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Adam Turner works the mid-dawn shift at his local radio station. From 12am to 6am, it’s his job to fill the airtime with old songs, inane chatter, and the occasional talkback caller. It’s a long way from his prime-time slot from over a decade ago, when he was a star in the making. Now there’s no producers, no billboards, no stakes, and not many listeners. His frequent callers are drunk students headed home from a night out, or long-range truck drivers. He is completely alone in the studio from midnight until dawn every night. And then one night at 12:45am, he gets a different kind of call.

Situated in a beautiful setting abutting the Balarang waterways and located on an acre of natural bushland, this three-bedroom country home is full of promise, character and potential. Featuring private access to the many splendours of Balarang Creek, this idyllic property is perfect for anyone seeking fresh air and serenity. Nostalgic for childhood summers a world away from his manic Melbourne life, Dave Johnson purchases a secluded house in a postcard-perfect coastal town.

Jackie and Pete King have lived in Dunmore for years, running one of the two local pubs in the sleepy little town. Money has been tight after the bushfires, and it’s about to get tighter if they can’t find a way to pay their suppliers to keep their business going and keep the bank from foreclosing on their property. So when Jackie receives a mysterious phone call offering them $100,000 to let someone bury a body on their land, the answer isn’t as simple as they thought it would be.

Set in Indonesia in the 1970s and ’80s, Pip and Zoe’s Amazing Adventures is a collection of short stories inspired by true events. What started out as requests for ‘stories from your mouth’ from the author’s children has now, almost a decade later, become the first collection of stories of Pip and Zoe Cottew’s childhood in Indonesia. Each of these stories are heartfelt love letters to the author’s childhood in Indonesia and the menagerie of animals with whom she grew up.

Deep in the mountains, secrets grow deadly . . . Senior Constable Sally White knows how easily hikers can go missing in Victoria's High Country. But there's something about the disappearance of Louis Taylor, a young man lost up Mount Viking, that's not sitting right with her. Louis was an...

What happens when the person you love is still here–but no longer themselves? When dementia changes memory, identity and behavior, caring can become far more than anyone ever imagined. It is not only forgetfulness or repetition. It can be fear, paranoia, wandering, agitation, aggression, sleepless nights, personality changes, confusion and sudden crises that leave families overwhelmed and alone. These behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD) are often lived privately, hidden behind closed doors, and rarely spoken about honestly.

The Arsonist takes readers inside the hunt for a fire-lighter. After Black Saturday, a February 2009 day marked by 47 degree heat and firestorms, arson squad detectives arrived at a plantation on the edge of a 26,000-hectare burn site. Eleven people had just been killed and hundreds made...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2025 INDIE BOOK AWARD FOR DEBUT FICTION MEET THE EDWARDS FAMILY Tom Edwards is dying, and cranky. He's made his peace with the dying part. But he'd bet his property - the whole ten thousand acres of it - that there'd be no wailing at his funeral. His kids wouldn't be able to...