Extracts
Extract: The Apartment Upstairs by Lesley Kara
28 July 2022
When Scarlett approaches Dee about planning her aunt's funeral, an unexpected link between them emerges. Together, the two women could uncover secrets that have long been buried. Even while someone wants to stop them digging . . .
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“The bus idled in traffic. Scarlett rubbed a circle in the steamed-up window. Soon she...
Extract: Killer in the Kremlin by John Sweeney
28 July 2022
In the midst of one of the darkest acts of aggression in modern history - Russia's invasion of Ukraine - this book shines a light on Putin's rule and poses urgent questions about how the world must respond.
Chapter One
The Killing Machine
“Some idiot is moving heavy furniture around in the flat above and...
Extract: No Retreat, No Surrender by Oscar Chalupsky, with Graham Spence
26 July 2022
In this book, Oscar Chalupsky relives some of his most exhilarating and nail-biting races, and shares the lessons he has learnt from winning on the international surf lifesaving, kayak and surfski circuits as well as running several successful businesses. The final chapters recount his courageous battle against cancer, the vital support of his...
Extract: The Cape Raider by Justin Fox
26 July 2022
A sweeping historical adventure, The Cape Raider is the tale of a broken hero who has to find himself despite the trauma of war, a domineering father and the death of his mother during the Blitz. He must adapt to a new country, a new navy and new love, and finally he must come face to face with the Nazi raider in a fight to the death in the...
Extract: You Never Really Know by John Hunt
26 July 2022
Filled with warm humour, John Hunt’s novel serves up a double shot of pathos as it moves from playful satire to true tragedy whilst examining the inner workings of power.
“No one can remember who first called me Cappuccino, or why.
Was it just my muted brown pigmentation? Asani says I’m a little too pale,...
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