Books Released in September 2024

Set over the twelve days of Christmas at a boutique Venice hotel, this deliciously twisty novel by acclaimed Australian author is ideal for fans of Nine Perfect Strangers and The White Lotus.

‘Liberty of mind. Is that not every woman’s right?’

The real Sarah Evans appears as a whisper on the pages of history – a listing in prison records signed with an ‘X’ one of the few fleeting references to her existence. But in this uplifting reconstruction of her life, Sarah’s refusal to allow her circumstances to break her reminds us all that freedom of mind is indestructible.

Praised by Tim Winton as ‘a ripping page-turner about shameful secrets just across the horizon’, the most terrifying aspect of this tenth novel from a master storyteller is the way it draws its inspiration from the real world.

One thirty-year-old whose life is not quite the dream she’d hoped for.

One best friend’s wedding.

One ex and his new partner.

One slightly famous actor from New York.

One photographer called Patrick.

And a predication that looks like it’s about to come true.

Every city casts a shadow, where evil flourishes.

A tweet. A storm. A secret. A revelation. In this age of isolation, what brings six very different people together?

From multi-award-winning author Jock Serong comes Cherrywood, an imaginative, darkly playful and deeply meaningful delight, a novel about legacy, community, wonder, love and reinvention.

A Place Between Waking and Forgetting is dark speculative fiction, an Afro-Irreal collection in which transformative stories of culture, diversity, climate change, unlimited futures, collisions of worlds, mythology, and more, inhabit. It cases black people stories in bold and evocative text, at times deeply flawed but potentially redeemable protagonists in rich hues of blackness and light. Something beautiful, something dark in lyrical language packed with affection, dread, anguish and hope.

Fate brought them together—yet fear may tear them apart.

Candice Fox’s breathtaking new thriller is quite literally the bomb! A high-octane race through outback Australia.