Fiction
The Lady Butchers
Sophie Demange
Butchers by day, vigilantes by night… Wickedly funny and deeply feminist, The Lady Butchers is the electrifying debut novel from Sophie Demange, who deftly grasps the dangers women still face today wi…
Highway Thirteen
Fiona McFarlane
In 1998, an apparently ordinary Australian man is arrested and charged for a series of brutal murders. The news shocks the nation, bringing both horror and resolution to the victims’ families, but its…
A Happy Family
Raphael Montes
Eva is married to a successful, upcoming lawyer and has beautiful, intelligent and loving twin daughters. Her work, creating realistic “reborn” baby dolls, is an online hit. However, when she finds ou…
Ellie Pillai is Not Done Yet
Christine Pillainayagam
Ellie Pillai has decided to be a better friend, daughter, future sister and all round Better Person. Which means Trying To Help and sometimes doing the exact opposite. Armed with Dr Jada’s podcast on…
The Woman in My Home
C.R. Howell
‘She wasn’t crying. That was the terrifying part.’ My husband told me that the accident was my fault. That I was to blame when our beautiful, funny two-year-old daughter almost died. I thought I could…
Purple Days
Kalindi Ramphul
Indira’s father is dead. In spite of all his efforts, the great cycling enthusiast and spinach addict was swept away by what he feared most: cancer. His dying wish – for his ashes to be sent to Mars –…
The Paris Trilogy
Colombe Schneck
The Paris Trilogy is celebrated French author Colombe Schneck’s first English language publication, translated by Lauren Elkin and Natasha Lehrer. Writing in response to Annie Ernaux and in conversati…
Cinnamon Girl
Daniel Weizmann
One part Raymond Chandler, one part Ziggy Stardust, Cinnamon Girl is an indelible, moving portrait of Los Angeles, an incisive exploration of nostalgia and the weight of the past, and a suspenseful ta…
The Paris Novel
Ruth Reichl
Stella reached for an oyster, tipped her head and tossed it back. It was cool and slippery, the flavor so briny it was like diving into the ocean… Oysters, she thought, where have they been all my lif…
The Widow Spy
Megan Campisi
Kate Warner is many things: the country’s first female detective, a Pinkerton agent, and a union spy. It’s August 1863, and her latest assignment could finally end the bloody war and bring the fractur…