# New Titles and Recommendations – November/December 2022 Source: https://ballaratmi.org.au/new-titles-and-recommendations-november-december-2022/ ## NOVEMBER/DECEMBER ## New Releases ## Rosemary recommends more > ##### Mystery ##### [Book summary](https://ballaratmi.org.au/rosemarys-book-previews/#256) *Long Shadows | David Baldacci* [Reserve](https://ballaratmi.org.au/reserve-a-library-book/) **[Review this title](https://ballaratmi.org.au/my-book-rewiew/)** ##### Mystery ##### [Book summary](https://ballaratmi.org.au/rosemarys-book-previews/#257) *The Dark | Sharon Bolton* ##### Mystery ##### [Book summary](https://ballaratmi.org.au/rosemarys-book-previews/#258) *The Maze | Nelson DeMille* ##### Mystery ##### [Book summary](https://ballaratmi.org.au/rosemarys-book-previews/#259) *Catch Her Death | Wendy Dranfield* ##### Mystery ##### [Book summary](https://ballaratmi.org.au/rosemarys-book-previews/#260) *What She Found | Robert Dugoni* ##### Mystery ##### [Book summary](https://ballaratmi.org.au/rosemarys-book-previews/#261) *Oath of Loyalty | Vince Flynn* ##### Mystery ##### [Book summary](https://ballaratmi.org.au/rosemarys-book-previews/#262) *Corpse Road | David J. Gatward* ##### Mystery ##### [Book summary](https://ballaratmi.org.au/rosemarys-book-previews/#263) *Restless Dead | David J. Gatward* ##### Mystery ##### [Book summary](https://ballaratmi.org.au/rosemarys-book-previews/#264) *Murder on Mustique | Anne Glenconner* ##### Mystery ##### [Book summary](https://ballaratmi.org.au/rosemarys-book-previews/#265) *Twelve Secrets | Robert Gold* ##### Mystery ##### [Book summary](https://ballaratmi.org.au/rosemarys-book-previews/#266) *Her Bleeding Heart | D.K. Hood* ##### Mystery ##### [Book summary](https://ballaratmi.org.au/rosemarys-book-previews/#267) *The Twist of a Knife | Anthony Horowitz* ##### Mystery ##### [Book summary](https://ballaratmi.org.au/rosemarys-book-previews/#268) *Dark Rooms | Lynda La Plante* ##### Mystery ##### [Book summary](https://ballaratmi.org.au/rosemarys-book-previews/#269) *A Song of Comfortable Chairs | Alexanda McCall Smith* ##### Mystery ##### [Book summary](https://ballaratmi.org.au/rosemarys-book-previews/#270) *A Temple of Skulls | Andy McDermott* ##### Mystery ##### [Book summary](https://ballaratmi.org.au/rosemarys-book-previews/#271) *In Dark Water | Lynne McEwan* ##### Mystery ##### [Book summary](https://ballaratmi.org.au/rosemarys-book-previews/#272) *The Bullet That Missed | Richard Osman* ##### Mystery ##### [Book summary](https://ballaratmi.org.au/rosemarys-book-previews/#273) *A Heart Full of Headstones | Ian Rankin* ##### Mystery ##### [Book summary](https://ballaratmi.org.au/rosemarys-book-previews/#274) *Desperation in Death J.D. Robb* ##### Australian ##### [Book summary](https://ballaratmi.org.au/rosemarys-book-previews/#275) *The Understudy | Julie Bennett* ##### Australian ##### [Book summary](https://ballaratmi.org.au/rosemarys-book-previews/#276) *The Bellbird River Country Choir | Sophie Green* ##### Australian ##### [Book summary](https://ballaratmi.org.au/rosemarys-book-previews/#277) *The End of the Game | Michael Fiddian* ##### Australian ##### [Book summary](https://ballaratmi.org.au/rosemarys-book-previews/#278) *The Tilt | Chris Hammer* ##### Australian ##### [Book summary](https://ballaratmi.org.au/rosemarys-book-previews/#279) *Exiles | Jane Harper* ##### Australian ##### [Book summary](https://ballaratmi.org.au/rosemarys-book-previews/#280) *The Three Lives of Alix St Pierre | Natasha Lester* ##### Australian ##### [Book summary](https://ballaratmi.org.au/rosemarys-book-previews/#281) *The Trivia Night | Ali Lowe* ##### Australian ##### [Book summary](https://ballaratmi.org.au/rosemarys-book-previews/#282) *The Opal Miner's Daughter | Fiona McArthur* ##### Australian ##### [Book summary](https://ballaratmi.org.au/rosemarys-book-previews/#283) *The Orphans | Fiona McIntosh* ##### Australian ##### [Book summary](https://ballaratmi.org.au/rosemarys-book-previews/#284) *The Sun Walks Down | Fiona McFarlane* ##### Australian ##### [Book summary](https://ballaratmi.org.au/rosemarys-book-previews/#285) *The Night Tide | Di Morrissey* ##### Australian ##### [Book summary](https://ballaratmi.org.au/rosemarys-book-previews/#286) *The Only Child | Kayte Nunn* ##### Australian ##### [Book summary](https://ballaratmi.org.au/rosemarys-book-previews/#287) *Family Matters | Ellie O'Neill* ##### Australian ##### [Book summary](https://ballaratmi.org.au/rosemarys-book-previews/#288) *Keeping up Appearances | Tricia Stringer* ##### Novel ##### [Book summary](https://ballaratmi.org.au/rosemarys-book-previews/#289) *Next in Line | Jeffrey Archer* ##### Novel ##### [Book summary](https://ballaratmi.org.au/rosemarys-book-previews/#290) *Shrines of Gaiety | Kate Atkinson* ##### Novel ##### [Book summary](https://ballaratmi.org.au/rosemarys-book-previews/#291) *All The Broken Places | john Boyne* ##### Novel ##### [Book summary](https://ballaratmi.org.au/rosemarys-book-previews/#292) *Forever Home | Graham Norton* ##### Novel ##### [Book summary](https://ballaratmi.org.au/rosemarys-book-previews/#293) *Mad Honey | Jodie Picoult* ##### Novel ##### [Book summary](https://ballaratmi.org.au/rosemarys-book-previews/#294) *Dreamland | Nicholas Sparks* ##### Historical ##### [Book summary](https://ballaratmi.org.au/rosemarys-book-previews/#295) *Haven | Emma Donoghue* ##### Historical ##### [Book summary](https://ballaratmi.org.au/rosemarys-book-previews/#296) *The Seven Skins of Esther Wilding | Holly Ringland* ##### Historical ##### [Book summary](https://ballaratmi.org.au/rosemarys-book-previews/#297) *One Woman's War | Christine Wells* ##### Literature ##### [Book summary](https://ballaratmi.org.au/rosemarys-book-previews/#298) *Nimble Foot | Robert Drew* ##### Literature ##### [Book summary](https://ballaratmi.org.au/rosemarys-book-previews/#299) *Lessons | Ian McEwan* ##### Scandanavian ##### [Book summary](https://ballaratmi.org.au/rosemarys-book-previews/#300) *The Killing Forest | Sara Blaedel* ##### Scandanavian ##### [Book summary](https://ballaratmi.org.au/rosemarys-book-previews/#301) *The Axe Woman | Haken Nesser* ##### Scandanavian ##### [Book summary](https://ballaratmi.org.au/rosemarys-book-previews/#302) *The Assistant | Kjell Ola Dahl* ##### Scandanavian ##### [Book summary](https://ballaratmi.org.au/rosemarys-book-previews/#303) *Sister | Kjell Ola Dahll* ##### Scandanavian ##### [Book summary](https://ballaratmi.org.au/rosemarys-book-previews/#304) *The Night Singer | Johanna Mo* ##### Scandanavian ##### [Book summary](https://ballaratmi.org.au/rosemarys-book-previews/#305) *The Hitchhiker | Gerwin Van Der Werf* #### Rosemary's November/December Newsletter **Author of the Month | Holly Ringland** Holly has a lifelong interest in cultures and stories that was sparked by a two-year journey her family took in North America when she was nine years old, living in a camper van and travelling from one national park to the other. Holly obtained her MA in creative writing from the University of Manchester in 2011. She now divides her time between the UK and Australia. *Holly Ringland* #### Book of the Month ***The Seven Skins of Esther Wilding*** | **Holly Ringland** The last time Esther Wilding’s beloved older sister Aura was seen, she was walking along the shore towards the sea. In the wake of Aura’s disappearance, Esther’s family struggles to live with their loss. To seek the truth about her sister’s death, Esther reluctantly travels from lutruwita, Tasmania, to Copenhagen and then to the Faroe Islands, following the trail of the story Aura left behind. #### Recommended reads ***Dreamland* | Nicholas Sparks** A family tragedy dashed Colby’s dreams of a music career. He now oversees a farm and produce business owned by his family in North Carolina. In a rare occurrence, Colby accepts a temporary gig playing at a bar in St. Pete’s Beach Florida. It is there that Colby meets Morgan and the two fall for each other. Beverly flees with her six-year-old son to escape her abusive husband. To start a new life, they live in a house near a small rural town. As money begins to run low, Beverly makes an agonizing choice that will change their lives forever. *Dreamland | Nicholas Sparks* ***Once Were Wild*** | **Leslie Scott** When Leslie Scott discovers two brumbies living on the rugged Mount Beckworth, she almost can’t believe it. Brumbies don’t live in Central Victoria, and the terrain is not suited to them, so how did they get there? The horses are scared and unused to people, but the mountain is not a safe place for horses. With summer heat on its way, the waterholes are drying up and food is getting scarce-and local rumour has it that logging is soon to begin. Every day for months Leslie makes the hike up the mountain, slowly but surely building a connection with the two brumbies, but there are other mysterious things happening up there-bones being rearranged into different shapes-and always the question: who left the horses here in the first place? *Once Were Wild | Leslie Scott* ***A heart Full of Headstones* | Ian Rankin** John Rebus stands accused: on trial for a crime that could put him behind bars for the rest of his life. Although it’s not the first time the legendary detective has taken the law into his own hands, it might be the last. What drove a good man to cross the line? Or have times changed, and the rules with them? Detective Inspector Siobhan Clarke faces Edinburgh’s most explosive case in years, as a corrupt cop goes missing after claiming to harbour secrets that could sink the city’s police force. But in this investigation, it seems all roads lead to Rebus – and Clarke’s twin loyalties to the public and the police will be tested to their limit. **More of Rosemary’s new releases & recommendations.** [October 2022](https://ballaratmi.org.au/october-2022-new-titles-and-recommendations-copy/) **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. Get in touch with us to book in a tour for your group. [Tour Information >](https://ballaratmi.org.au/research/tours/)