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Jason Bourne is Back!
BRIAN FREEMAN is an award-winning American psychological thriller writer whose books have been sold in 46 countries and published in 23 languages. He was named by Putnam and the Robert Ludlum estate as the official author to continue Ludlum’s ‘Jason Bourne’ franchise.
As AKINA HANSEN writes, Brian’s third novel in his ‘Bourne’ series, The Bourne Sacrifice, is an action-packed mystery.
Jason Bourne is a name most people are familiar with. Originally ...
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Features
Now that our 21st birthday bash is behind us it’s time to fill up the hot water bottles again and ride out the ...
Did you know crows can identify humans by their faces? Or that ibises can ‘see’ with the tips of their bills?
In ...
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Take a taste-test of The Bellbird River Country Choir by Sophie ...
The US is currently experiencing an unprecedented wave of book banning across their public school system. AKINA ...
ELI CRANOR played quarterback at every level: peewee to professional, and then coached high school football for ...
RUTH WARE is a seasoned and internationally bestselling British crime writer whose books sell millions of copies. ...
Continuing our series, CRAIG SISTERSON, author of Southern Cross Crime and long-time Good Reading crime ...
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Reviews
Wow, where to start with this amazing and unique novel. It’s the story of Luda, a grief-stricken widow and her ...
Dayo, Iseul, and Youssef live in the same family and were all born in the same year, 1990. They are not blood ...
When one of Australia’s best writers takes on a 150-year-old mystery, it is time for readers to sit up and take ...
Daphne is a psychiatrist living in Victoria’s western district. Among her patients is Jonathan Cullinan, a ...
When we meet Isaac he’s not in a good place: he’s intoxicated, dishevelled, and thinking about throwing himself ...
Women I Know is the most extraordinary short story collection. Gibson has created 17 different stories with 17 ...
Patrick is an ex-actor living in Palm Springs with an encyclopaedic knowledge on all things TV and movies. He is ...
This is described as a ‘small morsel’ by Miller. The book may be short, but its impact far outweighs its brevity. ...
As far as cursed families go, it would be hard to find one more cursed than that of the princess of Mycenae, ...
I’ll be honest with you, I’ll read anything that has an octopus in it. Obviously, you might need some more ...
Freycinet Barnes has a handsome husband, three children and her days are filled with running a busy household. But ...
Historian Patrick Renfield is at his son’s funeral. The size of the tiny coffin reveals a premature tragic death. ...
Already one of the world’s most popular thriller writers, with her page-turning tales published in 120 countries, ...
In a similar way to how Jane Harper opened up the global reading world’s eyes to a treasure trove of Australian ...
A recently re-released classic of the hardboiled genre, Cotton Comes to Harlem illustrates why African American ...
French author Gustawsson is a wolf in sheep’s clothing. She elegantly lures readers in with flowing prose peppered ...
The Wrong Woman is the definitive J P Pomare whodunnit. It is rich with red herrings and clues alike, drip-fed to ...
A young woman is found lying peacefully on a bench in a children’s playground. Her hair and make-up is perfectly ...
Winner of the 2021 Penguin Literary Prize, Denizen, is a literary thriller revolving around nine-year-old Parker, ...
Filled with edge of your seat suspense, flawed yet enthralling characters and an atmospheric setting, The Bay is ...
Bestselling Irish author and screenwriter Jo Spain offers readers small-town thrills of a chillier kind as her ...
The accident Sam’s father has with the woodchipper is the tip of the iceberg. The straw of hay that breaks the ...
Stones of panic rattling in her chest ... that is how Gunn describes how she felt when being stalked by the person ...
The Escape Artist is a story of endurance, escape and exposure. Walter Rosenberg (later to become Rudolf Vrba) was ...
This memoir depicts the lives of an Australian historian and a Chinese translator. David and Karen Walker ...
New South Wales began its life as a prison, and an 18th century prison at that. How tough it really was depends on ...
Those of us lucky enough to have heard Robert Dessaix speak will know the mellifluousness of his speech. His voice ...
This is raw, fierce storytelling documenting the struggle, violence and racial discrimination faced by a young ...
What’s an author to do when confined to home by COVID lockdowns? In Bird’s case, she started remembering books ...
Most people hope for a spot of serendipity: a discovery made by accident while looking for something else.
The ...
You don’t get much more Central European than Hungary, and Budapest sits in the middle of Hungary on the Danube. ...
Kylie Kwong lends a great endorsement to this utterly delightful and idiosyncratic book by two talented young ...
This inspiring collection of genuine, home-style Japanese cooking includes over 100 recipes that have not only ...
The sun digs in its heels as you search, you know they’re out there watching and waiting. The only question is, ...
Thora and Santi are destined to meet. Life after life, they meet in many different ways, and as very different ...
Hani and Ishu’s Guide to Fake Dating follows two girls, Hani and Ishu, who are both bisexuals. When Hani comes out ...
Fans of Lynette Noni will not be disappointed with book three of the ‘Prison Healer’ series. The Blood Traitor ...
Kenna is living with her uncle and his family after her mother, Ava, died in a bushfire. Kenna is living in the ...
These are my friends, and this is my school and it’s my house and my dad and my dog and my life.’ So says Zofia ...
September, 1939. War is looming and Noah’s Dad is going off to war. But before he leaves he asks Noah to look ...
It took two weeks to turn us from an ordinary, respectable Australian family into something called “enemy ...
You may think because our universe is so complicated, how could a common alley cat help us understand it?
But ...
Jordan Collins wrote Where? at just 14 years of age. With dark skin and curly hair, Jordan was faced by a constant ...
As we turn to the first page of this book we see ‘A whiskered snout at the mouth of a wombat burrow, but it is not ...
All the words you need to know
Will help you as you learn and grow.
From ant and ball to yak and zoo
Here’s a word ...
It’s a lovely sunny day by the seaside. The water is a beautiful shade of blue with little waves lapping on the ...
Dusapin’s first novel Winter in Sokcho, set in a beautiful coastal city in Korea, won the 2021 National Book Award ...
There’s a new generation of Australian writers and, just as with any intergenerational schism, they’re angry at ...
Self-perception can be a peculiar thing. Despite the evidence of a mirror, some people cannot see themselves as ...
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