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2 y separately published work icon The Heirloom Julie Brooks , ( nar. Vivien Carter ) Milton Keynes : Headline Audio , 2025 28746151 2025 single work novel

'A surprise inheritance. A hidden past.

'Brisbane, 2024 Barista and budding artist Mia Curtis is shocked to receive a package all the way from England informing her she's the heir to her late grandmother's cottage. Feeling lost in her own life, Mia travels across the world to claim her inheritance, where she begins to unravel the secrets passed down through the generations of women in her family.

'Sussex, 1821 Philadelphia Boadle wakes to find her husband, the tailor Jasper Boadle, dead. As the daughter of the local cunning woman, Philadelphia is soon accused of murder by witchcraft. Her future and that of her own daughter is at stake, unless she can convince the village she's done no wrong...'  (Publication summary)

2 y separately published work icon White Ash Ridge S. R. White , ( nar. Nicolette Chin ) Milton Keynes : Headline Audio , 2024 27131207 2024 single work novel crime

'A gripping new Australian crime novel from the international bestseller, perfect for fans of Jane Harper, Chris Hammer, Garry Disher and Peter Papathanasio.

'A REMOTE HOTEL. FIVE GUESTS. ONE MURDER.

'A rising star of Australian crime fiction ' SUNDAY TIMES 'S. R. White is the real deal.' CHRIS HAMMER, author of SCRUBLANDS

'During a broiling heatwave, the inner circle of a high-profile charity attend a critical meeting at White Ash Ridge, a small hotel nestled in the Australian wilderness.
As the temperature rises, a body is found lying in the thick bush, bludgeoned to death. 

'One of the four remaining guests is a murderer - but who, and why, is a mystery.

'Detective Dana Russo knows the national spotlight will be sharply focused on the case.

'The charity was formed when the founders' teenage son was killed after intervening in a vicious assault - sparking public outrage and a damning verdict on the police investigation.

'But under huge pressure and with few clues - plus suspects who instinctively distrust the police - how can Dana unravel the truth?' (Publication summary)

2 y separately published work icon Red Dirt Road S. R. White , ( nar. Helen Walsh ) Milton Keynes : Headline Audio , 2023 25095005 2023 single work novel thriller

'One outback town. Two puzzling murders. Fifty suspects.

'In Unamurra, a drought-scarred, one-pub town deep in the outback, two men are savagely murdered a month apart - their bodies elaborately arranged like angels.

'With no witnesses, no obvious motives and no apparent connections between the killings, how can lone police officer Detective Dana Russo - flown in from hundreds of kilometres away - possibly solve such a baffling, brutal case?

'Met with silence and suspicion from locals who live by their own set of rules, Dana must take over a stalled investigation with only a week to make progress.

'But with a murderer hiding in plain sight, and the parched days rapidly passing, Dana is determined to uncover the shocking secrets of this forgotten town - a place where anyone could be a killer.'  (Publication summary)

2 y separately published work icon The Keepsake Julie Brooks , ( nar. Helen Duff ) Milton Keynes : Headline Audio , 2022 28746191 2022 single work novel

'A book of treasures. A wealth of secrets.

'The Keepsake is a thrilling dual-time novel, with a fascinating, complex woman at its heart, wealth of twists, turns and secrets, and an absolute book club treat, perfect for fans of Lucinda Riley, Rachel Rhys and Hannah Richell 

Saturday: Pot-au-feu for luncheon. Father willed away inheritance. Betrayed by Edward.

'1832. The morning after her father's funeral, Prudence Merryfield wakes to the liberating thought that this is the first day of her new life. At thirty-five and unmarried, she is now mistress of her own fate. But a cruel revelation at the reading of her father's will forces Prudence to realise that taking only the most drastic action will set her free.

'Present day. Eliza is gifted a family heirloom by her aunt - a Georgian pocket book, belonging to her ancestor, Prudence Merryfield, whose existence reverberates through the lives of generations of Eliza's family, the Ambroses. Intrigued by what she reads inside, Eliza is drawn more and more into the infamous 'Merryfield Mystery'. What happened to Prudence who so bravely dared to defy convention two hundred years ago - then disappeared?' (Publication summary)

2 y separately published work icon The Secrets of Bridgewater Bay Julie Brooks , ( nar. Karen Cass ) Milton Keynes : Headline Audio , 2021 22947904 2021 single work novel 'England, 1919: Rose and Ivy board a ship bound for Australia. One is travelling there to marry a man she has never met. One is destined never to arrive. Australia, 2016: Amongst her late-grandmother's possessions, Molly uncovers a photograph of two girls dressed in First World War nurses' uniforms, labelled 'Rose and Ivy 1917', and a letter from her grandmother, asking her to find out what happened to her own mother, Rose, who disappeared in the 1960s.Compelled to carry out her grandmother's last wish, Molly embarks on a journey to England to unravel the mystery of the two girls whose photograph promised they'd be 'together forever'...' (Publication summary)
 
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