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A shadow at the door / Jo Dixon.

No matter the cost ... After a brutal attack and the breakdown of her marriage, life has taught former TV star Remi Lucan that it's safer to not rely on anyone. Instead, she's buried herself in Hobart, transforming her dilapidated sandstone house back to its former splendour, and it has been her proudest achievement. Better than her short-lived acting career. Definitely better than being a smile-on-command trophy wife. But when she runs out of money, her wealthy ex-husband tries to force the sale of the property and Remi realises her only option is to lower her defences and take in tenants. At first her biggest problem is adjusting to the intrusion of two unlikely housemates, but when a series of 'accidents' turns ugly, it becomes clear these incidents are more than pranks. Someone is out to get Remi, and they won't stop until they destroy her...
Author: Dixon, Jo
First Australian paperback edition.
Published: Sydney, NSW : HQ Fiction, 2024.
Published: ©2024
388 pages ; 24 cm
Average rating: (1 review)

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Everyone here is lying / Shari Lapena.

Welcome to Stanhope. A safe neighbourhood. A place for families. On the surface, William Wooler is a family man. But he's been having an affair, an affair that ended horribly this afternoon at a motel up the road. When he returns to his house, devastated and angry, to find his difficult nine-year-old daughter Avery unexpectedly home from school, William loses his temper. Hours later, Avery's family declare her missing. Suddenly Stanhope doesn't feel so safe. And William isn't the only one on his street who's hiding a lie. As witnesses come forward with information that may or may not be true, his neighbours become increasingly unhinged. Who took Avery Wooler? Nothing will prepare you for the truth.
Author: Lapena, Shari, 1960-
Large print edition.
Published: New York : Random House Large Print, [2023]
Published: ©2023.
382 pages (large print) ; 24 cm.
Average rating: (1 review)

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The house of now and then / Jo Dixon.

After a humiliating public scandal, Olivia is hiding from the press in a remote Tasmanian house when an unknown man knocks on her door, seeking Pippa, a woman who once lived there. His father, Jeremy, has died, leaving behind a letter for this mysterious woman. Olivia wants to help, but can she risk revealing her own sordid past? Thirty years earlier, bohemian wild-child Pippa and her best friend Jeremy spend a perfect summer in the house. Pippa falls deeply in love with local boy Leo, and they begin to plan a life of adventure together, much to the displeasure of his conservative and controlling family. One night Leo leaves the house to confront his parents... and is never seen again. As Olivia is drawn into solving the mystery, the unexpected and tragic story of Pippa, Jeremy and Leo is slowly uncovered. At the same time, a path to reclaiming her own life opens, if only she has the courage to take it.
Author: Dixon, Jo
First Australian paperback edition.
Published: Sydney, NSW : Harlequin, 2023.
Published: ©2023.
415 pages ; 24 cm.
Average rating: (1 review)

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Eye for an eye / M.J. Arlidge.

'Emily' is a devoted single mother. 'Jack' starts a new job in a new town. 'Russell' may be falling in love. They all share the same secret: none of them are who they say they are. They are among only nine criminals in the UK who have been granted lifelong anonymity, for their own safety, because of their terrible crimes. But what if someone exposed their true identities to the families of their victims, who are desperate for revenge? Probation officer Olivia Campbell is caught in the crossfire of this unprecedented crisis - and as the hunt for the mole behind it all intensifies, so too does the search for the vigilante killers let loose by the leaks...Everyone is a suspect. Anyone could be a killer. Who deserves justice? And who gets to decide?
Author: Arlidge, M. J
Published: London : Orion, 2023.
Published: ©2023
viii, 534 pages ; 25 cm
Average rating: (1 review)

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Eleven liars / Robert Gold.

Journalist Ben Harper is on his way home when he sees the flames in the churchyard. The derelict community centre is on fire. And a boy is trapped inside. With Ben's help the boy escapes, only to flee the scene before he can be identified. Now the small town of Haddley is abuzz with rumours. Was this an accident, or arson? Then a skeleton is found in the burnt-out foundations. And when the identity of the victim is revealed, Ben is confronted with a crime that is terrifyingly close to home. As he uncovers a web of deceit and destruction that goes back decades, Ben quickly learns that in this small town, everybody is guilty of something.
Author: Gold, Robert (Novelist)
Published: London : Sphere, 2023.
430 pages ; 24 cm.
Ben Harper ; 2.
Average rating: (1 review)

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Twelve secrets / Robert Gold.

Ben Harper's life changed for ever the day his older brother Nick was murdered by two classmates. It was a crime that shocked the nation and catapulted Ben's family and their idyllic hometown, Haddley, into the spotlight. Twenty years on, Ben is one of the best investigative journalists in the country and settled back in Haddley, thanks to the support of its close-knit community. But then a fresh murder case shines new light on his brother's death and throws suspicion on those closest to him. Ben is about to discover that in Haddley no one is as they seem. Everyone has something to hide.
Author: Gold, Robert (Novelist)
Published: London : Sphere, 2022.
Published: ©2022.
439 pages ; 20 cm.
Ben Harper ; 1.
Average rating: (1 review)

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One click / Andrea Mara.

When Lauren takes a photo of a stranger on a beach and shares it online, she has no idea what will come of that single click. Her daughters are surprised that she posted a photo without consent, but it's only when she starts to get anonymous messages about the woman on the beach that she deletes the photo. It's too little too late, and the messages escalate, prompting Lauren to confess to the woman. The woman has her own dark story, one that might explain the messages, but Lauren isn't convinced. Then her ex-husband begins to harass her, telling her she shares too much online and brought this on herself. She's also dealing with other problems. A difficult client at work starts to show up in places he shouldn't be. Her younger daughter is behaving out of character and Lauren can't work out what's wrong. And the cracks are literally beginning to show in her old South Dublin house, mirroring the cracks in her carefully curated life. Meanwhile, the messages from the internet troll become more personal and more vindictive. Her friends feel she should stand up to her stalker, but Lauren isn't so sure. And then she makes one small mistake that brings everything tumbling down.
Author: Mara, Andrea
Published: Dublin, Ireland : Crimson, an imprint of Poolbeg Press Ltd, 2019.
Published: ©2018
v, 343 pages ; 20 cm.
Average rating: (1 review)

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On the bright side : the new secret diary of Hendrik Groen, 85 years old / Hendrik Groen ; translated by Hester Velmans.

85-year-old Hendrik Groen is fed up to his false teeth with coffee mornings and bingo. He dreams of escaping the confines of his care home and practicing hairpin turns on his mobility scooter. Inspired by his fellow members of the recently formed Old-But-Not-Dead Club, he vows to put down his Custard Cream and commit to a spot of octogenarian anarchy. But the care home's Director will not stand for drunken bar crawls, illicit fireworks and geriatric romance on her watch. The Old-But-Not-Dead Club must stick together if they're not to go gently into that good night. Things turn more serious, however, when rumours surface that the home is set for demolition. It's up to Hendrik and the gang to stop it - or drop dead trying.
Author: Groen, Hendrik
Large print edition.
Published: Rearsby, Leicester : WF Howes Ltd, 2019.
Published: ©2017.
475 pages (large print) ; 24 cm.
Secret diary of Hendrik Groen ; 2.
Average rating: (1 review)

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