A fascinating interpretation of how first-contact with an alien race might occur.
A harrowing story of a mother forced to flee her home and smuggle herself and her son into the USA.
In a combination of historical fact and fiction, Ihimaera tells the moving and disturbing story of Parihaka.
The Turning is a collection of seventeen short stories, all of which are set in the same small, brooding, down-at-heel Australian towns where he also sets most of his novels. Winton's stories describe the rawness and darkness of life in these run-down coastal towns.
A complex, powerful tale about the lasting legacy of war.
An excellent psychological thriller from a master crime writer.
McRoberts shares his journey to learn Te Reo, a language he had little knowledge of. He shares his struggle and hie is very honest about feeling completely out of his depth.
This is the eighth novel in the Lisbeth Salander series begun by Stieg Larsson. Smirnoff's style is very similar to Larssons, and she brings Salander's quirky character chillingly back to life.