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The story of the rock-hard men who ripped fortunes out of the rock-hard mines in the old West.

In 1845 Annie Gibson can finally leave Salem Street. Her dreams of an elegant dressmaking salon in Bilsden, have come true. She is taking her father and the family away from poverty and the Rows.

This novel re-creates the cultural life and landscape of the 1940's in Perth and Melbourne and re-assesses the achievements of the post-war world.

A fantastic tale of high adventure about a band of dwarfs in search of their ancestral hoard of gold, stolen by a dragon.

In this heart-stopper, intrepid sleuth cum reporter Irene Kelly is put to the test when her detective husband is taken hostage.

Kate is stunned when she is fired for suspected embezzlement. Kate returns to Pretenses, the exquisite boutique run by her friend Margo and sister Laura.

In June 1941 a baffling Luftwaffe radio message is picked up by the decoders of Allied intelligence. It mentions a new invention with the codename Freya - the Viking goddess of love.

Deputy Chief Virginia West likes her boss, but when a number of visiting businessmen are murdered in her city by a maniac with a penchant for painting his victims bright orange, she objects to his

Composer Lucas Corinth returns to the Alpine town of his boyhood to be guest of honour at the premiere of his new opera, "The Horn of Roland".

Catherine and Reg Hamlin left Australia in 1959 on a short contract to establish a midwifery school in Ethiopia.

Sexual temptation, homicidal maniacs, car crashes are all part of Stephanie Plum's daily routine. But all that pales into insignificance when Grandma Mazur moves in.

Matthew lies in a hospital bed, wondering what place there is for a blind man in the new social order of a Britain adjusting to post-war austerity.

In the west, one man has the specialised knowledge and equipment to hunt down rogue grizzlies and mountain lions.

Of political treachery and corruption at the top of British government. The Chief Whip uses every means to become Prime Minister.

Twelve short stories, each underlining the remarkable versatility of the writer. Some will make you shift uneasily in your chair, others will give satisfaction.