Cirrus@Austlit

'The heartfelt new second-chance romance by the internationally award-winning author of The Life Swap.

'Two different dreams
Since their bitter divorce, Lisa and Rolf have forged new and separate lives. Rolf has moved out of Beacon Bay, while Lisa has remained in the tiny tropical town, a pillar of her community.

'One violent storm
When a cyclone brings a massive tree smashing into Lisa's roof - into the home Rolf built and where they raised their family - their son Dave convinces Rolf that he must do the repairs. Tensions abound when Rolf arrives with glamorous stage star Renata, along with a pretty young publicist who stirs up complications for Dave and his new restaurant business as well.

'Is the damage beyond repair?
Their combined efforts to rebuild the community see them confronting old wounds of their own, but will Lisa be brave enough to risk her heart again, especially if that means revealing the one guilty memory that has haunted her for decades?

'Set on the picturesque coastline of Queensland's tropical far north, this is an uplifting story about resurrecting hope and unearthing love, even through the most turbulent of times.' (Publication summary)

'For fans of Phryne Fisher and The Nancys from Elizabeth Coleman, a screenwriter for Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries

Thirty-five-year-old commitment phobe Edwina (Ted) Bristol runs EBI, a private investigation agency. Her latest case is to conduct routine surveillance on a couple suspected of having an illicit affair. She also discovers her sister Bob has fallen prey to an internet catfishing scam. With some help from her acutely intelligent miniature schnauzer, Miss Marple, who's a valued colleague as well as a beloved pet, they set out to find the scammer, who has already fleeced Bob of $500.

'Meanwhile, Ted's next door neighbour, a medium named Chantal, insists she's been getting messages from the spirit world warning her that Ted is in danger. Ted's a rabid non-believer; and she's incensed!

'As Bob's catfishing case takes a series of bizarre twists and turns and the danger from the embezzlement case escalates to murder, Ted may be getting her first taste of serious crime -

'If you love the madcap adventures of Phryne Fisher, you're sure to love Ted Bristol.' (Publication summary)

'Ethel Livesey was quite a gal.

'An attractive young woman from a respectable middle-class family in Manchester, she had over 40 aliases, eight official marriages, four children and five divorces. Her story stretches from industrial England to the French Riviera, from Ireland to New York, Shanghai, New Zealand, the Isle of Man and across Australia. Ethel claimed she was a cotton heiress, wartime nurse, casino hostess, stowaway, artist, opera singer, gambler, spy, close friend of the King, air raid warden, charity queen and even wife of Australian test cricketer Jack Fingleton.

'When her career imploded (with the abandonment of her glittering society marriage in post-war Sydney just two hours before the guests were due to arrive), the story of the Amazing Mrs Livesey was blazoned across newspapers around the world. But what was fact and what was fiction?

'With a prologue by Ethel Livesey's granddaughter, this extraordinary and constantly surprising story of the woman who was possibly Australia’s greatest fraudster is told for the first time in rich and fascinating detail. ' (Publication summary)