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MARCH 2 021 – F ICT ION

Other People’s Houses K E L L I HAWK I NS

Driving Stevie Fracassso BARRY D I VOL A

Jaded music journo Rick McLennan knows his life is going south when he loses his job, his apartment and his long-term girlfriend all on the same day. But then he is thrown a lifeline: a paying gig to drive his ex-rock star brother, Stevie, from Austin, Texas, to New York to play one final gig. One small problem: the brothers have history – they haven’t spoken in thirty years. Rick knows it’s a bad idea. But he’s out of choices. So he gets behind the wheel of a beaten-up 1985 Nissan Stanza and drives towards his destiny. He’s about to find everything he didn’t know he was missing. Released: 03/03/21 TPB | 352pp

Kate Webb still grieves for her young son, ten years after his loss. She spends her weekends hungover, attending open houses on Sydney’s wealthy north shore and imagining the lives of the people who live there. Then Kate visits the Harding house. A photograph captures a kind-looking man, a beautiful woman she once knew from university days, and a boy - a boy that for one heartbreaking moment she believes is her own son. But is it her imagination? As events start to spiral dangerously out of control, could the real threat come from Kate herself?

Released: 03/03/21 TPB | 336pp AU $32.99 NZ $35.99 Imprint: HarperCollins

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AU $32.99 NZ $34.99 Imprint: HarperCollins

Girl in the Walls A . J . GNUS E

Elise knows every inch of the house. She knows which boards will creak. She knows where the gaps are in the walls. It’s home, after all. The home her parents made for her. And home is where you stay, no matter what. Eddie calls the same house his home. Eddie is almost a teenager now. He must no longer believe in the girl he sometimes sees from the corner of his eye. He needs her to disappear. But when his older brother senses her too, they are faced with a question: how do they get rid of someone they aren’t sure even exists?

Ruthless Women ME L AN I E B L AK E Broadcast to millions from its

picturesque location off the coast of Jersey, Falcon Bay was once the world’s most popular soap opera. With ratings now at an all-time low, a new network owner, Madeline Kane, arrives on the private island determined to do whatever it takes to get the show back to number one. Director Farrah, leading lady Catherine and producer Amanda are the driven, ambitious women who’ve been trying to hold the production together. But thanks to their sexy but corrupt boss, Jake Monroe, Farrah is losing episodes to male colleagues, seventy-year-old Catherine is terrified of losing the public’s adoration, and Amanda is battling her desire for a forbidden affair with a handsome new employee. As Madeline’s pressure to revive the show intensifies, she unleashes a true battle of the sexes where the women will do anything to stay in the jobs they love, on the island they call home. Can they team up to bring down their rivals? Or will jealousy, betrayal and revenge rip their friendships apart? As the story reaches its shocking climax, one thing is for certain: only the most ruthless woman will survive ...

Released: 03/03/21 TPB | 384pp AU $29.99 NZ $32.99 Imprint: 4th Estate The Rose Code K AT E QU I NN

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Released: 03/03/21 TPB | 464pp AU $24.99 NZ $27.99 Imprint: Head of Zeus

In 1940,three very different women are recruited to the mysterious Bletchley Park, where the best minds in Britain train to break German military codes. In 1947, on the eve of the royal wedding between Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip, disaster threatens. Osla, Mab and Beth are estranged, their friendship torn apart by secrets and betrayal. Yet now they must race against the clock to crack one final code together, before it’s too late, for them and for their country.

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Released: 03/03/21 TPB | 656pp AU $29.99 NZ $32.99 Imprint: HarperCollins

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Saving Missy B E TH MORR E Y Seventy-nine is too late for a second chance. Isn’t it?

Missy Carmichael is prickly, stubborn – and terribly lonely. Until a chance encounter in the park with two very different women opens the door to something new. Something wonderful. Missy was used to her small, solitary existence, listening to her footsteps echoing around the empty house, the tick-tick-tick of the watching clock. After all, she had made her life her way. Now another life is beckoning to Missy – if she’s brave enough … ‘A touching, deftly written debut that celebrates community and kindness’ Sunday Times

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Released: 03/03/21 BPB | 400pp AU $19.99 NZ $22.99 Imprint: HarperCollins

A Home Like Ours F I ONA LOWE

The Last Goodbye F I ONA LUCAS

A picturesque small town, a cosy community garden, a facade of tolerance and acceptance - but when three women with wildly different loyalties come together, what secrets and lies will be revealed? A timely novel exploring prejudice and privilege, from bestselling Australian author Fiona Lowe.

How can you ever move on, if you can’t let go? A beautiful and poignant story of love, loss and finding hope where you least expect it, perfect for fans of Jojo Moyes and Cecelia Ahern.

Released: 03/03/21 TPB | 400pp AU $29.99 NZ $32.99 Imprint: HQ Fiction

Released: 03/03/21 TPB | 576pp AU $32.99 NZ $35.00 Imprint: HQ Fiction

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The Codebreakers A L L I S I NC L A I R

They will dedicate their lives to their country, but no one will ever know... A compelling story about tenacity and friendship, inspired by the real codebreaking women of Australia’s top-secret Central Bureau in WWII. For readers who love Judy Nunn and Kate Quinn.

Released: 03/03/21 TPB | 352pp AU $29.99 NZ $32.99 Imprint: Mira

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The Jigsaw Man NAD I N E MATH E SON

Will it take a killer to catch the killer? When bodies start washing up along the banks of the River Thames, DI Henley fears it is the work of Peter Olivier, the notorious Jigsaw Killer. But it can’t be him; Olivier is already behind bars, and Henley was the one who put him there. Olivier might be the best chance they have at stopping the copycat killer. But when he learns of the new murders, helping Henley is the last thing on his mind . . .

Released: 03/03/21 TPB | 400pp AU $29.99 NZ $32.99 Imprint: HQ Fiction nadinematheson.com

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F EBRUARY 2 021 – NON - F ICT ION

Dr Karl’s Little Book of Climate Change Science DR K AR L KRUSZ E LN I CK I One of Dr Karl Kruszelnicki’s jobs as

Australia’s most popular science communicator is to answer people’s questions about climate change. Now, in this never dull, easy-to-understand guide Dr Karl explains the science of climate change and how we can fix it (we can!). So when your uncle says (again) that it’s a load of hooey (or an illuminati conspiracy), you can keep your cool and talk like a boss about why it’s getting hotter and what we can do about it. Value(s) MARK CARN E Y What do you value? Why is it that often the things we value the most – from frontline nurses to the natural environment to keeping children well fed and educated – seem of little importance to economic markets? In Value(s) , one of the great financial thinkers of our time examines how economic value and social values became blurred, how we went from living in a market economy to a market society, and how to rethink and rebuild before it’s too late. Released: 17/03/21 BPB | 160pp AU $14.99 NZ $16.99 Imprint: ABC Books drkarl.com.au

My Year of Living Vulnerably R I CK MOR TON In early 2019, Rick Morton, author of acclaimed, bestselling memoir One Hundred Years of Dirt , was diagnosed with Complex Post- Traumatic Stress Disorder – which, as he remarks, is just a fancy way of saying that one of the people who should have loved him the most during childhood didn’t. So, over the course of twelve months, he went on a journey to rediscover love. To get better. Not cured, not fixed. Just, better. This is a book about his journey to betterness, his year of living vulnerably. It’s a book about love. What love is, how we see it, what forms it takes, how we practice it in our lives, what it means to us, and how we really, really can’t live without it, even if, like Rick for many years, we think we can.

Released: 17/03/21 TPB | 288pp AU $34.99 NZ $37.99 Imprint: 4th Estate rickmorton.com.au

Released: 17/03/21 TPB | 624pp AU $34.99 NZ $39.99 Imprint: William Collins

NON - F ICT ION

Liftoff E R I C B E RGE R The dramatic inside story of SpaceX – and Elon Musk – from a shaky start-up into the world’s leading-edge rocket company. In 2006, a brand-new venture called Space X rolled its first, single-engine rocket onto a launch pad at Kwajalein Atoll. After a ground-breaking launch from the middle of the Pacific Ocean, the Falcon 1 rocket, designed by Elon Musk’s engineers, rose in the air for approximately thirty seconds. Then, its engine flamed out, and the rocket crashed back into the ocean. Drawing on unparalleled access and exclusive interviews with dozens of former and current employees – engineers, designers, mechanics, and executives, including Elon Musk – Eric Berger tells the complete story of this foundational generation that transformed SpaceX into the world’s leading space company. Released: 03/03/21 TPB | 288pp

AU $32.99 NZ $37.99 Imprint: William Collins One Last Dance EMMA JAN E HOL ME S

One ANNA JON E S

A sassy, heart-breaking and jaw- dropping memoir of life behind the scenes in a funeral home and strip club, written with all the panache, honesty and sensitivity of Rosie Waterland’s The Anti-Cool Girl and Sarah Krasnostein’s The Trauma Cleaner. Emma Jane Holmes’ debut will take you into the mortuary, cemetery and crematorium - and behind the scenes in night clubs - and answer all the questions you never wanted to ask ...

In this exciting new collection of more then 200 simple recipes, Anna Jones limits the pans and simplifies the ingredients for all-in-one dinners that keep things fast and easy. These super-varied everynight recipes celebrate vegetables and deliver knock-out flavour but without taking much time and energy. One brings together a way of eating that is mindful of the planet. Anna gives you practical advice and shows how every small change in planning, shopping and reducing waste will make a difference.

Released: 03/03/21 TPB | 368pp AU $29.99 NZ $32.99 Imprint: HQ Non-Fiction

Released: 03/03/21 NSH | 336pp AU $49.99 NZ $54.99 Imprint: 4th Estate

annajones.co.uk

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MARCH 2 021 – CHI LDREN’ S & YA

Minecraft Dungeons Sticker Book MOJANG

Are you the hero that will end the reign of the evil Arch-Illager? Journey through the world of Minecraft Dungeons in this exciting sticker and activity book, where you’ll spot dangerous mobs, protect innocent villagers and unleash a horde of heroes to fight back the sprawl of evil. Packed with stickers and activities like mazes, sudokus and spot-the-difference, this book has hours of fun that only a worthy hero will be able to complete.

Released: 03/03/21 PB | 32pp | Ages 7+ AU $14.99 NZ $17.99 Imprint: Egmont

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Skulduggery Pleasant: Apocalypse Kings D E R E K L ANDY

Sticker Dollies: Castle in the Clouds Z ANNA DAV I DSON ( I L L K AT UNO) The fifth title in the Sticker Dollies stories, a fiction series for young readers, inspired by the Sticker Dolly Dressing books, starring three new Doll characters. The Princess Dolls, Sophia, Meera and Olivia, are off to the Castle in the Clouds on the Majestic Isle, for the Cloud Princess’ Grand Welcome Ceremony. But they soon discover not everything is going smoothly. The Cloud Princess says she can’t go through with the ceremony. She is expected to perform a dance and she says she’s a terrible dancer! But if she doesn’t perform, she’ll be lettering down her parents... and her people. Now it’s up to the Princess Dolls to find a solution, and fast.

A brand new novella for World Book Day: a hilarious and thrilling standalone story in the internationally bestselling series, perfect for new readers and essential for Skulduggery fans. Three ancient gods are freed from their prison with only one desire: to destroy the planet and everyone on it. To save us all, Skulduggery Pleasant and Valkyrie Cain must go undercover in a Dublin school. Skulduggery has to blend in with the teaching staff while Valkyrie has to pass for an ordinary schoolgirl. Above all else, no matter what happens, they both must act completely and utterly normal. We are so dead.

Released: 03/03/2021 PB | 128pp | Ages 5+ AU $9.99 NZ $12.99 Imprint: Usborne

Released: 03/03/2021 PB | 96pp | Ages 11+ AU $4.99 NZ $4.99 Imprint: HarperCollins

skulduggerypleasant.co.uk

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What Do You Call Your Grandma? ASH L E I GH BAR TON ( I L L MAR T I NA H E I DUCZ E K ) A love letter to grandmothers and families from every corner of the globe. In every country around the world are grandmas short and tall. Though they go by different names, we love them one and all. This is a charming and heart-warming book that celebrates the many different ways we say grandma.

Released: 17/03/21 HB | 32pp | Ages 4+ AU $19.99 NZ $24.99 Imprint: ABC Books

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This Can Never Not Be Real S E R A M I L ANO A compelling, thrilling yet heartbreaking book for fans of Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine , Jennifer Niven and Holly Jackson. In the unremarkable town of Amberside, the unthinkable has happened: terrorists have attacked a local festival. No one knows why, and no one knows who the attackers are, but that doesn’t matter. What matters first is survival. And what matters after that is survival, too. In this brilliantly written account of hope, humour and humanity, five ordinary teenagers are caught up in a truly extraordinary situation. It’s a heart- pounding and gripping account of the fight for survival, told from multiple perspectives, as the attackers prowl the festival grounds. A book for anyone who needs to see that behind the hate that makes the headlines, there is always love.

The Iron Raven J U L I E K AGAWA ‘You may have heard of me…’

Robin Goodfellow. Puck. Prankster, joker, raven, fool…King Oberon’s right-hand jester from A Midsummer Night’s Dream. The legends are many, but the truth will now be known as never before, as Puck finally tells his own story and faces a threat to the lands of Faery and the human world unlike any before. With the Iron Queen Meghan Chase and her prince consort, Puck’s longtime rival Ash, and allies old and new by his side, Puck begins a fantastical and dangerous adventure not to be missed or forgotten. Filled with myths and faery lore, romance and unfathomable dangers, The Iron Raven is book one of a new epic fantasy trilogy set in the world of The Iron Fey. For fans of Holly Black and Cassandra Clare!

Released: 03/03/2021 PB | 352pp | Ages 14+ AU $16.99 NZ $19.99 Imprint: Egmont

Released: 24/02/2021 BPB | 352pp | Ages 14+ AU $19.99 NZ $22.99 Imprint: HQ Young Adult

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