The Apothecary's Shop by Roberto Tiraboschi
37.00 NZD
Category: General Fiction
In a medieval Venice undone by devastating famine and excessive, orgiastic Carnival festivities of all kinds, the protagonists of The Apothecary's Shop chase a dream of rebirth, the eternal dream of defeating death. The young Costanza, of the noble Grimani family, has disappeared. The family scribe, Ed ...Show more
Maigret and the Headless Corpse : Inspector Maigret #47 by Georges Simenon; Howard Curtis (Translator)
21.00 NZD
Category: General Fiction | Series: Inspector Maigret Ser.
"One of the greatest writers of the twentieth century . . . Simenon was unequaled at making us look inside, though the ability was masked by his brilliance at absorbing us obsessively in his stories." --The GuardianA man's dismembered body is found in a canal, and only Maigret can uncover the killer Whe ...Show more
Ada by Kaz Cooke
37.00 NZD
Category: General Fiction
'A lady dancer, a comedienne, and a comic singer. And the head of my own travelling troupe. The Ada Delroy Company, lately extinct.' Meet Ada. Losing her looks but not her touch, waving a morphia cocktail and holding forth from her bed, she's still got some silks, sequins, a scrapbook, and the story of ...Show more
The Accident on the A35 by Graeme Macrae Burnet
37.00 NZD
Category: General Fiction
From the author of the Man Booker-shortlisted His Bloody Project. The methodical but troubled Chief Inspector Georges Gorski visits the wife of a lawyer killed in a road accident, the accident on the A35. The case is unremarkable, the visit routine. Mme Barthelme-alluring and apparently unmoved by the n ...Show more
Clear to the Horizon by Dave Warner
37.00 NZD
Category: General Fiction | Series: Dave Warner Crime Ser.
In 1999, a number of young women go missing in the Perth suburb of Claremont. One body is discovered. Others are never seen again. Snowy Lane (City of Light) is hired as a private investigator but neither he nor the cops can find the serial killer. Sixteen years later, another case brings Snowy to Broom ...Show more
A Long Way From Home by Peter Carey
37.00 NZD
Category: General Fiction | Reading Level: very good
Irene Bobs loves fast driving. Her husband is the best car salesman in rural south eastern Australia. Together they embark upon the Redex Trial, a brutal car race around the continent, over roads no car can ever quite survive. Set during the 1950s in the dying embers of the British Empire, A Long Way fr ...Show more
Winter by Ali Smith
34.00 NZD
Category: General Fiction | Series: Seasonal Quartet | Reading Level: very good
LONGLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE 2018 The dazzling second novel in Ali Smith's essential Seasonal Quartet -- from the Baileys Prize-winning, Man Booker-shortlisted author of Autumn and How to be both A Book of the Year according to: the Daily Telegraph, the Observer, the Evening Standard, The Times. 'Daz ...Show more
Mythos: A Retelling of the Myths of Ancient Greece by Stephen Fry
37.00 NZD
Category: General Fiction | Reading Level: good-very good
The Greek myths are amongst the best stories ever told, passed down through millennia and inspiring writers and artists as varied as Shakespeare, Michelangelo, James Joyce and Walt Disney. They are embedded deeply in the traditions, tales and cultural DNA of the West. You'll fall in love with Zeus, marv ...Show more
False River: Stories/Essays/Secret Histories by Paula Morris
35.00 NZD
Category: General Fiction | Reading Level: very good
Riffing on truth, lies and secrets, this collection uses fiction to explore fact, and fact to explore fiction. Fictional characters muse upon the truth behind real people, non-fiction pieces contain short interludes of fiction, fiction is written to read like an essay, made-up elements slip into true ac ...Show more
The Tea Gardens by Fiona McIntosh
37.00 NZD
Category: General Fiction
Spirited doctor Isla Fenwick is determined to work at the coalface of medicine in India before committing to life as a dutiful wife. With hopes of making a difference in the world, she sails to Calcutta to set up a midwifery clinic. There she will be forced to question her beliefs, her professionalism a ...Show more
Legacy: Sir Gordon Tietjens; My Story by Gordon Tietjens
40.00 NZD
Category: General Fiction
Gordon 'Titch' Tietjens, pioneer of the global sevens game, is one of New Zealand's greatest ever rugby coaches. His many accolades - including 12 IRB World Series, two IRB Rugby World Cups and four Commonwealth Games gold medals - easily place him alongside the likes of Fred Allen, Brian Lochore, Graha ...Show more
Typhoon Fury: Oregon Files #12 by Clive Cussler; Boyd Morrison
37.00 NZD
Category: General Fiction | Series: Oregon Files Ser.
Juan Cabrillo and the crew of the Oregon are about to sail into a perfect storm of danger. Their mission? To stop a new world war . . .Hired to search for a collection of paintings worth half a billion dollars, Juan Cabrillo soon finds himself in much deeper waters when he discovers the vicious leader o ...Show more