MAR2018_(3)

FI CT I ON MARCH 2018

9780008207113 | AU $27.99 NZ $29.99 Trade Paperback | 400pp | Released: 08/03/18 Money in the Morgue N G A I O MA R S H & S T E L L A DU F F Y ‘The finest writer in the English language of the pure, classical puzzle whodunit. Among the crime queens, Ngaio Marsh stands out as an Empress’ The Sun

I’ll Be Your Blue Sky MA R I S A D E LO S S A N T O S

9780062838612 | AU $32.99 NZ $35.00 Trade Paperback | 320pp | Released: 19/02/18

The New York Times bestselling author revisits the characters from her beloved novels Love Walked In and Belong to Me in this captivating, beautifully written drama involving family, friendship, secrets, sacrifice, courage and true love. For fans of Jojo Moyes, Elin Hilderbrand, and Nancy Thayer. Shifting between the 1950s and the present and told in the alternating voices of two characters, Edith and Clare, I’ll Be Your Blue Sky is vintage Marisa de los Santos — an emotionally evocative novel that probes the deepest recesses of the human heart and illuminates the tender connections that bind our lives. ‘A satisfying novel about friends rediscovering one another — and confronting unwelcome truths — at their college reunion’ People ‘Readers who enjoy the connection forged through the ties of family and friendships should find much to savour in de los Santos’s comforting, leisurely paced novel’ Library Journal Praise for Marisa’s novels:

In 1945, Ngaio Marsh put aside a new book, Money in the Morgue , after writing just the opening chapters. Stella Duffy’s masterful completion of this unfinished novel celebrates both the style and substance of Dame Ngaio’s accomplished storytelling and will delight both fans of the Inspector Alleyn Mysteries and new readers who, through this book, are about to discover them for the first time … Dame Ngaio Marsh was born in New Zealand in 1895 and died in February 1982. She wrote over 30 detective novels and was famously the first author to publish a million copies on a single day. Stella Duffy OBE, is an award-winning writer and theatre maker who was born in London and spent her childhood in New Zealand. She has written 16 novels, both literary and crime, as well as 50 short stories and 10 plays. She is the founder and co- director of the Fun Palaces campaign, and was awarded an OBE in 2016 for services to the arts.

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All the Beautiful Girls E L I Z A B E T H J . C H U R C H

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9780008267940 | AU $29.99 NZ $35.00 Trade Paperback | 368pp | Released: 06/03/18 The dazzling, powerful story of a gutsy showgirl who tries to conquer her past amongst the glamour of 1960s Las Vegas — finding unexpected fortune, friendship and love.

9780008263348 | AU $22.99 NZ $25.00 Paperback | 208pp | Released: 19/02/18 Annihilation Film-Tie-In J E F F VA N D E RM E E R

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Now a major motion-picture directed by Alex Garland and starring Natalie Portman, Jennifer Jason Leigh and Oscar Isaac, due for release in 2018.

In the summer of 1968, Ruby Wilde is the toast of Las Vegas. Showgirl of the Year, in her feathers and rhinestones, five-inch heels and sky-high headdresses, she mesmerises audiences from the Tropicana to the Stardust. Ratpackers and movie stars, gamblers and astronauts vie for her attention and shower her with gifts. But not so long ago Ruby Wilde was Lily Decker from Kansas: an orphaned girl determined to dance her way out of her troubled past. Now, as Ruby Wilde, the ultimate Sin City success story, she discovers that the glare of the spotlight cannot banish the shadows that haunt her. As the years pass and Ruby continues to search for freedom, for love and, most importantly, for herself, she must learn the difference between all that glitters and what is truly gold.

The first volume of the extraordinary Southern Reach trilogy.

Welcome to Area X. An Edenic wilderness, an environmental disaster zone, a mystery for thirty years.

The Southern Reach, a secretive government agency, has sent 11 expeditions to investigate Area X. One has ended in mass suicide, another in a hail of gunfire, the 11th in a fatal cancer epidemic.

Now four women embark on the 12th expedition into the unknown.

‘Creepy and fascinating’ Stephen King

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