# New Titles and Recommendations August 2026 Source: https://ballaratmi.org.au/new-titles-and-recommendations-august-2026/ ## New Releases ## Rosemary recommends > ##### Mystery ![The Shadow Step book cover by Mark Billingham](https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/the-shadow-step-mark-billingham.jpg) *The Shadow Step | Mark Billingham* [Reserve](https://ballaratmi.org.au/reserve-a-library-book/) ##### Mystery ![Yesteryear book cover by Caro Claire Burke](https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/yesteryear-caro-claire-burke.jpg) *Yesteryear | Caro Claire Burke* ##### Mystery ![The Fourth Option book cover by Jack Carr and M.P. Woodward](https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/the-fourth-option-jack-carr-and-mp-woodward.jpg) *The Fourth Option | Jack Carr* ##### Mystery ![Won't You Save Me crime thriller book cover by Wendy Dranfield](https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/wont-you-save-me-wendy-dranfield.jpg) *Won't You Save Me | Wendy Dranfield* ##### Mystery ![Where The Snow Bleeds crime thriller book cover by Wendy Dranfield](https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/where-the-snow-bleeds-wendy-dranfield.jpg) *Where The Snow Bleeds | Wendy Dranfield* ##### Mystery ![Book cover of The Body in the Dales by J.R. Ellis](https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/the-body-in-the-dales-jr-ellis.jpg) *The Body in the Dales | JR Ellis* ##### Mystery ![Book cover of Some Sort of Justice by Peter Grainger](https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/some-sort-of-justice-peter-grainger-662x1024.jpg) *Some Sort Of Justice | Peter Grainger* ##### Mystery ![Book cover of Not What It Seems by Lisa Jackson](https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/not-what-it-seems-lisa-jackson.jpg) *Not What It Seems | Lisa Jackson* ##### Mystery ![Book cover of In the Time of Five Pumpkins by Alexander McCall Smith](https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/in-the-time-of-five-pumpkins-alexander-mccall-smith.jpg) *In the time of Five Pumpkins | Alexander McCall Smith* ##### Mystery ![James Patterson 26 Beauties Women's Murder Club thriller book cover](https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/26-beauties-james-patterson.jpg) *26 Beauties | James Patterson* ##### Mystery ![The Long Dark crime thriller book cover by Andrew Raymond](https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/the-long-dark-andrew-raymond.jpg) *The Long Dark | Andrew Raymond* ##### Mystery ![Dirt Road Dead Scottish crime thriller book cover by TG Reid](https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/dirt-road-tg-reid.jpg) *Dirt Road Dead | TG Reid* ##### Mystery ![The Secrets We Hide book cover by Karin Slaughter](https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/the-secrets-we-hide-karin-slaughter.jpg) *The Secrets We Hide | Karin Slaughter* ##### Mystery ![Book cover of A Murder in Springtime by Martin Walker](https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/a-murder-in-springtime-martin-walker-666x1024.jpg) *A Murder in Springtime | Martin Walker* ##### Aust. Mystery *For All The Dead Girls | Sherryl Clark* ##### Aust. Mystery ![Mire book cover by Matt Nable with stormy ocean scene](https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/mire-matt-nable.jpg) *MIre | Matt Nable* ##### Aust. Mystery ![Book cover of Possible Springs by Samantha Ross](https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/welcome-to-possible-springs-samantha-ross.jpg) *Welcome to Possible Springs | Samantha Ross* ##### Aust. Mystery ![Red Lake mystery novel cover by Jason Summers](https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/red-lake-by-jason-summers-677x1024.jpg) *Red Lake | Jason Summers* ##### Novel ![Book cover of The Ballad of Ronan McCoy by Colin Morgan](https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/the-ballad-of-ronan-mccoy-colin-morgan.jpg) *The Ballad of Ronan McCoy | Colin Morgan* ##### Novel ![Book cover of The Subtle Pleasures of Indiscretion by Alexander McCall Smith](https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/the-subtle-pleasures-of-indescretion-alexander-mccall-smith.jpg) *The Subtle Pleasures of Indescretion | Alexander McCall Smith* ##### Aust. Novel ![The Paradise Pact book cover by Anita Heiss](https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/the-paradise-pact-anita-heiss.jpg) *The Paradise Pact | Anita Heiss* ##### Aust. Novel ![Book cover of Simply Beside Herself by Judith Katherine](https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/simply-beside-herself-judith-katherine.jpg) *Simply Beside Herself | Judith Katernine* ##### Aust. Novel ![Disgraceful book cover by Rachel Fox McLeod](https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/disgraceful-rachel-fox-mcleod.jpg) *Disgraceful | Rachel Fox McLeod* ##### Aust. Novel ![Book cover of The Yacht by Kayte Nunn](https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/the-yacht-kayte-nunn.jpg) *The Yacht | Kayte Nunn* ##### Aust. Novel ![Book cover of The Angry Wives Club by Gabbie Stroud](https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/the-angry-wives-club-gabbie-stroud-668x1024.jpg) *The Angry Wives club | Gabbie Stroud* ##### Historical ![Book cover of The Story She Left Behind by Patti Callahan Henry](https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/the-story-she-left-behind-a-novel-patti-callahan-henry.jpg) *The Story She Left Behind: A Novel | Patti Callahan Henry* ##### Scandinavian ![Book cover of Wisting in The Lake by Jørn Lier Horst](https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/the-lake-jorn-lier-horst-667x1024.jpg) *The Lake | Jørn Lier Horst* ##### Scandinavian ![Dead Sweet book cover by Katrín Júlíusdóttir Icelandic crime thriller](https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/dead-sweet-kattrin-juliusdottir-663x1024.jpg) *Dead Sweet | Katrín Júlíusdóttir* ##### Romance ![Our Perfect Storm book cover by Carley Fortune](https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/our-perfect-storm-carley-fortune.jpg) *Our Perfect Storm | Carley Fortune* ##### Romance ![Book cover of Daughters of the Sun and Moon by Lisa See](https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/daughters-of-the-sun-and-moon-lisa-see.jpg) *Daughters of the Sun and Moon | Lisa See* ##### Pyschological ![Book cover of It Could Have Been Her by Lisa Jewell](https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/it-could-have-been-her-lisa-jewell.jpg) *It Could Have Been Her | Lisa Jewell* ##### Pyschological ![The Weekend thriller novel by T.M. Logan book cover](https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/the-weekend-tm-logan.jpg) *The Weekend | TM Logan* #### Rosemary's Newsletter ##### Author of the Month **Sophie Green** Sophie is an author, publisher and lives in Sydney. When she is not writing novels, she is writing about Australian country music on her website. Sophie also loves practising yoga, exploring creativity in its many forms, and losing herself in music that tells a great story. Book of the Month The Story She Left Behind Patti Callahan Henry **In 1927, eight-year-old Clara Harrington’s magical childhood shatters when her mother, renowned author Bronwyn Newcastle Fordham, disappears off the coast of South Carolina. Her mysterious departure leaves behind not only a hearbroken family but also the chance of ever translating the sequel to her beloved work, written in an enigmatic language she invented.** In 1952, Clara is an illustrator raising her own daughters, Wynnie,when a stranger from London contacts her claiming to have discovered a dictionary of her mother’s lost language. Clara is skeptical but also hopeful as she crosses the Atlantic with Wynnie, only to arrive during one of London’s most deadly natural disasters – the Great Smog. With asthmatic Wynnie in peril, mother and daughter escape the city and find refuge in the Lake District. It is there that Clara must find the courage to uncover the truth about her mother and the story she left behind. Recommeded Reads Red Lake Jason Summers **Sergeant Harper Quinn has returned to her leepy hometown of Koorinda in search of a quieter life. Until she learns that the town’s once glittering waterpark is being reopened, on the shores of its famous Red Lake: the place her little brother vanished into thin air 30 years ago.** And then Harper receives a call: a body has been found at the park. Once again, Harper finds her family at the cente of a shocking criminal investigation. This time, she is determined to find her own answers. But when secrets run this deep, the truth can drag you under… ![Red Lake mystery novel cover by Jason Summers](https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/red-lake-by-jason-summers-768x1162.jpg) Later Only Love Remains Leah Swann **Jack Wolfe, a complicated and difficult old man, retreats to his remote shack in the Otways to grieve his wife’s death in a car crash where he was the driver. Half mad with remorse, and memories of wrongs he has done to others, what he craves more than anything is forgiveness – and solitude.** Instead, he meets Lotus, an exuberant yet lonely young woman who insists on trying to help him, although he’s determined to keep her at bay. He doesn’t want or need anyone. But late one night, when his dog starts howling, Jack discovers a shivering and wet stranger on his property. Is this man dangerous, or someone who simply needs his help? His late wife would have wanted him to show kindness, but he can’t help suspecting the man’s motives. And what should he do about the unwanted friendship from Lotus? Then another victim is found …….. ![Book cover of Later, Only Love Remains by Leah Swann](https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/later-only-love-remains-leah-swann.jpg) The Ballad of Ronan McCoy Colin Morgan **Brendan’s best friend, his only friend, is Ronan McCoy. He knows things about Brendan that no one else does: about his job washing the cars at Feeney’s Funeral Home, about the loneliness he sometimees feels even when surrounded by hundreds of others at school. But Brendan never told Ronan about the dark feeling that sits at the bottom of his stomach. It never comes when Ronan’s around.** Standing at the school gates on the first day of term, the dark feeling begins to form in Brendan’s stomach. And when Ronan doesn’t turn up, Brendan learns that something terrible happened to his best friend over the summer and he will never be the same again. **Find out about our Author Talks** [Author Talks](https://ballaratmi.org.au/talks/)