Collection: Literature
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Roxy - Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
Regular price $19.00 NZDRegular priceUnit price / perABOVE OUR WORLD IS A TOXIC WONDERLAND AND WHERE THE PARTY HAS RAGED FOR CENTURIES.
Humans know the partygoers simply as "narcotics", "opioids", "drugs". But here they are malevolent gods, toying with the fates of mortals. Roxy and Addison have made a wager to see who can be lethal the quickest.
Isaac and Ivy Ramey are their targets. Ivy is understimulated and overmedicated. Isaac is desperate to recover from a sports injury that jeopardizes his chance of a scholarship. This is the start of a race to the bottom that will determine life and death. One Ramey will land on their feet. The other will be lost to the Party.
THE ONLY QUESTION IS... WHICH ONE?Format: B, 390 Pages, Paperback
Published: 9 November, 2021
ISBN: 978-1-4063-9212-8
Language: English -
Wicked by Design - Katy Moran
Regular price $19.00 NZDRegular priceUnit price / per1819.
CORNWALL.
Four women sit in the candlelit drawing-room at Nansmornow, an ancient Cornish manor house. The air is thick with unspoken suspicion and secret malice. As Hester Lamorna pours tea for her three guests, she has no idea one of them is about to rock her new marriage to its very foundations.ST PETERSBURG.
Half a world away, Hester's impossible and charmismatic husband, Jack 'Crow' Crowlas, will be caught up in a chess game of sexual manipulation, played out across the sumptuous ballrooms of St Petersburg. All Hester and Crow hold most dear will be tested to the limit and beyond: their love for each other and their child, and for Crow, the loyalty of his only brother.Series: Hester and Crow, #2
Format: C, 496 pages, Paperback
Published: 5 September, 2019
ISBN: 9781786695406
Language: English -
The Vanishing Half -Brit Bennett
Regular price $19.00 NZDRegular priceUnit price / perThe Vignes twin sisters will always be identical. But after growing up together in a small, southern black community and running away at age sixteen, it's not just the shape of their daily lives that is different as adults, it's everything: their families, their communities, their racial identities. Ten years later, one sister lives with her black daughter in the same southern town she once tried to escape. The other secretly passes for white, and her white husband knows nothing of her past. Still, even separated by so many miles and just as many lies, the fates of the twins remain intertwined. What will happen to the next generation, when their own daughters' storylines intersect?
Format: B, 366 Pages, Paperback
Published: 2 June, 2020
ISBN: 978-0-349-70147-9
Language: -
FIR - Sharon Gosling
Regular price $19.00 NZDRegular priceUnit price / perWe are the trees. We are the snow.
We are the winter.
We are the peace. We are the rage.
Cut off from civilization by the harsh winter of northern Sweden, the Stromberg family shelter in their old plantation house. There are figures lurking in the ancient pine forests and they’re closing in. With nothing but four walls between the Strombergs and the evil that’s outside, they watch and wait for the snows to melt.
But in the face of signs that there’s an even greater danger waiting to strike, it becomes increasingly difficult to distinguish reality from illusion. All they’ve got to do is stay sane and survive the winter…Format: B, 384 Pages, Paperback
Published: February 1, 2017
ISBN: 978-1-84715-823-9
Language: English -
The Paris Mystery - Kirsty Manning
Regular price $19.00 NZDRegular priceUnit price / per1938 Paris. The last sigh of summer before the war.
As Australian journalist Charlotte (Charlie) James alights at the Gare du Nord, ready to start her role as correspondent for The Times, Paris is in turmoil as talk of war becomes increasingly strident.
Charlie is chasing her first big scoop, needing to prove to her boss that she can do this job as well, if not better than, her male counterparts. And the best way to forge the necessary contacts quickly is to make the well-connected British expats Lord and Lady Ashworth her business. Lady Eleanor knows everyone who counts and at her annual sumptuously extravagant party, a circus ball, Charlie will meet them all.
On the summer solstice eve, the circus ball is in full swing with the cream of Parisian society entranced by burlesque dancers, tightrope walkers, a jazz band and fireworks lighting the night skies. But as Charlie is drawn into the magical world of parties, couture houses and bohemian wine bars, secrets start to unravel, including her own. Putting a foot wrong could spell death …
In this magnificent new beginning to the joyful Charlie James series, Manning beguiles with glamour and mystery set in pre-war Paris.Series: Charlotte 'Charlie' James, #1
Format: C, 320 pages, Paperback
Published: 30 August, 2022
ISBN: 978-1-76087-990-7
Language: English -
Spice Road - Maiya Ibrahim
Regular price $19.00 NZDRegular priceUnit price / perThe first book in an epic fantasy series for fans of Sabaa Tahir, Hafsah Faizal and Elizabeth Lim, set in an Arabian-inspired land. Raised to protect her nation from the monsters lurking in the sands, seventeen-year-old Imani must fight to find her brother whose betrayal is now their greatest threat.
In the hidden desert city of Qalia, secret spice magic awakens affinities in those who drink the misra tea. With an affinity for iron, seventeen-year-old Imani wields a dagger like no other warrior, garnering her the reputation as the next greatest Shield for battling the dangerous djinn, ghouls, and other monsters that lurk in the sands beyond city limits.
Her reputation has been overshadowed, however, by her brother who tarnished the family name after he was discovered stealing their nation's coveted spice - a tell-tale sign of magical obsession. He disappeared soon after, believed to have died beyond the Forbidden Wastes, and leaving Imani reeling with both betrayal and grief.
But when Imani uncovers evidence her brother may be alive and spreading their nation's magic beyond the desert, she strikes a deal with the Council to find him and bring him back to Qalia before he can reveal the city's location. Accompanied by Qayn, a roguish but handsome djinni, and Taha, a powerful beastseer whose magical talents are matched only by his arrogance, they set out on their mission.
Imani will soon discover there are many secrets that lie beyond the Forbidden Wastes - and in her own heart - but will she find her brother before his betrayals endanger the fate of all of Qalia?
In this epic and action-packed fantasy, one young heroine navigates the treacherous road between protecting the ones you love and staying loyal to the place you call home.Series: The Spice Road Trilogy, #1
Format: C, 488 Pages, Paperback
Published: 24 January, 2023
ISBN: 978-1-399-70203-4
Language: English -
The Trackers - Charles Frazier
Regular price $19.00 NZDRegular priceUnit price / perFrom the New York Times bestselling author of Cold Mountain and Varina, a stunning new novel that paints a vivid portrait of life in the Great Depression
Hurtling past the downtrodden communities of Depression-era America, painter Val Welch travels westward to the rural town of Dawes, Wyoming. Through a stroke of luck, he's landed a New Deal assignment to create a mural representing the region for their new Post Office.
A wealthy art lover named John Long and his wife Eve have agreed to host Val at their sprawling ranch. Rumors and intrigue surround the couple: Eve left behind an itinerant life riding the rails and singing in a western swing band. Long holds shady political aspirations, but was once a WWI sniper--and his right hand is a mysterious elder cowboy, a vestige of the violent old west. Val quickly finds himself entranced by their lives.
One day, Eve flees home with a valuable painting in tow, and Long recruits Val to hit the road with a mission of tracking her down. Journeying from ramshackle Hoovervilles to San Francisco nightclubs to the swamps of Florida, Val's search for Eve narrows, and he soon turns up secrets that could spark formidable changes for all of them.
In The Trackers, singular American writer Charles Frazier conjures up the lives of everyday people during an extraordinary period of history that bears uncanny resemblance to our own. With the keen perceptions of humanity and transcendent storytelling that have made him beloved for decades, Frazier has created a powerful and timeless new classic.Format: C, 336 Pages, Paperback
Published: April 11, 2023
ISBN: 978-0-00-863660-9
Language: English -
The Wytchling Chronicles - C.C. Davie ~ Autographed
Regular price $75.00 NZDRegular priceUnit price / per$85.00 NZDSale price $75.00 NZDEmbark on your C.C. Davie adventure with The Wytchling Chronicles bundle! Each book comes autographed by the Author.
Book One: Heliacle Rising
Raised to be a wife. Taught to be obedient. Expected to obey.
Taken in as ward of Lord Drakon after her parents' slaughter. Forced to navigate a new life, trying to become what is required of her in a world so vastly different than what she had known.
Then Attica, Kingdom of the Wytchlings, moves to rise again. Territories long alienated are forced to unite. Secrets begin to unravel. Secrets that make her question everything.
She is Amylia Sylvers.
And she is about to show the world that even the most unexpected …
can burn the brightest.Book Two: The Shadow of Wings
The Heliacle has risen.
But it wasn’t without a cost.After being freed from her ordeal in Lylican,
Amylia begins to heal as she forges a new life in Asteryn.
But within its borders, bonds are being strained to the limit.
Old wounds test the strength of those closest to each other.The eight territories of Labrynth are still dangerously divided,
human distrust of Wytchlings cleaving them apart.
After devastating attacks threaten to break tentative alliances,
Asteryn makes a desperate attempt to unite them all.Attica is stirring…
Imogyn, its Queen, is ready for war…
And she knows something they don’t.Book Three: The Heir of Vasilica ~ Novella
I was born in blood and pain. I should have been thrown to the wolves with my mother’s body, my soul destined to roam the woods with my sisters. But fate laid its cold hand on me as I entered this world, wrapping its icy fingers around mine and leading me towards a life I could so easily have never seen.
My name is Lyrik Damaris.
And this is my story.Sale -
The Shadow of Wings - C.C. Davie - Autographed Copy
Regular price $30.00 NZDRegular priceUnit price / perThe Heliacle has risen.
But it wasn’t without a cost.After being freed from her ordeal in Lylican,
Amylia begins to heal as she forges a new life in Asteryn.
But within its borders, bonds are being strained to the limit.
Old wounds test the strength of those closest to each other.The eight territories of Labrynth are still dangerously divided,
human distrust of Wytchlings cleaving them apart.
After devastating attacks threaten to break tentative alliances,
Asteryn makes a desperate attempt to unite them all.Attica is stirring…
Imogyn, its Queen, is ready for war…
And she knows something they don’t.Series: The Wytchling Chronicles, #2
Format: C, 400 pages, Paperback
Published: August 5, 2022
ISBN: 9781991165831
Language: English -
The Heir of Vasilica - C.C. Davie - Autographed Copy
Regular price $25.00 NZDRegular priceUnit price / perI was born in blood and pain. I should have been thrown to the wolves with my mother’s body, my soul destined to roam the woods with my sisters. But fate laid its cold hand on me as I entered this world, wrapping its icy fingers around mine and leading me towards a life I could so easily have never seen.
My name is Lyrik Damaris.
And this is my story.Series: The Wytchling Chronicles, Novella, #3
Format: C, 218 pages, Paperback
Published: May 12, 2023
ISBN: 9781991165862
Language: English -
The Bat - Jo Nesbo
Regular price $19.00 NZDRegular priceUnit price / perInspector Harry Hole of the Oslo Crime Squad is dispatched to Sydney to observe a murder case. Harry is free to offer assistance, but he has firm instructions to stay out of trouble. The victim is a twenty-three year old Norwegian woman who is a minor celebrity back home. Never one to sit on the sidelines, Harry befriends one of the lead detectives, and one of the witnesses, as he is drawn deeper into the case. Together, they discover that this is only the latest in a string of unsolved murders, and the pattern points toward a psychopath working his way across the country. As they circle closer and closer to the killer, Harry begins to fear that no one is safe, least of all those investigating the case.
Series: Harry Hole, #1
Format: B, Paperback
Published: Vintage Canada (June 04,2013)
Language: EnglishSold out -
The Swift and the Harrier - Minette Walters
Regular price $19.00 NZDRegular priceUnit price / perA sweeping historical adventure set during one of the most turbulent periods of British history--featuring a heroine you'll never forget ... Dorset, 1642. When bloody civil war breaks out between the king and Parliament, families and communities across England are riven by different allegiances. A rare few choose neutrality. One such is Jayne Swift, a Dorset physician from a Royalist family, who offers her services to both sides in the conflict. Through her dedication to treating the sick and wounded, regardless of belief, Jayne becomes a witness to the brutality of war and the devastation it wreaks. Yet her recurring companion at every event is a man she should despise because he embraces civil war as the means to an end. She knows him as William Harrier, but is ignorant about every other aspect of his life. His past is a mystery and his future uncertain. The Swift and the Harrier is a sweeping tale of adventure and loss, sacrifice and love, with a unique and unforgettable heroine at its heart.
Format: B, 493 pages, Paperback
Published: November 2, 2021 by Allen & Unwin
ISBN: 9781761065200 (ISBN10: 1761065203)
Language: English