The Salt family—Dominic, Raf, Fen, and Orly—are the remaining caretakers of Shearwater Island and its […]
Girl Falling, by Hayley Scrivenor
The first pages of Hayley Scrivenor’s novel, Girl Falling, show us the worst thing that […]
The Hidden Book, by Kirsty Manning
Have you ever seen a flip book? Most people have. If you haven’t, Wikipedia will […]
The Sun Walks Down, by Fiona McFarlane
When a young boy goes missing at the beginning of Fiona McFarlane’s masterful novel, The […]
The White Girl, by Tony Birch
Quarrytown and Deane are separated physically by a road called Deane’s Line. They’re separated even […]
The Silent Listener, by Lyn Yeowart
Trigger warning for child abuse. Blackhunt is the last place Joy ever wanted to go. […]
Dust Off the Bones, by Paul Howarth
I have a few rules about reading. If a book doesn’t hook you within 50 […]
On Fragile Waves, by E. Lily Yu
Stories like E. Lily Yu’s wrenching novel, On Fragile Waves, help explain why home is […]
Vanishing Falls, by Poppy Gee
The eponymous Tasmanian town of Poppy Gee’s Vanishing Falls is the kind of town that […]
The Dry, by Jane Harper
Trigger warning for brief depictions of child abuse and assault. Aaron Falk does not want […]