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A PR I L 2 02 0 – F ICT ION

Sheerwater L E AH SWANN

Devoted D E AN KOONT Z

Ava and her two young sons, Max and Teddy, are driving to their new home in Sheerwater, hopeful of making a fresh start in a new town, although Ava can’t but help keep looking over her shoulder. They’re almost at their destination when they witness a shocking accident. Ava stops to help but when she gets back to the car, she realises that among the smoke, fire and confusion, her sons have gone missing...

‘Readers who were wondering how Koontz could possibly follow up his remarkable Jane Hawk series can breathe a sigh of relief. His new novel finds him still at the top of his game ... Scary, sickening (in that good way), and touching, this is a novel that will delight both the author’s legion of fans and those who finally decide it’s time to find out what this guy Koontz is all about.’ Booklist

Released: 06/04/20 TPB | 384pp

Released: 23/03/20 TPB | 320pp AU $32.99 NZ $35.00 Imprint: 4th Estate Publicity contact: Lucy Inglis lucy.inglis@harpercollins.com.au

AU $32.99 NZ $35.00 Imprint: HarperCollins Publicity contact: Kimberley Allsopp kimberley.allsopp@harpercollins.com.au

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Broken DON WI NS LOW

The Woman In The Window Film Tie In A . J . F I NN The number one bestseller, soon to be a major motion picture featuring Amy Adams, Julianne Moore and Gary Oldman. ‘Astounding. Thrilling. Amazing’ Gillian Flynn ‘One of those rare books that really is unputdownable’ Stephen King

A riveting collection of six short novels from the New York Times bestselling author of The Force and The Border . ‘He’s a master’ Michael Connelly ‘One of the best in the field ... a writer for whom nuance and multiple levels are articles of faith’ Independent

Released: 06/04/20 TPB | 352pp

AU $32.99 NZ $35.00 Imprint: HarperCollins Publicity contact: Kimberley Allsopp kimberley.allsopp@harpercollins.com.au

Released: 02/04/20 TPB | 448pp

AU $19.99 NZ $22.99 Imprint: HarperCollins Publicity contact: Lara Wallace lara.wallace@harpercollins.com.au

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The Gilded Cage CAM I L L A L ACKB E RG People would kill to have Faye Adelheim’s life. She has a gorgeous husband who gives her everything she’s ever wanted, she has an adorable daughter who lights up her world. Faye’s life is perfect. So how is it, then, that she now finds herself in a police station? The truth is that Faye’s life is far from what it seems.

Monstrous Heart C L A I R E Mc K E NNA

Arden Beacon arrives in the salt-swept port of Vigil with a job to do. Tasked with using the magic in her blood to keep the lighthouse burning, she needs to prove herself worthy of her family name and her ancestors’ profession. But the coastline Arden must keep alight – battered by a sea teeming with colossal, ancient beasts – is far from the cultured, urban world she knows.

Released: 23/03/20 TPB | 400pp

Released: 23/03/20 TPB | 352pp

AU $29.99 NZ $32.99 Imprint: HarperCollins Publicity contact: Lara Wallace lara.wallace@harpercollins.com.au

AU $29.99 NZ $32.99 Imprint: HarperCollins Publicity contact: Lara Wallace lara.wallace@harpercollins.com.au

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Strangers C . L . TAYLOR

The Long Road Home F I ONA MCCA L LUM

Ursula, Gareth and Alice have never met before. Ursula thinks she killed the love of her life. Gareth’s been receiving strange postcards. And Alice is being stalked. None of them are used to relying on others – but when their lives unexpectedly collide, they have to stick together. Otherwise, one of them will die.

You can’t find where you truly belong until you discover who you really are... From Australia’s master storyteller comes an inspiring story about how when your life falls apart sometimes help can be found where you least expect it.

Released: 23/03/20 TPB | 432pp

Released: 23/03/20 TPB | 352pp

AU $32.99 NZ $35.00 Imprint: HarperCollins Publicity contact: Natika Palka natika.palka@harpercollins.com.au

AU $29.99 NZ $32.99 Imprint: HarperCollins Publicity contact: Lara Wallace lara.wallace@harpercollins.com.au

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Where Fortune Lies MARY- ANN E O’ CONNOR

Released: 23/03/20 TPB | 464pp AU $32.99 NZ $35.00 Imprint: HQ Fiction Publicity contact: Natika Palka natika.palka@harpercollins.com.au You can choose your friends, but you can’t choose your neighbours. (Trad. proverb, origin: Australian suburbia) The End of Cuthbert Close CAS S I E HAME R From bestselling author Cassie Hamer, comes a hilarious tale of warring neighbours in Australian suburbia, with a mystery at its heart.

Released: 23/03/20 TPB | 416pp AU $32.99 NZ $35.00 Imprint: HQ Fiction Publicity contact: Natika Palka natika.palka@harpercollins.com.au from a bestselling Australian author. For fans of Nicole Alexander, Colleen McCullough, and Fiona McIntosh. An epic and lyrical tale of love, adventure and gambled fortunes that ranges from the wild cloaked woodlands of Ireland to the Victorian Alps of colonial Australia

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A PR I L 2 02 0 – NON - F ICT ION

Phosphorescence J U L I A BA I RD A beautiful, intimate and inspiring investigation into how we can find and nurture within ourselves that essential quality of internal happiness - the ‘light within’ that Julia Baird calls ‘phosphorescence’ - which will sustain us even through the darkest times.

Think Like A Monk JAY SH E T T Y

Released: 23/03/20 NSH | 320pp AU $32.99 NZ $36.99 Imprint: 4th Estate Publicity contact: Alice Wood alice.wood@harpercollins.com.au

Released: 14/04/20 TPB | 320pp AU $32.99 NZ $36.99 Imprint: Thorsons Publicity contact: Lara Wallace lara.wallace@harpercollins.com.au a Monk reveals how to overcome negative thoughts and habits, and access the calm and purpose that lie within all of us. In this inspiring, empowering book, Shetty draws on his time as a monk in the Vedic tradition to show us how we can clear the roadblocks to our potential and power. Drawing on ancient wisdom and his own experiences in the ashram, Think Like

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Eat Like The Animals DAV I D R AU B E NH E I ME R AND S T E PH E N J . S I MPSON Mixing a nutritionally balanced diet, with a precise ratio of protein to carbohydrate, seems daunting, but animals, from apes to cockroaches, all manage it instinctively. It comes down to the essential role of appetite to communicate the body’s needs to the brain. Humans have this ability too, but our appetites have been hijacked in the modern food environment, causing obesity and the serious diseases that come with it.

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Released: 23/03/20 TPB | 256pp

AU $29.99 NZ $32.99 Imprint: HarperCollins Publicity contact: Brendan Fredericks brendan@bfrederickspr.com

NON - F ICT ION

The Ghost and The Bounty Hunter ADAM COU R T E NAY

Released: 23/03/20 TPB | 320pp AU $32.99 NZ $36.99 Imprint: 4th Estate Publicity contact: Lara Wallace lara.wallace@harpercollins.com.au Princess Margaret comes a fascinating, hilarious, kaleidoscopic biography of the Fab Four. CR A I G BROWN On 10 April 2020, it will be exactly 50 years since Paul McCartney announced the break-up of The Beatles. From the award-winning author of Ma’am Darling: 99 Glimpses of 1-2-3-4: The Beatles in Time

In late 1803, convict William Buckley fled an embryonic settlement in the land of the Kulin nation (now the Port Phillip area), to take his chances in the wilderness. A few months later, the local Aboriginal people found the six-foot-five former soldier near death. Believing he was a lost kinsman returned from the dead, they took him in, and for 32 years Buckley lived as a Wadawurrung man, learning his adopted tribe’s language, skills and methods to survive.

Released: 23/03/20 NSP | 320pp AU $29.99 NZ $35.00 Imprint: ABC Books Publicity contact: Georgia Williams georgia.williams@harpercollins.com.au

A PR I L 2 02 0 – CHI LDREN’ S & YA

Ruby Red Shoes: My Wonderful Grandmother K AT E KNAPP Let Ruby welcome you into her world as she tells you all the wonderful things about her grandmother. What’s wonderful about my grandmother is she wears x-ray spectacles. She can see deep inside me and knows just what I’m feeling. Ruby Red Shoes is an aware hare who lives in a colourful caravan with her grandmother, Babushka Galina Galushka. Ruby loves her grandmother very much and thinks she is wonderful for all sorts of very special reasons. What’s wonderful about your grandmother? twigseeds.com

Released: 23/03/20 NSH | 32pp | Ages 3+ AU $19.99 NZ $24.99 Imprint: HarperCollins Publicity contact: Michelle Weisz michelle.weisz@harpercollins.com.au

CH I LDR EN ’ S & YA

Night of the Dragon

How to Grow a Family Tree E L I Z A H E NRY JON E S Stella may only be 17, but having read every self-help book she can find means she knows a thing or two about helping people. She wasn’t expecting to be the one in need of help, though. Thanks to her father’s gambling addiction, Stella and her family now find themselves living at a caravan park. And hiding this truth from her friends is hard enough without dealing with another secret.

J U L I E K AGAWA Master storyteller Julie Kagawa concludes the enthralling journey into the heart of the fantastical Empire of Iwagoto in the third book of the Shadow of the Fox trilogy. As darkness descends and chaos reigns, a fierce kitsune and her shadowy protector will face down the greatest evil of all.

Released: 31/03/20 BPB | 400pp | Young Adult AU $19.99 NZ $22.99 Imprint: HQ Young Adult Publicity contact: Eloise Plant eloise.plant@harpercollins.com.au

Released: 23/03/20 BPB | 336pp

AU $22.99 NZ $24.99 Imprint: HarperCollins Publicity contact: Michelle Weisz michelle.weisz@harpercollins.com.au

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Lilies, Lies and Love JACK I E F R E NCH

Wink! ROB HARR E L L

In 1936 the new King Edward VIII wishes to marry American divorcee, and suspected German agent, Wallis Simpson. Can Miss Lily’s most successful protege, Sophie Vaile, seduce the new king, prevent his marriage, and turn him from fascism? And if a man can sacrifice his life for his country, should a woman hesitate to sacrifice her honour? Based on new correspondence found in German archives, Lilies, Love and Lies is a work of fiction. Or is it?

Surviving school with one eye open. Ross Maloy just wants to fit in. But after he is diagnosed with a rare eye cancer in Year Seven, he suddenly becomes the ‘cancer kid’ of his school. Now he has to deal with weird hats, a squinty eye and - hardest of all - disappearing friends, social media bullies, and the threat of losing his eyesight ... or worse.

Released: 23/03/20 BPB | 320pp

AU $19.99 NZ $24.99 Imprint: HarperCollins Publicity contact: Michelle Weisz michelle.weisz@harpercollins.com.au

Released: 23/03/20 TPB | 336pp

AU $29.99 NZ $29.99 Imprint: HarperCollins Publicity contact: Michelle Weisz michelle.weisz@harpercollins.com.au

robharrell.com

jackiefrench.com

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