The story takes place over a single rainy day in Sydney. It follows Ester, a family therapist whose own family life is fractured, and her relationships with her sister April, ex-husband Lawrence, and mother Hilary.The title is a translation of the French expression l'heure entre chien et loup ("the hour between dog and wolf"), referring to the twilight hour when a dog might be mistaken for a wolf.
This collection features 19 dark, short stories set in various neighbourhoods of Dublin, exploring the grit beneath the city's "Celtic Tiger" economic boom
Set on a crumbling space station called "Outer Earth" that houses the last million survivors of humanity. The story follows Riley Hale, a "tracer" (high-speed courier), who becomes entangled in a deadly conspiracy after witnessing a horrific secret inside one of her packages.
The novel follows two main characters whose lives are connected by a shared family history and a mythical land called Isidora, where nothing is ever forgotten.Â
Seth Waller: A 15-year-old "science nerd" from Austin, Texas, who begins investigating his mother’s early-onset Alzheimer’s. His quest leads him to uncover surprising truths about his family's past.
Abel Haggard: An elderly, reclusive hunchback living on a family farm outside Dallas. He reflects on his lost love, Mae, and holds the key to the family's secrets.
The story follows the four lifelong friends during their fourth summer apart, as the "Traveling Pants" begin to show signs of wear with unraveled embroidery and fraying hems.
According to World of Books, the novel follows private investigator Philip Marlowe as he is hired by a "dried-up husk of a woman" to recover a rare gold coin known as the Brasher Doubloon. Marlowe soon discovers that anyone who handles the coin ends up dead, leading him through a trail of corpses in Los Angeles.
The story follows brothers Damian and Anthony, who find a bag of money after a train robbery. They must spend it within a few days before Britain switches to the Euro and the currency becomes worthless. The brothers are torn between spending it on trivial luxuries like pizza or using it for virtuous causes like ending world poverty.
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Fifteen-year-old Lara Ritchie is sent to live in the remote Australian bush with the father she barely remembers and his new family after her mother dies of cancer. Lara finds herself an unwelcome intruder in a struggling household with a hostile stepmother, Gladwyn, and her four half-siblings. She faces further challenges from a school bully named Gowd Gadrey.Lara's only solace comes from the mysterious appearance of a beautiful dog during a thunderstorm, which she names Thunderwith. This special bond helps her cope with her isolation and grief, and the dog becomes a symbol of hope and strength for her. The novel, which was inspired by a real-life experience of the author in the Wallingat rainforest, weaves in elements of Aboriginal folklore and vivid descriptions of the Australian wilderness.
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