Cirrus@Austlit

'Does murder run in the family? The brilliant, unsettling new psychological suspense from the bestselling author of Other People's Houses.

'When a teenage girl goes missing, Nicola Miller fears for her own daughter. Not for Abby's mental health or safety, but that she might have had something to do with it. She worries her daughter is a killer. Just like her.

'Nicola has never told the truth about what happened with Abby's father. But now as the search for Cara continues, Nicola, risks her secret coming to light. And she's not the only one with something to hide. her mother, Joyce, and her daughter also have secrets of their own.

'A stunning, captivating and yet unnerving exploration of how the sins of the fathers - or in this case, the mothers - can echo down the generations.' (Publication summary)

'There are some things about Seagulls Nest that 11-year-old Skye Starling likes ...

• Egg sandwiches (tick)

• Admiral Mittens (her cat), who's always trying to get her attention (tick)

• Writing mystery stories about star detective Red Fox (tick)

• Spying on suspicious townsfolk with her new friend Bailey (tick)

• The Annual Squawk Awards (tick)

'and there are some things she doesn't like at all ...

• Winston, the Mayor's chicken (he pecks!) (cross)

• Her freshly finished novel being stolen (cross)

• The crimes in her novel happening in REAL LIFE! (cross)

• Everyone in the town acting suspiciously (cross)

• Being the only one who can find the real criminal! (cross cross cross!)

'Will Skye uncover the culprit in time to save the town?'(Publication summary)

'Rory observes the world from the safety of her third-floor apartment. But she's being watched too and will soon learn that no lock will protect her. The compelling, unsettling new psychological suspense novel from the bestselling author of Other People's Houses.

'Even a locked door can't keep you safe

'Twenty-six-year-old Rory rarely leaves her apartment, though her little dog Buster keeps her company. Days are spent working for her aunt's PI business, and watching and imagining histories for the homeless men, the Dossers, across the road. At night she walks Buster on the roof, gazes at the stars and wonders.

'The night before New Year's Eve, one of the Dossers is murdered, an incident which brings the world - police, new neighbours, her dark past and new possibilities - crashing through Rory's front door.

'She thought she was keeping her fears at bay. But has her sanctuary turned into her prison? Or is it safer for everyone if Rory stays locked away?'(Publication summary)

'The funny, whimsical and quirky new adventure from Australian rising star Kelli Anne Hawkins.

'When seven strangers arrive at a small Australian caravan park to tell Hadley Boggs that her dad is the long-lost heir to the kingdom of Ludrovia, she can hardly believe it.

'Her dad -- the world's most indecisive man, a man who takes the advice of their pet budgie, a man named BARRY -- is king?!

'Soon, Hadley jets off to an exciting new life, where she meets dancing goats, learns of an ancient Ludrovian prophecy and comes face to face with the country's hair-obsessed president.

'Hadley quickly falls in love with her quirky adopted home, so when she and her new friends discover the president's secret deal to sell the country to a cheese-loving billionaire, she knows they must act.

'But can the Birdbrain prophecy help them save Ludrovia before everything turns to fondue?' (Publication summary)

'Ask no questions. Tell no lies. The utterly compelling new novel from the bestselling author of Other People's Houses

'Lindsay just wants to be a mother. And when she discovers her partner is leaving her for another woman, her dreams are left in tatters. He was her last chance at a family ... or was he?

'Then she meets Jack, they fall hard for each other, and suddenly everything seems perfect. But why is his sister Natalie so strangely protective of him, yet eager to pass the responsibility to Lindsay? Who are these siblings, why did they really leave the UK, and what terrifying secrets lie in their past?

'And does Lindsay really want to know?'(Publication summary)

'DOCTOR DOLITTLE MEETS WILLY WONKA IN THIS FUNNY AND THRILLING ADVENTURE FROM AN EXCITING NEW VOICE.

'Pets? Tick!
TALKING pets? Double tick!
Silly spies, secret plots and one shy kid who might just save the day? Tick, tick, tick!
Anything's possible at the School for Talking Pets ...

'When Rusty Mulligan and his pet blue-tongued lizard win a week on a secret island, at Miss Alice Einstein's School for Talking Pets, the shy twelve-year-old is thrilled. His best friend will learn to talk!

'But once on the island, things don't go to plan ... And Rusty must work with the other competition winners, a terrifyingly tattooed gardener, and a multitude of clever animals to save the school from the clutches of the two secret agents who have come to shut it down - by any means necessary ...' (Publication summary)

'The perfect house. The perfect family. Too good to be true.

'Kate Webb still grieves over the loss of her young son. Ten years on, she spends her weekends hungover, attending open houses on Sydney's wealthy north shore and imagining the lives of the people who live there.

'Then Kate visits the Harding house - the perfect house with, it seems, the perfect family. A photograph captures a kind-looking man, a beautiful woman she knew at university, and a boy - a boy that for one heartbreaking moment she believes is her own son. 

'When her curiosity turns to obsession, she uncovers the cracks that lie beneath a glossy facade of perfection, sordid truths she could never have imagined. 

'But is it her imagination? As events start to spiral dangerously out of control, could the real threat come from Kate herself?'

Source: Publisher's blurb.