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6 y separately published work icon Legacy Tamara McKinley , London : Hodder and Stoughton , 2009 19577214 2009 single work novel

'Ruby and her new husband James brave a long and treacherous journey to start their new life in Australia. Meanwhile, there are other new arrivals to Australian shores: a Tahitian with a mysterious past, a naive young schoolmistress, and an English aristocrat, all unaware that their destinies are irrevocably intertwined.' (Publication summary)

2 37 y separately published work icon The Newspaper of Claremont Street : A Novel Elizabeth Jolley , Fremantle : Fremantle Press , 1981 Z183775 1981 single work novel

'Weekly, nicknamed The Newspaper, cleans the houses on Claremont Street, spreading the neighbourhood gossip as she works. No one knows or cares where Weekly goes in her spare time, or what she dreams of at night – no one, that is, until Nastasya discovers her secret.' (Publication summary)

4 y separately published work icon What Happened to the Corbetts Nevil Shute , London : Heinemann , 1939 Z836919 1939 single work novel
13 1 y separately published work icon The Big Story Morris West , London Melbourne : Heinemann , 1957 Z528257 1957 single work novel

'Richard Ashley is a journalist who cares about the truth, and he's about to break the greatest story of his career.

'Italy's ruling clique is rotten to the core. A scandal centred around Vittorio, Duke of Orgagna, points to a web of corruption and deceit emanating from his estate in the south.

'But Ashley finds that the truth is not all it seems when he falls in love with Orgagna's wife. Everything is more complicated, more passionate, than before—and tainted by death. Suddenly Ashley's greatest story threatens to be his last.'

Source: Publisher's blurb (Allen & Unwin, 2017).

5 y separately published work icon So Disdained Nevil Shute , London : Cassell , 1928 Z98210 1928 single work novel
7 y separately published work icon Landfall : A Channel Story Nevil Shute , London : Heinemann , 1940 Z98803 1940 single work novel
18 1 y separately published work icon Pied Piper Nevil Shute , London : Heinemann , 1942 Z522553 1942 single work novel
— Appears in: Krysolov. Na Berugu 1991;

'John Howard is determined to brighten up his old age by taking a fishing trip to France. However, during his stay the Nazis invade and he is forced to try to escape back to England with the two small children of some friends who are forced to stay behind in order to help the Allied war effort. As the conflict grows closer the roads become impassable and Howard also comes across five more children who need his help. He ends up leading this motley group of youngsters through the French countryside, constantly beset by danger yet heroically protecting his charges.'

Source: Publisher's blurb (2009 Vintage ed.).

10 y separately published work icon Pastoral Nevil Shute , London : Heinemann , 1944 Z1416061 1944 single work novel
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