https://westerndowns.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=SVL(BR100)&QRYTEXT=Featured&SETLVL=SET&CF=BIB&SORTS=DTE.DATE1.DESC&NRECS=20 Spydus Search Results en © 2022 Civica Pty Limited. All rights reserved. https://westerndowns.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=263731&CF=BIB Everybody knows Daisy Jones and the Six. From the moment Daisy walked barefoot on to the stage at the Whisky, she and the band were a sensation. Their sound defined an era. Their albums were on every turntable. They played sold-out arenas from coast to coast. Then, on 12 July 1979, it all came crashing down. They were lovers, friends, brothers. But they were also rivals. This is the story of their legendary rise and irrevocable fall. A story of ambition, desire, heartbreak and music. Everybody knows Daisy Jones and the Six. From the moment Daisy walked barefoot on to the stage at the Whisky, she and the band were a sensation. Their sound defined an era. Their albums were on every turntable. They played sold-out arenas from coast to coast. Then, on 12 July 1979, it all came crashing down. They were lovers, friends, brothers. But they were also rivals. This is the story of their legendary rise and irrevocable fall. A story of ambition, desire, heartbreak and music.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Reid, Taylor Jenkins<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Penguin Books, 2023.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>©2019<br />403, 6 pages ; 20 cm.<br /><br />Dalby Library - (Western Downs Libraries) - Adult Fiction - REI - Available - W00187956<br /> https://westerndowns.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=253378&CF=BIB Back in the long ago nineties, Rachel Walsh was a mess. But a spell in rehab transformed everything. Life became very good, very quickly. These days, Rachel has love, family, a great job as an addiction counsellor, she even gardens. Her only bad habit is a fondness for expensive running shoes. But with the sudden reappearance of a man she'd once loved, her life wobbles. She'd thought she was settled. Fixed forever. Is she about to discover that no matter what our age, everything can change? Is it time to think again, Rachel? Back in the long ago nineties, Rachel Walsh was a mess. But a spell in rehab transformed everything. Life became very good, very quickly. These days, Rachel has love, family, a great job as an addiction counsellor, she even gardens. Her only bad habit is a fondness for expensive running shoes. But with the sudden reappearance of a man she'd once loved, her life wobbles. She'd thought she was settled. Fixed forever. Is she about to discover that no matter what our age, everything can change? Is it time to think again, Rachel?<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Keyes, Marian<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>[London] : Michael Joseph, 2022.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>©2022<br />580 pages : genealogical table ; 24 cm.<br />Walsh family ; 7.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">1 reserve</span><br /><br />Bell Library - (Western Downs Libraries) - Romance - KEY - On reserve shelf at Dalby Library - W00185318<br />Dalby Library - (Western Downs Libraries) - Romance - KEY - Available - W00185319<br /> https://westerndowns.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=253572&CF=BIB A loving husband lost to devastating summer floods. A teenage girl injured during a robbery. Two seemingly unconnected cases that will push a detective to the brink. In Northern New South Wales, heavily pregnant and a week away from maternity leave, Detective Sergeant Kate Miles is exhausted and counting down the days. But a violent hold-up at a local fast-food restaurant with unsettling connections to her own past, means that her final days will be anything but straightforward. When a second case is dumped on her lap, the closed case of man drowned in recent summer floods, what begins as a simple informal review quickly grows into something more complicated. Kate can either write the report that's expected of her or investigate the case the way she wants to. As secrets and betrayals pile up, and the needs of her own family intervene, how far is Kate prepared to push to discover the truth? A loving husband lost to devastating summer floods. A teenage girl injured during a robbery. Two seemingly unconnected cases that will push a detective to the brink. In Northern New South Wales, heavily pregnant and a week away from maternity leave, Detective Sergeant Kate Miles is exhausted and counting down the days. But a violent hold-up at a local fast-food restaurant with unsettling connections to her own past, means that her final days will be anything but straightforward. When a second case is dumped on her lap, the closed case of man drowned in recent summer floods, what begins as a simple informal review quickly grows into something more complicated. Kate can either write the report that's expected of her or investigate the case the way she wants to. As secrets and betrayals pile up, and the needs of her own family intervene, how far is Kate prepared to push to discover the truth?<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>McKenzie, Dinuka<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Sydney : HarperCollins Publishers, 2022.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>©2022.<br />333, 12 pages ; 24 cmm.<br />Kate Miles ; 1.<br /><br />Dalby Library - (Western Downs Libraries) - Mystery & Crime - MACK - Available - W00185251<br />Dalby Library - (Western Downs Libraries) - Mystery & Crime - MACK - Onloan - Due: 14 Jun 2024 - W00204870<br />Meandarra Library - (Western Downs Libraries) - Mystery & Crime - MACK - In-transit from Chinchilla Library to Meandarra Library (Set: 18 May 2024) - W00185253<br /> https://westerndowns.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=253638&CF=BIB In nineteenth-century New South Wales, the name Dalhunty stood for prosperity and prestige. The family's vast station was home to more than 80 people, and each year their premium wool was shipped down the bustling Darling River to be sold in South Australia. Yet, just decades later, Dalhunty Station is on the brink of ruin... In the summer of 1909, eccentric Benjamin Dalhunty and his son Julian anxiously await the arrival of the Lady Matilda, the first paddle-steamer to navigate the river in more than two years. It will transport their very last wool clip to market. Twenty-year-old Julian wants more from life than the crumbling station, but as the eldest son his future has been set since birth. Until the day his mother invites a streetwise young man from Sydney into their home... Ethan Harris's arrival shines a light on a family at breaking point. But he also unwittingly offers Julian an escape, as the young men embark on a perilous journey down the Darling and west into untamed lands. The Last Station is a captivating story of heritage, heartbreak and hope, set during the dying days of the riverboat trade along the Darling River. In nineteenth-century New South Wales, the name Dalhunty stood for prosperity and prestige. The family's vast station was home to more than 80 people, and each year their premium wool was shipped down the bustling Darling River to be sold in South Australia. Yet, just decades later, Dalhunty Station is on the brink of ruin... In the summer of 1909, eccentric Benjamin Dalhunty and his son Julian anxiously await the arrival of the Lady Matilda, the first paddle-steamer to navigate the river in more than two years. It will transport their very last wool clip to market. Twenty-year-old Julian wants more from life than the crumbling station, but as the eldest son his future has been set since birth. Until the day his mother invites a streetwise young man from Sydney into their home... Ethan Harris's arrival shines a light on a family at breaking point. But he also unwittingly offers Julian an escape, as the young men embark on a perilous journey down the Darling and west into untamed lands. The Last Station is a captivating story of heritage, heartbreak and hope, set during the dying days of the riverboat trade along the Darling River.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Alexander, Nicole L.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Sydney : Bantam, 2022.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>©2022<br />422 pages ; 24 cm.<br /><br />Bell Library - (Western Downs Libraries) - Australiana - ALE - Available - W00194243<br />Bell Library - (Western Downs Libraries) - Australiana - ALE - Available - W00194240<br />Chinchilla Library - (Western Downs Libraries) - Australiana - ALE - Available - W00194233<br />Dalby Library - (Western Downs Libraries) - Australiana - ALE - Available - W00185433<br />Jandowae Library - (Western Downs Libraries) - Australiana - ALE - Available - W00185432<br />Miles Library - (Western Downs Libraries) - Australiana - ALE - Available - W00194241<br />Tara Library - (Western Downs Libraries) - Australiana - ALE - Available - W00194234<br />Wandoan Library - (Western Downs Libraries) - Australiana - ALE - Available - W00194242<br /> https://westerndowns.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=253931&CF=BIB "Set in 1960s California, this blockbuster debut is the hilarious, idiosyncratic and uplifting story of a female scientist whose career is constantly derailed by the idea that a woman's place is in the home, only to find herself starring as the host of America's most beloved TV cooking show. Elizabeth Zott is not your average woman. In fact Elizabeth Zott would be the first to point out that there is no such thing as an average woman. But it's the 1960s and despite the fact that she is a scientist, her peers are very unscientific when it comes to equality. The only good thing to happen to her on the road to professional fulfillment is a run-in with her super-star colleague Calvin Evans (well, she stole his beakers.) The only man who ever treated her-and her ideas-as equal, Calvin is already a legend and Nobel nominee. He's also awkward, kind and tenacious. Theirs is true chemistry. But as events are never as predictable as chemical reactions, three years later Elizabeth Zott is an unwed, single mother (did we mention it's the early 60s??) and the star of America's most beloved cooking show Supper at Six. Elizabeth's singular approach to cooking ('take one pint of H2O and add a pinch of sodium chloride') and independent example are proving revolutionary. Because Elizabeth isn't just teaching women how to cook, she's teaching them how to change the status quo. Laugh-out-loud funny, shrewdly observant, and studded with a dazzling cast of supporting characters, Lessons in Chemistry is as original and vibrant as its protagonist"-- "Set in 1960s California, this blockbuster debut is the hilarious, idiosyncratic and uplifting story of a female scientist whose career is constantly derailed by the idea that a woman's place is in the home, only to find herself starring as the host of America's most beloved TV cooking show. Elizabeth Zott is not your average woman. In fact Elizabeth Zott would be the first to point out that there is no such thing as an average woman. But it's the 1960s and despite the fact that she is a scientist, her peers are very unscientific when it comes to equality. The only good thing to happen to her on the road to professional fulfillment is a run-in with her super-star colleague Calvin Evans (well, she stole his beakers.) The only man who ever treated her-and her ideas-as equal, Calvin is already a legend and Nobel nominee. He's also awkward, kind and tenacious. Theirs is true chemistry. But as events are never as predictable as chemical reactions, three years later Elizabeth Zott is an unwed, single mother (did we mention it's the early 60s??) and the star of America's most beloved cooking show Supper at Six. Elizabeth's singular approach to cooking ('take one pint of H2O and add a pinch of sodium chloride') and independent example are proving revolutionary. Because Elizabeth isn't just teaching women how to cook, she's teaching them how to change the status quo. Laugh-out-loud funny, shrewdly observant, and studded with a dazzling cast of supporting characters, Lessons in Chemistry is as original and vibrant as its protagonist"--<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Garmus, Bonnie<br />First edition.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London, UK : Doubleday UK, 2022.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Doubleday, 2022.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>©2022.<br />390 pages ; 24 cm.<br /><br />Chinchilla Library - (Western Downs Libraries) - Adult Fiction - GAR - Onloan - Due: 28 May 2024 - W00185644<br />Chinchilla Library - (Western Downs Libraries) - Adult Fiction - GAR - Available - W00189219<br />Dalby Library - (Western Downs Libraries) - Adult Fiction - GAR - Onloan - Due: 13 Jun 2024 - W00205085<br />Dalby Library - (Western Downs Libraries) - Adult Fiction - GAR - Available - W00205084<br />Miles Library - (Western Downs Libraries) - Adult Fiction - GAR - Available - W00205117<br />Wandoan Library - (Western Downs Libraries) - Adult Fiction - GAR - Onloan - Due: 14 May 2024 - W00189220<br /> https://westerndowns.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=253932&CF=BIB A discharged soldier is framed for a murder by the chief of police in a small town in Georgia where he has just arrived. When the soldier learns that the murdered man was his brother he breaks out of jail and carries out his own investigation. A discharged soldier is framed for a murder by the chief of police in a small town in Georgia where he has just arrived. When the soldier learns that the murdered man was his brother he breaks out of jail and carries out his own investigation.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Child, Lee<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Penguin Books, 2022.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>©1997<br />524 pages ; 20 cm.<br />Jack Reacher novel ; 1.<br /><br />Dalby Library - (Western Downs Libraries) - Mystery & Crime - CHI - Available - W00185142<br /> https://westerndowns.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=254749&CF=BIB Charlie Reade looks like a regular high school kid, great at baseball and football, a decent student. But he carries a heavy load. His mom was killed in a hit-and-run accident when he was ten, and grief drove his dad to drink. Charlie learned how to take care of himself - and his dad. Then, when Charlie is seventeen, he meets Howard Bowditch, a recluse with a big dog in a big house at the top of a big hill. In the backyard is a locked shed from which strange sounds emerge, as if some creature is trying to escape. When Mr. Bowditch dies, he leaves Charlie the house, a massive amount of gold, a cassette tape telling a story that is impossible to believe, and a responsibility far too massive for a boy to shoulder. Because within the shed is a portal to another world - one whose denizens are in peril and whose monstrous leaders may destroy their own world, and ours. Charlie Reade looks like a regular high school kid, great at baseball and football, a decent student. But he carries a heavy load. His mom was killed in a hit-and-run accident when he was ten, and grief drove his dad to drink. Charlie learned how to take care of himself - and his dad. Then, when Charlie is seventeen, he meets Howard Bowditch, a recluse with a big dog in a big house at the top of a big hill. In the backyard is a locked shed from which strange sounds emerge, as if some creature is trying to escape. When Mr. Bowditch dies, he leaves Charlie the house, a massive amount of gold, a cassette tape telling a story that is impossible to believe, and a responsibility far too massive for a boy to shoulder. Because within the shed is a portal to another world - one whose denizens are in peril and whose monstrous leaders may destroy their own world, and ours.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>King, Stephen, 1947-<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Hodder & Stoughton, 2022.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>©2022<br />577 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">1 reserve</span><br /><br />Chinchilla Library - (Western Downs Libraries) - Science Fiction & Fantasy - KIN - Available - W00186834<br />Dalby Library - (Western Downs Libraries) - Science Fiction & Fantasy - KIN - On reserve shelf at Tara Library - W00186835<br /> https://westerndowns.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=254782&CF=BIB "Diana McIntyre and her four boys have had a tough eighteen months but with the love and support of her family, she believes their lives are finally back on track. Diana's dream of starting a flower farm has been the perfect diversion, with an elderly dahlia expert showing her the ropes. She won't have to do this alone. Locum pharmacist and single dad Ned Gardiner hasn't called Victoria home for years. However his father's death forces Ned to return to the family farm, a place that holds few happy memories for him. Dealing with his estranged mother and sorting his father's affairs, he plans on leaving as soon as possible, but what will it take for Ned to put down roots? With six children between them, can this pair juggle families, farms and an unlooked-for romance?" -- Back cover. "Diana McIntyre and her four boys have had a tough eighteen months but with the love and support of her family, she believes their lives are finally back on track. Diana's dream of starting a flower farm has been the perfect diversion, with an elderly dahlia expert showing her the ropes. She won't have to do this alone. Locum pharmacist and single dad Ned Gardiner hasn't called Victoria home for years. However his father's death forces Ned to return to the family farm, a place that holds few happy memories for him. Dealing with his estranged mother and sorting his father's affairs, he plans on leaving as soon as possible, but what will it take for Ned to put down roots? With six children between them, can this pair juggle families, farms and an unlooked-for romance?" -- Back cover.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Linnell, Maya<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Crows Nest, N.S.W. : Allen & Unwin, 2022.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>©2022<br />392 pages ; 24 cm.<br /><br />Bell Library - (Western Downs Libraries) - Australiana - LIN - Available - W00176138<br />Chinchilla Library - (Western Downs Libraries) - Australiana - LIN - Available - W00198476<br />Dalby Library - (Western Downs Libraries) - Australiana - LIN - Available - W00198482<br />Jandowae Library - (Western Downs Libraries) - Australiana - LIN - Onloan - Due: 27 May 2024 - W00198483<br />Meandarra Library - (Western Downs Libraries) - Australiana - LIN - Available - W00186913<br />Miles Library - (Western Downs Libraries) - Australiana - LIN - Available - W00198475<br />Moonie Library - (Western Downs Libraries) - Australiana - LIN - Available - W00198481<br />Tara Library - (Western Downs Libraries) - Australiana - LIN - Available - W00186914<br />Wandoan Library - (Western Downs Libraries) - Australiana - LIN - Available - W00199383<br /> https://westerndowns.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=254808&CF=BIB A discarded painting in a junk pile, a skeleton in an attic, and the greatest racehorse in American history: from these strands, a Pulitzer Prize winner braids a sweeping story of spirit, obsession, and injustice across American history. Kentucky, 1850. Jarrett, an enslaved groom, and a bay foal forge a bond of understanding that will carry the horse to record-setting victories across the South. As the nation erupts in civil war, an itinerant young artist who has made his name painting the racehorse takes up arms for the Union. On a perilous night, he reunites with the stallion and his groom, very far from the glamor of any racetrack. New York City, 1954. Martha Jackson, a gallery owner celebrated for taking risks on edgy contemporary painters, becomes obsessed with a 19th equestrian oil painting of mysterious provenance. Washington, DC, 2019. Jess, a Smithsonian scientist from Australia, and Theo, a Nigerian-American art historian, find themselves unexpectedly drawn to one another through their shared interest in the horse--one studying the stallion's bones for clues to his power and endurance, the other uncovering the lost history of the unsung Black horsemen who were critical to his racing success. Based on the remarkable true story of the record-breaking thoroughbred, Lexington, who became America's greatest stud sire, Horse is a gripping, multi-layered reckoning with the legacy of enslavement and racism in America. A discarded painting in a junk pile, a skeleton in an attic, and the greatest racehorse in American history: from these strands, a Pulitzer Prize winner braids a sweeping story of spirit, obsession, and injustice across American history. Kentucky, 1850. Jarrett, an enslaved groom, and a bay foal forge a bond of understanding that will carry the horse to record-setting victories across the South. As the nation erupts in civil war, an itinerant young artist who has made his name painting the racehorse takes up arms for the Union. On a perilous night, he reunites with the stallion and his groom, very far from the glamor of any racetrack. New York City, 1954. Martha Jackson, a gallery owner celebrated for taking risks on edgy contemporary painters, becomes obsessed with a 19th equestrian oil painting of mysterious provenance. Washington, DC, 2019. Jess, a Smithsonian scientist from Australia, and Theo, a Nigerian-American art historian, find themselves unexpectedly drawn to one another through their shared interest in the horse--one studying the stallion's bones for clues to his power and endurance, the other uncovering the lost history of the unsung Black horsemen who were critical to his racing success. Based on the remarkable true story of the record-breaking thoroughbred, Lexington, who became America's greatest stud sire, Horse is a gripping, multi-layered reckoning with the legacy of enslavement and racism in America.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Brooks, Geraldine<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Sydney, NSW : Hachette Australia, 2022.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>©2022<br />401 pages ; 25 cm.<br /><br />Chinchilla Library - (Western Downs Libraries) - Adult Fiction - BRO - Available - W00186762<br />Dalby Library - (Western Downs Libraries) - Adult Fiction - BRO - Available - W00186761<br /> https://westerndowns.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=255081&CF=BIB Once in a while, everyone needs to be heard. Freycinet Barnes has built herself the perfect existence. With beautiful children, a successful husband and a well-ordered schedule, it's a life so full she simply doesn't fit. When she steps outside her calendar and is accidentally thrown into the generous bosom of the West Moonah Women's Choir, she finds music, laughter, friendship and a humming wellspring of rage. With the ready acceptance of the colourful choristers, Frey learns that voices can move mountains, fury can be kind and life can do with a bit of ruining. Together, Frey and the choir sing their anger, they breathe it in and stitch it up, belt it out and spin it into a fierce, driving beat that will kick the system square in the balls, and possibly demolish them all. Once in a while, everyone needs to be heard. Freycinet Barnes has built herself the perfect existence. With beautiful children, a successful husband and a well-ordered schedule, it's a life so full she simply doesn't fit. When she steps outside her calendar and is accidentally thrown into the generous bosom of the West Moonah Women's Choir, she finds music, laughter, friendship and a humming wellspring of rage. With the ready acceptance of the colourful choristers, Frey learns that voices can move mountains, fury can be kind and life can do with a bit of ruining. Together, Frey and the choir sing their anger, they breathe it in and stitch it up, belt it out and spin it into a fierce, driving beat that will kick the system square in the balls, and possibly demolish them all.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Bignell, Meg Ashton<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Michael Joseph, 2022.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>©2022<br />xii, 413 pages ; 24 cm.<br /><br />Dalby Library - (Western Downs Libraries) - Adult Fiction - BIG - Available - W00186511<br />Miles Library - (Western Downs Libraries) - Adult Fiction - BIG - Available - W00186512<br /> https://westerndowns.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=255105&CF=BIB On a bitter-cold day, in the December of his junior year at Harvard, Sam Masur exits a subway car and sees, amid the hordes of people waiting on the platform, Sadie Green. He calls her name. For a moment, she pretends she hasn't heard him, but then, she turns, and a game begins: a legendary collaboration that will launch them to stardom. These friends, intimates since childhood, borrow money, beg favours, and, before even graduating college, they have created their first blockbuster, Ichigo. Overnight, the world is theirs. Not even twenty-five years old, Sam and Sadie are brilliant, successful, and rich, but these qualities won't protect them from their own creative ambitions or the betrayals of their hearts. Spanning thirty years, from Cambridge, Massachusetts, to Venice Beach, California, and lands in between and far beyond, Gabrielle Zevin's Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow is a dazzling and intricately imagined novel that examines the multifarious nature of identity, disability, failure, the redemptive possibilities in play, and above all, our need to connect: to be loved and to love. Yes, it is a love story, but it is not one you have read before. On a bitter-cold day, in the December of his junior year at Harvard, Sam Masur exits a subway car and sees, amid the hordes of people waiting on the platform, Sadie Green. He calls her name. For a moment, she pretends she hasn't heard him, but then, she turns, and a game begins: a legendary collaboration that will launch them to stardom. These friends, intimates since childhood, borrow money, beg favours, and, before even graduating college, they have created their first blockbuster, Ichigo. Overnight, the world is theirs. Not even twenty-five years old, Sam and Sadie are brilliant, successful, and rich, but these qualities won't protect them from their own creative ambitions or the betrayals of their hearts. Spanning thirty years, from Cambridge, Massachusetts, to Venice Beach, California, and lands in between and far beyond, Gabrielle Zevin's Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow is a dazzling and intricately imagined novel that examines the multifarious nature of identity, disability, failure, the redemptive possibilities in play, and above all, our need to connect: to be loved and to love. Yes, it is a love story, but it is not one you have read before.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Zevin, Gabrielle<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Chatto & Windus, 2022.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>©2022<br />401 pages ; 25 cm.<br /><br />Dalby Library - (Western Downs Libraries) - Adult Fiction - ZEV - Onloan - Due: 13 Jun 2024 - W00186422<br /> https://westerndowns.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=255184&CF=BIB Twenty years ago, Cyrus Haven's family was murdered. Only he and his brother survived. Cyrus because he hid. Elias because he was the killer. Now Elias is being released from a secure psychiatric hospital and Cyrus, a forensic psychologist, must decide if he can forgive the man who destroyed his childhood. As he prepares for the homecoming, Cyrus is called to a crime scene in Nottingham. A man is dead and his daughter, Maya, is missing. Then a second woman is abducted. The only witness is Evie Cormac, a troubled teenager with an incredible gift: she can tell when you are lying. Both missing women have dark secrets that Cyrus must unravel to find them and he and Evie know better than anybody how the past can come back to haunt you. Twenty years ago, Cyrus Haven's family was murdered. Only he and his brother survived. Cyrus because he hid. Elias because he was the killer. Now Elias is being released from a secure psychiatric hospital and Cyrus, a forensic psychologist, must decide if he can forgive the man who destroyed his childhood. As he prepares for the homecoming, Cyrus is called to a crime scene in Nottingham. A man is dead and his daughter, Maya, is missing. Then a second woman is abducted. The only witness is Evie Cormac, a troubled teenager with an incredible gift: she can tell when you are lying. Both missing women have dark secrets that Cyrus must unravel to find them and he and Evie know better than anybody how the past can come back to haunt you.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Robotham, Michael, 1960-<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Gadigal Country ; Sydney, New South Wales : Hachette Australia, 2022.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Sydney, NSW. : Hachette Australia, 2022.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>©2022<br />390 pages ; 24 cm.<br />Cyrus Haven ; 3.<br /><br />Chinchilla Library - (Western Downs Libraries) - Mystery & Crime - ROB - Onloan - Due: 08 Jun 2024 - W00186370<br />Dalby Library - (Western Downs Libraries) - Mystery & Crime - ROB - Onloan - Due: 31 May 2024 - W00186371<br />Jandowae Library - (Western Downs Libraries) - Mystery & Crime - ROB - Available - W00186372<br /> https://westerndowns.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=255335&CF=BIB When Senior Detective Antigone Pollard moves to the coastal town of Deception Bay, she is still in shock and grief. Back in Melbourne, one of her cases had gone catastrophically wrong, and to escape the guilt and the haunting memories, she'd requested a transfer to the quiet town she'd grown up in. But there are some things you can't run from. A month into her new life, she is targeted by a would-be rapist at the pub, and realises why there have been no convictions following a spate of similar sexual attacks in the surrounding district. The male witnesses in the pub back her attacker and even her boss doesn't believe her. Hers is the first reported case in Deception Bay, but soon there are more. As Antigone searches for answers, she encounters a wall of silence in the town built of secrets and denial and fear. The women of Deception Bay are scared and the law is not on their side. The nightmare has followed her home. When Senior Detective Antigone Pollard moves to the coastal town of Deception Bay, she is still in shock and grief. Back in Melbourne, one of her cases had gone catastrophically wrong, and to escape the guilt and the haunting memories, she'd requested a transfer to the quiet town she'd grown up in. But there are some things you can't run from. A month into her new life, she is targeted by a would-be rapist at the pub, and realises why there have been no convictions following a spate of similar sexual attacks in the surrounding district. The male witnesses in the pub back her attacker and even her boss doesn't believe her. Hers is the first reported case in Deception Bay, but soon there are more. As Antigone searches for answers, she encounters a wall of silence in the town built of secrets and denial and fear. The women of Deception Bay are scared and the law is not on their side. The nightmare has followed her home.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Petraitis, Vikki<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Crows Nest, NSW : Allen & Unwin, 2022.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>©2022<br />373 pages ; 24 cm.<br /><br />Chinchilla Library - (Western Downs Libraries) - Mystery & Crime - PET - Available - W00197720<br />Dalby Library - (Western Downs Libraries) - Mystery & Crime - PET - Available - W00186753<br />Tara Library - (Western Downs Libraries) - Australiana - PET - Available - W00186752<br /> https://westerndowns.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=254052&CF=BIB In 1915, as World War 1 rages in Europe and the numbers of dead and injured continue to grow, Australian nurse, Sister Cora Barker, leaves her home in Australia for England, determined to use her skills for King and country. When she arrives at Harefield House - donated to the Australian Army by its expatriate Australian owners - she helps transform it into a hospital that is also a little piece of home for recuperating Australian soldiers. As the months pass, her mission to save diggers lives becomes more urgent as the darkest months of the war see injured soldiers from the battlefields of France and Belgium flood into Harefield in the thousands. When the hospital sends out a desperate call for help, a quiet young seamstress from the village, Jessie Chester, steps up as a volunteer. At the hospital she meets Private Bert Mott, a recovering Australian soldier, but the looming threat of his return to the Front hangs over them. Could her first love be her first heartbreak? In 1915, as World War 1 rages in Europe and the numbers of dead and injured continue to grow, Australian nurse, Sister Cora Barker, leaves her home in Australia for England, determined to use her skills for King and country. When she arrives at Harefield House - donated to the Australian Army by its expatriate Australian owners - she helps transform it into a hospital that is also a little piece of home for recuperating Australian soldiers. As the months pass, her mission to save diggers lives becomes more urgent as the darkest months of the war see injured soldiers from the battlefields of France and Belgium flood into Harefield in the thousands. When the hospital sends out a desperate call for help, a quiet young seamstress from the village, Jessie Chester, steps up as a volunteer. At the hospital she meets Private Bert Mott, a recovering Australian soldier, but the looming threat of his return to the Front hangs over them. Could her first love be her first heartbreak?<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Purman, Victoria<br />First Australian paperback edition.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Sydney, NSW : HQ Fiction, 2022.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>©2022<br />582 pages ; 24 cm.<br /><br />Dalby Library - (Western Downs Libraries) - Australiana - PUR - Onloan - Due: 30 May 2024 - W00185715<br />Tara Library - (Western Downs Libraries) - Australiana - PUR - Onloan - Due: 29 May 2024 - W00185714<br /> https://westerndowns.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=254169&CF=BIB Sarah Calhoun is a regular Sydney soccer mum, but she's keeping terrifying secrets from everyone she loves . . . and her past is about to catch up with her. When two men from Northern Ireland hunt her down, she's forced to return to Belfast to testify at a murder trial. Caught in the crossfire of an obsessive policeman driven by a disturbing past, and a brutal IRA executioner, Sarah faces an impossible choice: lie and allow a killer to walk free, or tell the truth and place her children in the line of fire. With her family and innocent people at risk, Sarah must find the courage to fight for the truth. But righting the wrongs of the past just might cost her everything . . .This fast-paced, explosive thriller will keep you on the edge of your seat to its gripping finale. Sarah Calhoun is a regular Sydney soccer mum, but she's keeping terrifying secrets from everyone she loves . . . and her past is about to catch up with her. When two men from Northern Ireland hunt her down, she's forced to return to Belfast to testify at a murder trial. Caught in the crossfire of an obsessive policeman driven by a disturbing past, and a brutal IRA executioner, Sarah faces an impossible choice: lie and allow a killer to walk free, or tell the truth and place her children in the line of fire. With her family and innocent people at risk, Sarah must find the courage to fight for the truth. But righting the wrongs of the past just might cost her everything . . .This fast-paced, explosive thriller will keep you on the edge of your seat to its gripping finale.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Cairns, Rae<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Sydney, N.S.W. : HarperCollins Publishers Australia, 2022.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>©2022<br />360 pages ; 24 cm.<br /><br />Chinchilla Library - (Western Downs Libraries) - Australiana - CAI - Onloan - Due: 23 May 2024 - W00185718<br />Miles Library - (Western Downs Libraries) - Australiana - CAI - Onloan - Due: 01 Jun 2024 - W00185717<br /> https://westerndowns.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=254217&CF=BIB On a sweltering Friday afternoon in Durton, best friends Ronnie and Esther leave school together. Esther never makes it home. Ronnie's going to find her, she has a plan. Lewis will help. Their friend can't be gone, Ronnie won't believe it. Detective Sergeant Sarah Michaels can believe it. She has seen what people are capable of. She knows more than anyone how, in a moment of weakness, a person can be driven to do something they never thought possible. Lewis can believe it too. But he can't reveal what he saw that afternoon at the creek without exposing his own secret. Five days later, Esther's buried body is discovered. On a sweltering Friday afternoon in Durton, best friends Ronnie and Esther leave school together. Esther never makes it home. Ronnie's going to find her, she has a plan. Lewis will help. Their friend can't be gone, Ronnie won't believe it. Detective Sergeant Sarah Michaels can believe it. She has seen what people are capable of. She knows more than anyone how, in a moment of weakness, a person can be driven to do something they never thought possible. Lewis can believe it too. But he can't reveal what he saw that afternoon at the creek without exposing his own secret. Five days later, Esther's buried body is discovered.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Scrivenor, Hayley<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Sydney, New South Wales : Pan Macmillan Australia, 2022.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>©2022<br />359 pages ; 24 cm.<br /><br />Dalby Library - (Western Downs Libraries) - Mystery & Crime - SCR - Available - W00186148<br />Jandowae Library - (Western Downs Libraries) - Mystery & Crime - SCR - Onloan - Due: 27 May 2024 - W00198650<br /> https://westerndowns.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=254576&CF=BIB The tranquility is shattered by a woman's terrified scream. Security guards take charge immediately, instructing everyone inside to stay put until the threat is identified and contained. While they wait for the all-clear, four strangers, who'd happened to sit at the same table, pass the time in conversation and friendships are struck. Each has his or her own reasons for being in the reading room that morning - it just happens that one is a murderer. The tranquility is shattered by a woman's terrified scream. Security guards take charge immediately, instructing everyone inside to stay put until the threat is identified and contained. While they wait for the all-clear, four strangers, who'd happened to sit at the same table, pass the time in conversation and friendships are struck. Each has his or her own reasons for being in the reading room that morning - it just happens that one is a murderer.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Gentill, Sulari<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Ultimo, NSW : Ultimo Press, 2022.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>©2022<br />257 pages ; 24 cm.<br /><br />Dalby Library - (Western Downs Libraries) - Mystery & Crime - GEN - Available - W00186206<br />Tara Library - (Western Downs Libraries) - Mystery & Crime - GEN - Available - W00186207<br /> https://westerndowns.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=255616&CF=BIB At a busy festival site on a warm spring night, a baby lies alone in her pram, her mother vanishing into the crowds. A year on, Kim Gillespie's absence casts a long shadow as her friends and loved ones gather deep in the heart of South Australian wine country to welcome a new addition to the family. Joining the celebrations is federal investigator Aaron Falk. But as he soaks up life in the lush valley, he begins to suspect this tight-knit group may be more fractured than it seems. Between Falk's closest friend, a missing mother, and a woman he's drawn to, dark questions linger as long-ago truths begin to emerge. At a busy festival site on a warm spring night, a baby lies alone in her pram, her mother vanishing into the crowds. A year on, Kim Gillespie's absence casts a long shadow as her friends and loved ones gather deep in the heart of South Australian wine country to welcome a new addition to the family. Joining the celebrations is federal investigator Aaron Falk. But as he soaks up life in the lush valley, he begins to suspect this tight-knit group may be more fractured than it seems. Between Falk's closest friend, a missing mother, and a woman he's drawn to, dark questions linger as long-ago truths begin to emerge.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Harper, Jane (Jane Elizabeth)<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Sydney, New South Wales : Macmillan, Pan Macmillan Australia, 2022.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>©2022<br />410 pages ; 24 cm.<br />Aaron Falk series ; 3.<br /><br />Bell Library - (Western Downs Libraries) - Mystery & Crime - HAR - Available - W00198985<br />Chinchilla Library - (Western Downs Libraries) - Mystery & Crime - HAR - Available - W00186795<br />Dalby Library - (Western Downs Libraries) - Mystery & Crime - HAR - Onloan - Due: 08 Nov 2023 - Yes (Set: 29 Jan 2024) - W00186794<br />Dalby Library - (Western Downs Libraries) - Mystery & Crime - HAR - Available - W00202376<br />Jandowae Library - (Western Downs Libraries) - Mystery & Crime - HAR - Onloan - Due: 31 May 2024 - W00186793<br />Meandarra Library - (Western Downs Libraries) - Mystery & Crime - HAR - Available - W00198986<br />Miles Library - (Western Downs Libraries) - Mystery & Crime - HAR - Available - W00198987<br />Moonie Library - (Western Downs Libraries) - Mystery & Crime - HAR - Available - W00198988<br />Tara Library - (Western Downs Libraries) - Mystery & Crime - HAR - Available - W00198989<br /> https://westerndowns.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=255898&CF=BIB Esther Wilding's search for explanations after the death of her sister, Aura, takes her from Tasmania to Denmark and on to the Faroe Islands, following the trail of the stories Aura left behind: seven cryptic fairytales about selkies, swans and women, alongside verses Aura had secretly had tattooed on her body. Esther Wilding's search for explanations after the death of her sister, Aura, takes her from Tasmania to Denmark and on to the Faroe Islands, following the trail of the stories Aura left behind: seven cryptic fairytales about selkies, swans and women, alongside verses Aura had secretly had tattooed on her body.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Ringland, Holly<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Gadigal Country ; Sydney, NSW : Fourth Estate, 2022.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>©2022<br />549 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.<br /><br />Bell Library - (Western Downs Libraries) - Australiana - RIN - Available - W00187046<br />Chinchilla Library - (Western Downs Libraries) - Australiana - RIN - Onloan - Due: 17 Jun 2024 - W00187047<br /> https://westerndowns.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=255902&CF=BIB Olivia McAfee knows what it feels like to start over. Her picture-perfect life-living in Boston, married to a brilliant cardiothoracic surgeon, raising a beautiful son, Asher-was upended when her husband revealed a darker side. She never imagined she would end up back in her sleepy New Hampshire hometown, living in the house she grew up in, and taking over her father's beekeeping business. Lily Campanello is familiar with do-overs, too. When she and her mom relocate to Adams, New Hampshire, for her final year of high school, they both hope it will be a fresh start. And for just a short while, these new beginnings are exactly what Olivia and Lily need. Their paths cross when Asher falls for the new girl in school, and Lily can't help but fall for him, too. With Ash, she feels happy for the first time. Yet at times, she wonders if she can she trust him completely . . . Then one day, Olivia receives a phone call: Lily is dead, and Asher is being questioned by the police. Olivia is adamant that her son is innocent. But she would be lying if she didn't acknowledge the flashes of his father's temper in him, and as the case against him unfolds, she realises he's hidden more than he's shared with her. Olivia McAfee knows what it feels like to start over. Her picture-perfect life-living in Boston, married to a brilliant cardiothoracic surgeon, raising a beautiful son, Asher-was upended when her husband revealed a darker side. She never imagined she would end up back in her sleepy New Hampshire hometown, living in the house she grew up in, and taking over her father's beekeeping business. Lily Campanello is familiar with do-overs, too. When she and her mom relocate to Adams, New Hampshire, for her final year of high school, they both hope it will be a fresh start. And for just a short while, these new beginnings are exactly what Olivia and Lily need. Their paths cross when Asher falls for the new girl in school, and Lily can't help but fall for him, too. With Ash, she feels happy for the first time. Yet at times, she wonders if she can she trust him completely . . . Then one day, Olivia receives a phone call: Lily is dead, and Asher is being questioned by the police. Olivia is adamant that her son is innocent. But she would be lying if she didn't acknowledge the flashes of his father's temper in him, and as the case against him unfolds, she realises he's hidden more than he's shared with her.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Picoult, Jodi, 1966-<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Crows Nest, NSW : Allen & Unwin, 2022.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>©2022<br />452 pages ; 24 cm.<br /><br />Chinchilla Library - (Western Downs Libraries) - Adult Fiction - PIC - Available - W00187371<br />Dalby Library - (Western Downs Libraries) - Adult Fiction - PIC - Onloan - Due: 07 Jun 2024 - W00187372<br />Tara Library - (Western Downs Libraries) - Adult Fiction - PIC - Available - W00187370<br /> https://westerndowns.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=255907&CF=BIB Orphan Fleur Appleby is adopted by a loving undertaker and his wife and she quickly develops a special gift for helping bereaved families. Her ambition to be the first female mortician in the country is fuelled by her plan to bring more women into the male dominated funeral industry. Raised in the outback of South Australia's Flinders Ranges, Tom Catchlove is faced with a life-changing tragedy as a young boy. He works hard but dreams big, striving for a future as a wool classer. A chance encounter between the two children will change the course of their lives. By adulthood Fleur finds herself fighting for the survival of the family's business, while her widowed father drinks away generations of prosperity and a new, conniving stepmother wants Fleur gone. When Tom emerges from the isolation of the desert to find new work at the port woolstores, his path crosses with Fleur's again - only to be caught up in a murder investigation, in which they can only trust each other. Orphan Fleur Appleby is adopted by a loving undertaker and his wife and she quickly develops a special gift for helping bereaved families. Her ambition to be the first female mortician in the country is fuelled by her plan to bring more women into the male dominated funeral industry. Raised in the outback of South Australia's Flinders Ranges, Tom Catchlove is faced with a life-changing tragedy as a young boy. He works hard but dreams big, striving for a future as a wool classer. A chance encounter between the two children will change the course of their lives. By adulthood Fleur finds herself fighting for the survival of the family's business, while her widowed father drinks away generations of prosperity and a new, conniving stepmother wants Fleur gone. When Tom emerges from the isolation of the desert to find new work at the port woolstores, his path crosses with Fleur's again - only to be caught up in a murder investigation, in which they can only trust each other.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>McIntosh, Fiona, 1960-<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Southbank, VIC : Michael Joseph, an imprint of Penguin Books, 2022.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>©2022<br />424 pages ; 24 cm.<br /><br />Bell Library - (Western Downs Libraries) - Australiana - MACI - Available - W00199037<br />Chinchilla Library - (Western Downs Libraries) - Australiana - MACI - Available - W00187216<br />Dalby Library - (Western Downs Libraries) - Australiana - MACI - Available - W00187215<br />Meandarra Library - (Western Downs Libraries) - Australiana - MACI - Available - W00199041<br />Miles Library - (Western Downs Libraries) - Australiana - MACI - Onloan - Due: 12 Jun 2024 - W00199039<br />Moonie Library - (Western Downs Libraries) - Australiana - MACI - Available - W00199040<br />Tara Library - (Western Downs Libraries) - Australiana - MACI - Available - W00199042<br /> https://westerndowns.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=255908&CF=BIB "As tensions simmer in a small country town, three women are going to need more than CWA sausage rolls and can-do community spirit to put things right. Privacy is hard to maintain in Badara, the kind of small Australian country town where everyone knows everyone else's business. So discovers single mum Paige when she and her three children arrive from the city seeking refuge. Paige's only respite from child care and loneliness is the Tuesday gym club, where she had feared the judgement of the town matriarchs, but she is met only with generosity and a plethora of baked goods. Besides, both the brusque Marion and her polished sister-in-law Briony are too busy dealing with their own dramas to examine hers. Well-to-do farmer's wife and proud mother Briony is in full denial of her family's troubles. Even with her eldest daughter's marriage in ruins and her son Blake's recent bombshell. Suddenly Briony and husband Vince have a full house again - and the piles of laundry aren't the only dirty linen that's about to be aired. For Marion, the unearthing of a time capsule - its contents to be read at the Celebrate Badara weekend - is a disaster. She was only a teenager when she wrote down those poisonous words, but that doesn't mean she won't lose friends and family if they hear what she really thinks of them - especially as the letter reveals their darkest secrets to the world. When the truth comes out for Badara, keeping up appearances may no longer be an option for anyone..."--Back cover. "As tensions simmer in a small country town, three women are going to need more than CWA sausage rolls and can-do community spirit to put things right. Privacy is hard to maintain in Badara, the kind of small Australian country town where everyone knows everyone else's business. So discovers single mum Paige when she and her three children arrive from the city seeking refuge. Paige's only respite from child care and loneliness is the Tuesday gym club, where she had feared the judgement of the town matriarchs, but she is met only with generosity and a plethora of baked goods. Besides, both the brusque Marion and her polished sister-in-law Briony are too busy dealing with their own dramas to examine hers. Well-to-do farmer's wife and proud mother Briony is in full denial of her family's troubles. Even with her eldest daughter's marriage in ruins and her son Blake's recent bombshell. Suddenly Briony and husband Vince have a full house again - and the piles of laundry aren't the only dirty linen that's about to be aired. For Marion, the unearthing of a time capsule - its contents to be read at the Celebrate Badara weekend - is a disaster. She was only a teenager when she wrote down those poisonous words, but that doesn't mean she won't lose friends and family if they hear what she really thinks of them - especially as the letter reveals their darkest secrets to the world. When the truth comes out for Badara, keeping up appearances may no longer be an option for anyone..."--Back cover.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Stringer, Tricia<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Sydney, N.S.W. : HQ Fiction, 2022.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>©2022<br />451 pages : genealogical table ; 24 cm.<br /><br />Bell Library - (Western Downs Libraries) - Australiana - STR - Available - W00187034<br />Chinchilla Library - (Western Downs Libraries) - Australiana - STR - Onloan - Due: 17 Jun 2024 - W00187035<br />Dalby Library - (Western Downs Libraries) - Australiana - STR - Available - W00199031<br />Jandowae Library - (Western Downs Libraries) - Australiana - STR - Available - W00199034<br />Meandarra Library - (Western Downs Libraries) - Australiana - STR - Available - W00199030<br />Miles Library - (Western Downs Libraries) - Australiana - STR - Available - W00199035<br />Moonie Library - (Western Downs Libraries) - Australiana - STR - Available - W00199032<br />Tara Library - (Western Downs Libraries) - Australiana - STR - Available - W00199036<br />Wandoan Library - (Western Downs Libraries) - Australiana - STR - Available - W00199029<br /> https://westerndowns.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=255947&CF=BIB In Gerrardsville, Colorado, two witnesses to the same tragedy give two different accounts. One guy sees a woman throw herself in front of a bus in what authorities will call a suicide. The other witness is Jack Reacher. And he sees what actually happened: A man in a gray hoodie and jeans, moving like a shadow, pushed the victim to her death--before swiftly grabbing the dead woman's purse and strolling away. Reacher follows the killer on foot, not knowing that he is part of something much bigger and far-reaching... a secret conspiracy with many moving parts, with powerful people on the take, all involved in an undertaking that leaves no room for error. If any step is compromised, the threat will have to be quickly and quietly and permanently removed. Because when the threat is Reacher, there is No Plan B... In Gerrardsville, Colorado, two witnesses to the same tragedy give two different accounts. One guy sees a woman throw herself in front of a bus in what authorities will call a suicide. The other witness is Jack Reacher. And he sees what actually happened: A man in a gray hoodie and jeans, moving like a shadow, pushed the victim to her death--before swiftly grabbing the dead woman's purse and strolling away. Reacher follows the killer on foot, not knowing that he is part of something much bigger and far-reaching... a secret conspiracy with many moving parts, with powerful people on the take, all involved in an undertaking that leaves no room for error. If any step is compromised, the threat will have to be quickly and quietly and permanently removed. Because when the threat is Reacher, there is No Plan B...<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Child, Lee<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Bantam, an imprint of Transworld Publishers, 2022.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>©2022<br />372 pages ; 24 cm<br />Jack Reacher novel ; 27.<br /><br />11 copies <br /> https://westerndowns.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=255955&CF=BIB Five months after Mel tells her husband to leave, a ghost moves in upstairs. A young man who reminds her, with eerie intensity, of a past lover, someone who changed Mel's life and then vanished. When the man's travelling girlfriend joins him, Mel's obsession with the couple upstairs builds and the boundaries between the two homes begin to blur, with devastating consequences. The Couple Upstairs is about one strange summer of dazzling, curdling infatuation. Writing with both a light touch and vivid intensity, Holly Wainwright explores love, regret, whether you can stop history repeating, and whether or not you should. Five months after Mel tells her husband to leave, a ghost moves in upstairs. A young man who reminds her, with eerie intensity, of a past lover, someone who changed Mel's life and then vanished. When the man's travelling girlfriend joins him, Mel's obsession with the couple upstairs builds and the boundaries between the two homes begin to blur, with devastating consequences. The Couple Upstairs is about one strange summer of dazzling, curdling infatuation. Writing with both a light touch and vivid intensity, Holly Wainwright explores love, regret, whether you can stop history repeating, and whether or not you should.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Wainwright, Holly<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Sydney, New South Wales : Macmillan, Pan Macmillan Australia, 2022.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>©2022<br />346 pages ; 24 cm.<br /><br />Dalby Library - (Western Downs Libraries) - Mystery & Crime - WAI - Onloan - Due: 13 Jun 2024 - W00186839<br />Tara Library - (Western Downs Libraries) - Australiana - WAI - Available - W00186838<br /> https://westerndowns.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=256053&CF=BIB The close-knit community of Kinton Bay is shocked when fifteen-year-old Siena Britton makes a grisly discovery in the national park. Siena believes it's a skull from the town's violent colonial past and posts a video which hits the news headlines. But her parents, Meri and Rollo, think the skull is related to their teenage parties in the Killing Cave back in the 1990s. And a school mate who went missing then. None of them foresees the dangers that discovery will create for their family. The dangers of past deceits, silences and lies that have never been resolved. The close-knit community of Kinton Bay is shocked when fifteen-year-old Siena Britton makes a grisly discovery in the national park. Siena believes it's a skull from the town's violent colonial past and posts a video which hits the news headlines. But her parents, Meri and Rollo, think the skull is related to their teenage parties in the Killing Cave back in the 1990s. And a school mate who went missing then. None of them foresees the dangers that discovery will create for their family. The dangers of past deceits, silences and lies that have never been resolved.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>McGovern, Petronella<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Cammeraygal Country ; Crows Nest, NSW : Allen & Unwin, 2022.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>©2022<br />412 pages ; 24 cm.<br /><br />Chinchilla Library - (Western Downs Libraries) - Mystery & Crime - MACG - Onloan - Due: 03 Jun 2024 - W00205145<br />Dalby Library - (Western Downs Libraries) - Mystery & Crime - MACG - Available - W00186718<br />Miles Library - (Western Downs Libraries) - Mystery & Crime - MACG - Available - W00186719<br /> https://westerndowns.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=256092&CF=BIB 1996 -- Cabramatta, Sydney. 'Just let him go.' Those are words Ky Tran will forever regret. The words she spoke when her parents called to ask if they should let her younger brother Denny out to celebrate his high school graduation with friends. That night, Denny -- optimistic, guileless Denny -- is brutally murdered inside a busy restaurant in the Sydney suburb of Cabramatta, a refugee enclave facing violent crime, and an indifferent police force. Returning home for the funeral, Ky learns that the police are stumped by her brother's case. Even though several people were present at Denny's murder, each bystander claims to have seen nothing, and they are all staying silent. Determined to uncover the truth, Ky tracks down and questions the witnesses herself. But what she learns goes beyond what happened that fateful night. The silence has always been there, threaded through the generations, and Ky begins to expose the complex traumas weighing on those present the night Denny died. As she peels back the layers of the place that shaped her, she must confront more than the reasons her brother is dead. And once those truths have finally been spoken, how can any of them move on? 1996 -- Cabramatta, Sydney. 'Just let him go.' Those are words Ky Tran will forever regret. The words she spoke when her parents called to ask if they should let her younger brother Denny out to celebrate his high school graduation with friends. That night, Denny -- optimistic, guileless Denny -- is brutally murdered inside a busy restaurant in the Sydney suburb of Cabramatta, a refugee enclave facing violent crime, and an indifferent police force. Returning home for the funeral, Ky learns that the police are stumped by her brother's case. Even though several people were present at Denny's murder, each bystander claims to have seen nothing, and they are all staying silent. Determined to uncover the truth, Ky tracks down and questions the witnesses herself. But what she learns goes beyond what happened that fateful night. The silence has always been there, threaded through the generations, and Ky begins to expose the complex traumas weighing on those present the night Denny died. As she peels back the layers of the place that shaped her, she must confront more than the reasons her brother is dead. And once those truths have finally been spoken, how can any of them move on?<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Lien, Tracey<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : HQ, 2022.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>©2022<br />339 pages ; 24 cm.<br /><br />Dalby Library - (Western Downs Libraries) - Mystery & Crime - LIE - Available - W00186800<br /> https://westerndowns.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=256192&CF=BIB A man runs for his life in a forest. A woman plans sabotage. A body is unearthed. Newly-minted homicide detective Nell Buchanan returns to her home town, annoyed at being assigned a decades-old murder - a 'file and forget'. But this is no ordinary cold case, as the discovery of more bodies triggers a chain of escalating events in the present day. As Nell starts to join the pieces together, she begins to question how well she truly knows those closest to her. Could her own family be implicated in the crimes? The nearer Nell comes to uncovering the secrets of the past, the more dangerous the present becomes for her, as she battles shadowy assailants and sinister forces. Can she survive this harrowing investigation and what price will she have to pay for the truth? A man runs for his life in a forest. A woman plans sabotage. A body is unearthed. Newly-minted homicide detective Nell Buchanan returns to her home town, annoyed at being assigned a decades-old murder - a 'file and forget'. But this is no ordinary cold case, as the discovery of more bodies triggers a chain of escalating events in the present day. As Nell starts to join the pieces together, she begins to question how well she truly knows those closest to her. Could her own family be implicated in the crimes? The nearer Nell comes to uncovering the secrets of the past, the more dangerous the present becomes for her, as she battles shadowy assailants and sinister forces. Can she survive this harrowing investigation and what price will she have to pay for the truth?<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Hammer, Chris, 1960-<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Cammerygal Country ; Crows Nest, NSW : Allen & Unwin, 2022.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>©2022<br />473 pages : 1 map, 1 genealogical table ; 24 cm.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">1 reserve</span><br /><br />Jandowae Library - (Western Downs Libraries) - Mystery & Crime - HAM - On reserve shelf at Bell Library - W00187044<br />Meandarra Library - (Western Downs Libraries) - Mystery & Crime - HAM - Available - W00187045<br /> https://westerndowns.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=256241&CF=BIB Demon Copperhead: a boy born to a teenaged single mother in a single-wide trailer, with no assets beyond his dead father's good looks and copper-colored hair, a caustic wit, and a fierce talent for survival. Demon befriends us on this, his journey through the modern perils of foster care, child labor, derelict schools, athletic success, addiction, disastrous loves, and crushing losses. Through all of it, he reckons with his own invisibility in a popular culture where even the superheroes have abandoned rural people in favour of cities. Inspired by the unflinching truth-telling of David Copperfield, Kingsolver enlists Dickens' anger and compassion, and above all, his faith in the transformative powers of a good story. Demon Copperhead gives voice to a new generation of lost boys, and all those born into beautiful, cursed places they can't imagine leaving behind. Demon Copperhead: a boy born to a teenaged single mother in a single-wide trailer, with no assets beyond his dead father's good looks and copper-colored hair, a caustic wit, and a fierce talent for survival. Demon befriends us on this, his journey through the modern perils of foster care, child labor, derelict schools, athletic success, addiction, disastrous loves, and crushing losses. Through all of it, he reckons with his own invisibility in a popular culture where even the superheroes have abandoned rural people in favour of cities. Inspired by the unflinching truth-telling of David Copperfield, Kingsolver enlists Dickens' anger and compassion, and above all, his faith in the transformative powers of a good story. Demon Copperhead gives voice to a new generation of lost boys, and all those born into beautiful, cursed places they can't imagine leaving behind.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Kingsolver, Barbara<br />Export edition.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Faber & Faber, 2022.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>©2022<br />548 pages ; 24 cm.<br /><br />Dalby Library - (Western Downs Libraries) - Adult Fiction - KIN - Available - W00187677<br /> https://westerndowns.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=256379&CF=BIB Gabe has become somewhat of a local hero since his family moved to the cliff house, talking seven people down from stepping off the edge. But when Gabe fails to save the eighth, Amanda, a sordid web of secrets begins to unravel, pushing bonds of loyalty and love to the brink. What wouldn't you do for your soulmate? Gabe has become somewhat of a local hero since his family moved to the cliff house, talking seven people down from stepping off the edge. But when Gabe fails to save the eighth, Amanda, a sordid web of secrets begins to unravel, pushing bonds of loyalty and love to the brink. What wouldn't you do for your soulmate?<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Hepworth, Sally<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Sydney, NSW : Macmillan, Pan Macmillan Australia, 2022.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>©2022<br />311 pages ; 24 cm<br /><br />Chinchilla Library - (Western Downs Libraries) - Australiana - HEP - Available - W00187246<br />Dalby Library - (Western Downs Libraries) - Australiana - HEP - Available - W00187247<br />Meandarra Library - (Western Downs Libraries) - Australiana - HEP - Available - W00176180<br /> https://westerndowns.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=260681&CF=BIB "Mia, a newly graduated constable, on her first post is assigned to Broad River, a small country town. And as certain as she is about her ability to do the job, on day one she's already in conflict with colleagues who believe that women shouldn't be coppers. It takes the shine off coming home, where her grandmother, Clara, is in the early stages of dementia. Clara is in a nursing home, living between her present and the mist-covered past of her life as dementia slowly steals her memories. Mia is accustomed to their conversations often not quite making sense but when Clara hints of veiled family secrets, Mia isn't sure what she should believe. In the midst of all this, a local child goes missing and Mia is confined to barracks. When Detective Dave Burrows realises she has skills that could be put to use, Mia's career takes a new turn, and she must decide down which road to walk."--Back cover. "Mia, a newly graduated constable, on her first post is assigned to Broad River, a small country town. And as certain as she is about her ability to do the job, on day one she's already in conflict with colleagues who believe that women shouldn't be coppers. It takes the shine off coming home, where her grandmother, Clara, is in the early stages of dementia. Clara is in a nursing home, living between her present and the mist-covered past of her life as dementia slowly steals her memories. Mia is accustomed to their conversations often not quite making sense but when Clara hints of veiled family secrets, Mia isn't sure what she should believe. In the midst of all this, a local child goes missing and Mia is confined to barracks. When Detective Dave Burrows realises she has skills that could be put to use, Mia's career takes a new turn, and she must decide down which road to walk."--Back cover.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>McDonald, Fleur<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Crows Nest, NSW : Allen & Unwin, 2022.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>©2022<br />viii, 358 pages ; 24 cm<br /><br />Bell Library - (Western Downs Libraries) - Australiana - MACD - Available - W00199286<br />Chinchilla Library - (Western Downs Libraries) - Australiana - MACD - Onloan - Due: 07 Jun 2024 - W00187397<br />Dalby Library - (Western Downs Libraries) - Australiana - MACD - Onloan - Due: 28 May 2024 - W00187396<br />Jandowae Library - (Western Downs Libraries) - Australiana - MACD - Available - W00199287<br />Meandarra Library - (Western Downs Libraries) - Australiana - MACD - Available - W00199285<br />Miles Library - (Western Downs Libraries) - Australiana - MACD - Onloan - Due: 06 Jun 2024 - W00199284<br />Tara Library - (Western Downs Libraries) - Australiana - MACD - Available - W00199288<br />Wandoan Library - (Western Downs Libraries) - Australiana - MACD - Available - W00199283<br />