi.org.au/reserve-a-library-book/) ##### Mystery *The Watch Maker's Hand | Jeffery Deaver* ##### Mystery *The Secret Hours | Mick Herron* ##### Mystery *Where Hidden Souls Lie | DK Hood* ##### Mystery *Just Another Missing Person | Gillian McAllister* ##### Mystery *Night Comes Falling | TG Reid* ##### Mystery *Blind Eye | Aline Templeton* ##### Mystery *The Angel Creek Girls | Leslie Wolfe* ##### Australian *The Talented Mrs Greenway | Tea Cooper* ##### Australian *The Milliner of Bendigo | Darry Fraser* ##### Australian *From the Shadows | Gillian Gregory* ##### Australian *I'll leave you with This | Kylie Ladd* ##### Australian *The Pit | Peter Papathanasiou* ##### Australian *Tuesday Evenings with the Copeton Craft resistance | Kate Solly* ##### Australian *The Royal Windsor Secret | Christine Wells* ##### Historical *The Naturalist of Amsterdam | Melissa Ashley* ##### Historical *Child of the Ruins | Kate Furnivall* ##### Historical *When I Come Home Again | Caroline Scott* ##### Historical *The Traitor's Wife | Sarah Steele* ##### Scandinavian *After She'd Gone | Alex Dahl* ##### Scandinavian *Everything is Mine | Ruth Lillegraven* ##### Scandinavian *The Fox | Sophie Palsdottir* ##### Scandinavian *Cold as Hell | Lilja Sigurdardottir* ##### Romance *I Remember Paris | Lucy Diamond* ##### Novel *The Paris Cooking School | Sophie Beaumont* ##### Novel *Sisters under the Rising Sun | Heather Morris* ##### Non Fiction *Best Wishes | Richard Glover* ##### Non Fiction *The Mindful Traveller | Nina Karnikowski* ##### Non Fiction *Home to Biloela | Priya Nadesalingam* #### Rosemary's Newsletter ##### Authors of the Month **Lucas Jordan** Lucas Jordan grew up in Burekup in Western Australia and studied his Bachelor of Arts at the University of Western Australia Lucas completed a Bachelor of Education, followed by a Masters in Aboriginal Studies. This led to more than a decade of teaching and research in the Kimberley, Cape York and central Australia. Lucas lives in Lara, Victoria, with his wife and two sons and enjoys surfing, fossicking around the coast and the bush with his sons, and reading, writing and teaching Australian History. **In-conversation** Lucas will be in-conversation with Tim Constantine on 21 February. We would love to see you there. [More](https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/in-conversation-lucas-jordan/) *Lucas Jordan* **Elizabeth Coleman** Elizabeth is an author, screenwriter and playwright, who first came to public attention with her wonderfully dark comedy, *It’s My Party (And I’ll Die If I Want To)*. Elizabeth is also a prolific screenwriter. As well as the television adaptations of *Secret Bridesmaids’ Business,* she’s written for many drama series including *Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries,* *SeaChange* and *Wanted.* Elizabeth’s first novel, *Losing the Plot* was published in 2019 and *A Routine Infidelity* was published in 2023. **In-conversation** Elizabeth will be in-conversation with Olivia Wearne on 7 February. We would love to see you there. [More](https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/in-conversation-elizabeth-coleman/) [![portrait of author](https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/elizabeth_about-370x470-1-e1704925515465-300x300.jpg)](https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/in-conversation-gabriel-bergmoser/) *Elizabeth Coleman* ##### Books of the Month ***The Chipilly Six*** **by Lucas Jordan.** On 9th August 1918, at Chipilly Spur overlooking the Somme River, an entire British Army Corps is held up by German machine gunners. The battle has raged for 30 hours and more than 2000 men have fallen. Then, two Australian sergeants,Jack Hayes and Harold Andrews, go absent without leave and cross the Somme ahead of British lines. Seeing that the British advance is stopped, they re-cross the river, gather four mates and return to drive the Germans off the spur. The Chipilly Six were extraordinary men in extraordinary times. Lucas Jordan reveals a wider story of Australia’s Great War veterans as they battled a nation forgetting, bitter Depression, another World War and beyond. *The Chipilly Six | Lucas Jordan* ***A Dance with Murder*** **by Elizabeth Coleman.** PI Edwina ‘Ted’ Bristol’s latest case is providing complicated. Ballerina Giselle Tereiti is the target of a stalker, but she’s also the ex-wife of Ted’s flame , homicide detective Spike. While the case is a win for Ted, it means she’s forced to distance herself from Spike without telling him why. Meanwhile, talented crafter Cicely is desperate to locate her husband Duncan, who disappeared while surfing a year ago. As Ted closes in on the stalking culprit and her relationship with Spike hits rock-bottom, Cicely’s case takes a bizarre twist- and then a murder turns everything upside down. ![book cover](https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/A-Dance-with-Murder-High-Res-1-scaled-1-196x300.jpg) *A Dance with Murder | Elizabeth Coleman* ##### Recommended Reads ***Blind Eye* | Aline Templeton** DCI Kelso Strang is led to believe that something very odd is going on around the prosperous fishing port of Tarleton on Scotland’s south-east coast. Firstly, a young detective inspector is traumatised after witnessing a doctor throwing herself off a cliff, and accusations of extortion have riven the local community. When the ugly death of a young farmer sets off a murder investigation, Strang finds himself caught in a spider’s web of criminality. *Blind Eye | Aline Templeton* ***The Traitor’s Wife* | Sarah Steele** Luisa Giordano has faced many losses: her mother to a deadly illness, the man she loved to the Nazis when war came to Italy, and her unborn child at the hands of her own husband. All Luisa has left is her voice, and when she learns her husband is colluding with the enemy, she knows she must use it to fuel the women of Naples with fire. Hollywood starlet Lola Hart has come a long way from the backstreets of Naples, the glamorous parties a way to dull the pain of the past. When she is offered the role of a lifetime portraying a heroine of the Italian resistance, she knows returning home means confronting old ghosts, But as she seeks out the story behind the film, she realises there are many in Naples with secrets, and that the woman she is to play held the greatest one of all…. *The Traitor's Wife | Sarah Steele* ***The Mindful Traveller* | Nina Karnikowski** A stunning written memoir and manifesto about the ethics of modern travel. In this unique and inspiring book, travel journalist Nina Karnikwski takes an expedition to the very essence of travel, reflecting on the profound and transformative experience to be had heading into the wild or just staying put, and demonstrating how to travel in a way that is as nourishing for the places we visit as they are for us. Sharing evocative stories from a life spent travelling the world, Nina provides a roadmap for anyone looking to broaden their horizons while better caring for our environment, by hiking, camping, connecting to indigenous communities, forest bathing, gardening, meditating and more. **More of Rosemary’s new releases & recommendations.** [December 2023](https://ballaratmi.org.au/library/new-titles-and-recommendations-december-2023/) ## Library events ![BMI Library book sale promotional image with gift-wrapped book](https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/square-promo-christmas-26-300x300.jpg) ##### [Book Sale | Reward yourself with some excellent Christmas reading](https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/book-sale-reward-yourself-with-some-excellent-christmas-reading/) December 12 @ 10:00 am - December 13 @ 2:00... ![BMI Library book sale with vinyl records and autumn leaves](https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/square-promo-autumn-26-300x300.jpg) ##### [Book Sale | Reward yourself with some excellent Autumn reading](https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/book-sale-reward-yourself-with-some-excellent-autumn-reading/) 01/05/2027 @ 10:00 am - 02/05/2027 @ 2:00 pm Free... ![Ross McMullin author of The Light on the Hill book](https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/square-promo-tt-ross-mcmullin-300x300.jpg) ##### [Twilight Talks: Season 2, The Light on the Hill: An Updated History of the Australian Labor Party.](https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/twilight-talks-season-2-the-light-on-the-hill-an-updated-history-of-the-australian-labor-party/) October 28 @ 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm $9 –... ![Kerri Rogan author event promoting Witchy Sister book](https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/sp-promo-talks-kerri-rogan-v2-1-300x300.webp) ##### [In Conversation with Kerri Rogan](https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/in-conversation-with-kerri-rogan-november/) November 4 @ 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm $11.00 Humffray... ## Library news ![Monica McInerney author photo with When Sullivan Met Lola book cover](https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/libary-bow-monica-mcinerney-when-sullivan-met-lola-240x300.jpg) ##### [Rosemary’s Book of the Week | When Sullivan Met Lola by Monica McInerney](https://ballaratmi.org.au/rosemarys-book-of-the-week-when-sullivan-met-lola-by-monica-mcinerney/) When Sullivan Met Lola Monica McInerney Don’t miss Monica who... ![Michael Robotham Tell Me Something True book cover BMI Library](https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/libary-bow-michael-robotham-tell-me-something-true-240x300.jpg) ##### [Rosemary’s Book of the Week | Tell Me Something True by Michael Robotham](https://ballaratmi.org.au/rosemarys-book-of-the-week-tell-me-something-true-by-michael-robotham/) Tell Me Something True Michael Robotham Don’t miss Michael who... ![Sally Mackinnon promotes her fashion book Styled](https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/libary-bow-sally-mackinnon-styled-240x300.jpg) ##### [Rosemary’s Book of the Week | Styled by Sally Mackinnon](https://ballaratmi.org.au/rosemarys-book-of-the-week-styled-by-sally-mackinnon/) Styled Sally Mackinnon Don’t miss Sally who will be talking... **Stay informed of our new releases** Subscribe to our Newsletter [subscribe newsletter >](https://ballaratmi.us11.list-manage.com/subscribe/post?u=dd70ef083716c1e78fa7f77de&id=e81f7ed3c4#) ## Library Back to our Library homepage [Library](https://ballaratmi.org.au/library/) ## Tours The BMI can provide public tours of the building. 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