Lucinda Ellis has never really mastered the knack for dealing with people. So she usually avoids them. Until her sister, Jayne, takes a sudden trip to America and Lucinda's perfectly ordered life is thrown into chaos. With Jayne's husband stranded in a remote Aboriginal community, Lucinda is forced to take charge.

Stories about refugees and asylum seekers from Linda Jaivin, Arnold Zable, Amitav Ghosh, Jamil Ahmad, Abdul Karim Hekmat, Sophie Masson, Anu Kumar, Deepa Agarwal, Michelle Cahill and others. In this collaboration between Indian and Australian writers these stories describe the experiences of refugees in powerful and poignant detail.'

The master storyteller's legacy continues with a chilling new thriller. An elusive and shadowy killer is on the prowl, codenamed the Angel of Death.

*A gripping and disturbing story about the dark side of 1970s suburbia

It is the spring of 1961, and the sleepy little town of Jingera is at its most perfect with its clear blue skies, pounding surf and breath-taking lagoon. Yet all is not so perfect behind closed doors. George Cadwallader - butcher by day and star-gazer by night - is loved by everyone, except his wife. He only wants the best for his family - yet i...

It's 1957 and, after the death of her husband, pianist Ilona Talivaldis and her nine-year-old daughter Zidra, travel to the remote coastal town of Jingera in New South Wales. Ilona, a concentration camp survivor from Latvia, is searching for peace and the opportunity to start anew. In her beautiful vine-covered cottage on the edge of the lagoon,...

In 1957, when piano teacher Ilona Talivaldis arrived in the sleepy little town of Jingera, she was mocked as the 'reffo from Latvia'. Just four years on, she and her 14-year-old daughter Zidra are at the heart of the community. But when Ilona becomes involved in the plights of two very different children she puts this peaceful life in jeopardy.

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