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The long shadow
The long shadow
BuistAnne
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Psychologist Isabel Harris has come to the outback town of Riley because her husband Dean is assessing the hospital, the hub of the community, with a view to closing it down. Isabel, mostly occupied with her toddler, will run a mother-baby therapy group.

 

Inheritance of secrets

Inheritance of secrets
BatesSonya
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A brutal murder. A wartime promise. A quest for the truth. Kate Furnivall meets Caroline Overington in a gripping, page-turning mystery. No matter how far you run, the past will always find you. Juliet's elderly grandparents are killed in their Adelaide home. Who would commit such a heinous crime...

 

Gathering dark

Gathering dark
FoxCandiceJessica Sanchez ; 1
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A convicted killer. A gifted thief. A vicious crime boss. A disillusioned cop. Together, they're a missing girl's only hope. Dr Blair Harbour, once a wealthy, respected surgeon in Los Angeles, is now an ex-con down on her luck.

 

Where the truth lies

Where the truth lies
KilmoreKarina
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She was slipping away. The further she fell, the closer the clouds seemed to come. Wispy transparent slipstreams of white.

 

The girl she was

The girl she was
FreebornRebecca
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Seventeen-year-old Layla was just like any other teenager in the small town of Glasswater Bay- she studied hard, went out drinking with her friends and worked at the local caf . But when she started having a relationship with her older, married boss, everything changed.

 

Death in the Ladies' Goddess Club

Death in the LadiesGoddess Club
Leatherdale, Julian
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Murder and blackmail, family drama and love, all set within the shady underbelly of 1930s Kings Cross and its glamorous fringe. Inthe murky world of Kings Cross in 1932, aspiring crime writer Joan Linderman and her friend and flatmate Bernice Becker live the wild bohemian life...

 

The sunken road

The sunken road
DisherGarry, 1949-
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At the height of the Great Depression, with farmers walking off the land and the city's creeks lined with kerosene-tin shanties, a young mother is taken by a shark in the shallows at Henley Beach.

 

The devil inside [ebook]

The devil inside [ebook]
HicksD.L.
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In a peaceful coastal town, a young woman is found brutally murdered, a piece of scripture held tightly in her hand. Local detective Charlotte Callaghan is put on the case, and she's glad for the distraction - Gull Bay can be a hard place to keep a secret, and she's holding on to a few. 
 
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