# New Titles and Recommendations May 2025 Source: https://ballaratmi.org.au/library/new-titles-and-recommendations-may-2025/ ## New Releases ## Rosemary recommends > ##### Mystery *The Wrong Man | Tim Ayliffe* [Reserve](https://ballaratmi.org.au/reserve-a-library-book/) ##### Mystery *The Girls on Chalk Hill | Alison Belsham* ##### Mystery *Clete | James Lee Burke* ##### Mystery *Nobody's Fool | Harlan Coben* ##### Mystery *The Big Empty | Robert Crais* ##### Mystery *Good Bad Girl | Alice Feeney* ##### Mystery *The Last Days of Kira Mullan | Nicci French* ##### Mystery *Broken Country | Clare Leslie Hall* ##### Mystery *Fear For Her Life | DK Hood* ##### Mystery *Making a Killing | Cara Hunter* ##### Mystery *An Ethical Guide to Murder | Jenny Morris* ##### Mystery *Famous Last Words | Gillian McAlister* ##### Mystery *The Bridesmaid | Cate Quinn* ##### Mystery *Husband Missing | Lisa Regan* ##### Australian *The Bluff | Joanna Jenkins* ##### Australian *The Private Island | Ali Lowe* ##### Australian *Wild Dark Shore | Charlotte McConaghy* ##### Australian *Purgatory | Robert M Smith* ##### Novel *Best, First, and Last | Amy Matthews* ##### Novel *The Prospect | Fleur McDonald* ##### Novel *The Secrets of Maiden's Cove | Erin Palmisano* ##### Psychological *A Killing Cold | Kate Alice Marshall* ##### Psychological *Message Deleted | KL Slater* ##### Historical *The Last Party at Silverton Hall | Rachel Burton* ##### Historical *Broken Country | Clare Leslie Hall* ##### Scandanavian *Fatal Gambit | David Lagercrantz* #### Rosemary's Newsletter ##### Authors of the Month **Natasha Lester** Natasha has been awarded grants by the Australia Council for her work, and writing residencies from Varuna, The Writers House and the Katharine Susannah Prichard Writers Centre. Natasha loves teaching writing courses and when she’s not working on her novels or teaching others how to write, she can usually be found reading, going to yoga, or playing dress-ups with her three children. Natasha lives in Perth Western Australia. Natasha will be in conversation at the BMI on Thursday 1 May. [Get Tickets](https://events.humanitix.com/natasha-lester-bmi) ![portrait of author with book cover](https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/sq-promo-natasha-lester-1-may-768x768.webp) **Nicole Alexander** Nicole was born and raised on the northwest plains of NSW. Her family property is located 110km north-west of Moree near the QLD border. Correspondence school taught to her and her two brothers by their mother. Nicole later attended the local primary school in the village of Boomi for two years, followed by boarding school in Sydney. A Bachelor of Arts degree at the University of New England, Armidale followed. Nicole will be in conversation at the BMI on Thursday 28 May [Get Tickets](https://events.humanitix.com/nicole-alexander-bmi) **Darcy Tindale** Darcy is an actor, author, theatresports player and director, and has appeared in television commercials, film and on stage. She has written comedy for radio, stage, media personalities, comedians and theatre restaurants. Her first novel The Fall Between, came out in 2023 and was shortlisted for the Davitt Awards and the Ned Kelly Awards. Darcy will be in conversation at the BMI on Thursday 14 May. [Get Tickets](https://events.humanitix.com/darcy-tindale-bmi) ##### Book of the Month ##### The Mademoiselle Alliance. ##### Natasha Lester. **How did a young Parisienne mother, celebrated for her beauty and glamour, come to lead the largest spy network in France? A powerful, heartbreaking historical novel by the New York Times bestselling author.** **Morocco, 1928.** Eighteen-year-old Frenchwoman Marie-Madeleine is not the kind of woman who goes through life sitting down, something her new husband can attest. Her unconventionalities – rally car driving, flying planes and dabbling in intelligence work for the government – earn her a reputation, but she knows who she is at heart: an adventurer. **Paris, 1938.** As Europe teeters on the brink of war, a chance encounter with a mysterious man codenamed Navarre turns Marie-Madeleine’s life upside down. Recruited to help build a resistance network known only as Alliance, she conceals her identity – and gender – as she navigates a perilous double life away from her children and the man she loves. Capture and death are only a heartbeat away. ![book cover](https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/the-mademoiselle-alliance-natasha-lester-670x1024.webp) ##### Recommended Reads ##### Broken Country ##### Clare Leslie Hall. **Beth was 17 when she first met Gabriel. Over that heady, intense summer, he made her feel alive. When Gabriel left, she was broken.** It was Frank who picked up the pieces and together they built a home. Watching her husband and son, she remembered feeling so sure that, after everything this was the life she was suppose to be leading. But when Gabriel returns,all Beth’s certainty about who she is and what she wants crumbles. Even after ten years, their connection is instant. She knows it’s wrong and she knows people could get hurt. But how can she resist a second chance at first love? ##### The Prospect. ##### Fleur McDonald. **After a scandal, investigative reporter Zara Ellison and her partner, policeman Jack Higgins, have moved to Kalgoorlie but they are each struggling with this fresh start.** Sara feels adrift in the swirling red dust of the lawless bush city, without sources or any leads for the hard-hittng stories she’s known for. Jack is out of the detective squad and trying to find his feet back in uniform. On an isolated stretch of highway, a pair of grey nomads is involved in a devastating accident which leaves more questions thatn answers. Zara starts digging for her own kind of gold, while Jack’s investigation sends him on a parallel path towards a dangerous smuggling ring. 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