New Titles and Recommendations June 2023

Mystery 
Death Under a Little Sky | Stig Abell
Mystery 
Her Deadly Game | Robert Dugoni
Mystery 
Letter from the Dead | Jack Gatland
Mystery 
Blood Sport | David J. Gatward
Mystery 
Now You See Me | D.K. Hood
Mystery 
Open Season | Quintin Jardine
Mystery 
Small Mercies | Dennis Lehane
Mystery 
Home Before Night | J.P. Pomare
Novel
Stolen Hours | Karen Swan
Novel
That Bligh Girl | Sue Williams
Romance
The wonderful thing about Phoenix Rose | Josephine Moon
Australian
Bottlebrush Creek | Maya Linnell
Australian
Into the Night | Fleur McDonald
Australian
Homecoming | Kate Morton
Australian
The Rush | Michelle Prak
Australian
Return to Valetto | Dominic Smith
Australian
The Fall Between | Darcy Tindale
Australian
Outback | Patricia Wolf
Scandanavian
Outside | Ragar Jonasson

Rosemary's Newsletter

Author of the Month | Maya Linnell

Maya grew up in a small country town, climbing towering gum trees and
reading her way through her family’s bookshelves before discovering a
never-ending supply of novels at the local library. She found her feet in journalism, working at a rural newspaper before segueing into public relations and now fiction writing.

Maya will be at the BMI for an author talk Friday 30 th June at 2pm.

Maya Linnell

Book of the Month

Atlas: The Story of Pa Salt Lucinda Riley

The story of Pa Salt, co-authored by her son Harry Whittaker, draws Lucinda Riley’s saga to its stunning, unforgettable conclusion.

In 1928, Paris, A boy is found, moments from death, and taken in by a kind family.  He flourishes in his new home, and the family show him a life he hadn’t dreamed possible.

 

As he grows into a young man, falling in love and taking classes at the prestigious Conservatoire de Paris, he can forget the terrors of his past.

But across Europe an evil is rising, and no-one’s safety is certain, so he knows that the time will come when he must flee once more.

 

To the surprise of everyone, it is the missing sister who Pa Salt has chosen to entrust with the clue to their pasts.

Atlas: The Story of Pa Salt | Lucinda Riley & Harry Whittaker

Recommended reads

Small Mercies | Dennis Lehane

In the summer of 1974 a heatwave blankets Boston and Mary Pat Fennessey is trying to stay one step ahead of the bill collectors.  Mary Pat has lived her entire life in the housing projects of ‘ Southie’ the Irish American enclave that stubbornly adheres to old tradition and stands proudly apart.

One night Mary Pat’s teenage daughter Jules stays out late and doesn’t come home.  That same evening, a young Black man is found dead, struck by a subway train under mysterious circumstances.

The two events seem unconnected, but Mary Pat, propelled by a desperate search for her missing daughter, begins turning over stones best left untouched- asking questions that bother Marty Butler, chieftain of the Irish mob, and the men who work for him, men who don’t take kindly to any threat to their business.

Small Mercies | Dennis Lehane

That Bligh Girl | Sue Williams

Mary Bligh is no shrinking violet.  After an horrific six-month sea voyage from Britain, she proves as strong-willed as her bloody-minded father, the newly appointed Governor William Bligh.  The pair immediately scandalise Sydney with their personalities, his politics and her pantaloons.

When three hundred armed soldiers of the Rum Rebellion march on Government House to depose him, the governor is nowhere to be seen.  Instead, Mary stands defiantly at the gates, fighting the back with just her parasol…

That Bligh Girl | Sue Williams

Kookaburra Cottage | Maya Linnell

April Lacey is determined  to lead her family’s Limestone Coast winery into the future, but soon  discovers the crumbling historic building and her  father’s reluctance to join the food tourism revolution are just the beginning of her uphill battle.

English winemaker Connor Jamison has travelled to South Australia’s iconic wine regions to learn from the experts and carve a name for himself.

 

United by food, music and an unexpected involvement in the Penwarra Country Show, April and Connor seem like the perfect match

Kookaburra Cottage | Maya Linnell

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