Cirrus@Austlit

'Four Couples.
Summer 1979. In the idyllic suburban neighbourhood of Ridgefield, during a scorching heat wave, four couples gather for their weekly dinner party.

'An ordinary evening.
It's a chance for friends to catch-up, to show off their perfect marriages, to have a break from the kids... but secrets hide behind the lit-up picture windows and carefully curated lawns.

'The beginning of a nightmare.
When Frank Callaghan checks on the sleeping children, he finds an empty crib where his 4-month old daughter Megan should be sleeping. The party-goers swear they didn't see anything. No one left the dinner table.

'Forty years later, Megan's sister Amanda is still searching for answers when a stranger knocks at her door claiming to be Megan. The family are sceptical until they see what she is holding - Megan's blanket, taken the night she disappeared.' (Publication summary) 

'A glamorous, atmospheric psychological thriller about a glamorous family dynasty living on the coast of Western Australia. 2023's most addictive beach read. The most perfect families hide the most devastating secrets.

'When Lucy Ross is forced to come back to her childhood summer home in Queens Point, Australia, it's supposed to only be a short stay. Just the time to pack her beloved grandmother's belongings and move on. But when a body washes up on the beach, the timing of her return seems too coincidental, and she soon finds herself pulled into a murder investigation.

'At the centre of it all are the Whitlam siblings gorgeous, wealthy, glamorous. In this beautiful coastal town Mae, Harry and Anabelle are as good as royalty. So when nineteen years before they had let shy sixteen-year-old Lucy into their inner circle, she was prepared to do anything for it to stay that way, even turn a blind eye to their secrets...

'But now that things have turned out deadly, what would be stronger- the Whitlam's allure or the search for the truth? An absolutely gripping and glamorous psychological thriller for fans of A.A. Torre, T.M. Logan, Jane Harper.'  (Publication summary)

'Five teens, one derelict Kombi and an unforgettable road trip…

'Six months ago, Zoey’s life went off the rails. After the tragic loss of her brother, she partied her way to oblivion, estranged her best friend, Cass, and pushed away her now ex, Finn. But when her destructive behaviour reaches dangerous heights, Zoey realises she needs to pull herself together and get her old life back, including her ex. There’s just one complication: Finn is now dating Cass.

'Now, it’s the last week of summer and Zoey, Cass and Finn are setting out on the road trip of a lifetime to see their favourite musician, Gray, perform live, joined by Finn’s infuriatingly attractive bad-boy cousin Luc and his vibrant younger sister Jolie. Zoey thinks this is her chance to put things to rights and convince Finn they should get back together. But she wasn’t counting on her friends’ lingering resentment, Luc’s disarming sincerity, and Jolie’s infectious love for life to turn her plans upside down.

'This emotional coming-of-age story will resonate with anyone who’s ever messed up, fallen in love, or taken off on an adventure.' (Synopsis)

'One punch will shatter a town. But is anyone ready for the consequences of telling the truth?

'Callie Jones is not the kind of girl who gets drunk at school dances, and certainly not now, with her scholarship on the line. And she definitely doesn’t hang around with bad boys like Rhett Barker. Especially alone, at night. But these are the circumstances she finds herself in when she witnesses a king hit that lands the town’s golden boy in a coma.

'With his reputation, no one is less surprised than Rhett when he is accused of throwing the punch. But he didn’t do it. And he knows Callie saw what really went down. He just has to convince the ‘ice princess’ to come forward and talk to the police – except, for once, good girl Callie doesn’t seem all that interested in telling the truth. Just what is she hiding, and why?

'Drawn together by secrets, scandal and heartache, Callie and Rhett find themselves getting closer – even as the solution to their problems gets further away. '

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'Free from the spaceship and reunited with Samuai, Asher should be happy. But thoughts of her dead family are weighing heavily on her mind and things worsen when temper problems in the camp lead to a murder. Freedom has surely come with a price. Then when Asher volunteers to retrieve the drug needed to calm people down things spiral out of control as tension ignites, loyalties are put into question, jealousy rears its head, and sparks fly. All bets are off when a rumor of a second ship hits close to home. Have the aliens returned? Is this the end of everything Asher has ever known?'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'Asher is a Lifer, a slave aboard the spaceship Pelican. A member of the lowest rung of society, she must serve the ship's Officials and Astronauts as punishment for her grandparents' crimes back on Earth. The one thing that made life bearable was her illicit relationship with Samuai, a Fishie boy, but he died alongside her brother in a freak training accident. Still grieving for the loss of her loved ones, Asher is summoned to the upper levels to wait on Lady, the head Official's wife and Samuai's mother. It is the perfect opportunity to gather intel for the Lifers' brewing rebellion. There's just one problem—the last girl who went to the upper levels never came back. On the other side of the universe, an alien attack has left Earth in shambles and a group called The Company has taken control. Blank wakes up in a pond completely naked and with no memory, not even his real name. So when a hot girl named Megs invites him to a black-market gaming warehouse where winning means information, he doesn't think twice about playing. But sometimes the past is better left buried. As Asher's and Blank's worlds collide, the truth comes out—everyone has been lied to.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'Seventeen-year-old Kath McKenny has a date to the end-of-term party with her since-forever crush. He publicly messaged her to confirm, but there's been a recent status update: he's taking the new girl—giggly, pretty, well-developed Lana Elliot—instead. After being thoroughly humiliated in front of half the school, best friend Chay talks Kath into revenge: a scheme to create the perfect—and very fake—online guy for Lana. Once she falls for him, they'll show her what it's like to get brutally dumped.

'Everything is going to plan until Kath starts spending more-than-just-friends time with the other new kid in town—Lana's dreamy older brother, Sebastian. Kath finds herself getting in deep—in love and drowning in guilt, she tries to put an end to her prank, but it's taken on an unstoppable momentum of its own, with very real consequences.

'As her plotting begins to unravel, so do the people Kath thought she knew:

'Her mother has a secret online life.

'Her father has a whole new family.

'Her best friend is barely recognizable.

'Her boyfriend has a disturbing hidden past.

'And her enemy is more familiar than she knew.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.