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7 June 2024

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Bestsellers

Cover of The Serpent and the Beast

 

Latest Bad Guys reaches number one x

Top 10 bestsellers The Serpent and the Beast (The Bad Guys #19) (Aaron Blabey, Scholastic) Think Twice (Harlan Coben, Century) Mind Games (Nora Roberts, Piatkus) You Like It Darker (Stephen... Read more
 
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Books in the media

 

Books in the media this weekend, 8–9 June x

A round-up of the books being reviewed and mentioned in key media this coming weekend.  National The Saturday Paper Love Across Class (Rose Butler & Eve Vincent, MUP) The Mark... Read more
 

Unlocked reviews: New-release fiction

 

Every Last Suspect
Nicola Moriarty, HarperCollins, June 2024, reviewed by Ilona Urquhart  x

Nicola Moriarty’s latest novel combines the domestic drama she’s known for with a compelling hook that will draw in mystery and thriller readers. Harriet Osman lies dying on the floor,... Read more

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Heartsease
Kate Kruimink, Picador, June 2024, reviewed by Megan Cheong x

Ellen ‘Nelly’ and Charlotte ‘Lot’ are as unalike as sisters come, yet they were once inseparable despite this. Lot is Nelly’s elder by eight years—an employment lawyer and single mother... Read more

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The Little Clothes
Deborah Callaghan, Viking, June 2024, reviewed by Megan Koch x

At 38 years old, Sydney lawyer Audrey—single, childless, unseen and undervalued—is the protagonist of Deborah Callaghan’s debut novel, The Little Clothes. As we follow her struggles at work and in... Read more

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Looking for Eden
Caroline Overington, HarperCollins, June 2024, reviewed by Annie Waters x

The latest offering from award-winning journalist and bestselling author Caroline Overington is a lopsided thriller. The novel opens as finance hotshot Clare returns to small-town WA following the suicide of... Read more

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Love & Rome
Jenna Lo Bianco, Macmillan, June 2024, reviewed by Ana Brawls x

Stella Chiaro is an Australian-Italian artist trying to find her place in the eternal city. With a one-way ticket back to Australia and dwindling funds, Stella has six months left... Read more

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Love from Scratch
Amy Hutton, S&S, June 2024, reviewed by Lisa Schuurman x

Amy Hutton’s new romance, Love from Scratch, reunites readers with the gorgeous actor Ethan from her previous book, Sit, Stay, Love. Ethan, once terribly fearful of dogs, is now filming... Read more

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Shadows of Winter Robins
Louise Wolhuter, Ultimo, June 2024, reviewed by Joanne Shiells  x

Louise Wolhuter’s second novel, Shadows of Winter Robins, is cinematic and engrossing from the get-go, spiked with suspense and twists aplenty. Wolhuter is clearly a writer in command of her... Read more

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The Skeleton House
Katherine Allum, Fremantle, June 2024, reviewed by Annika Tague x

The Skeleton House is a powerful and riveting literary debut, delving into themes of motherhood, coercive control, and life within a remote and rigid society. Meg’s life, like that of... Read more

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Things I Need You to Know
Mark Lamprell, Text, June 2024, reviewed by Sonia Nair x

Birdie’s world is torn asunder when Ned, her husband and the father of their five daughters, dies unceremoniously of stomach cancer. In a reversal of stereotypical gender roles, Birdie was... Read more

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