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ID: 376497

Title: Taking Tom Murray Home

Author: Tim Slee

Narrator: Stig Weymss

Format: Unabridged

Length: 07:28:41

Language: English

Release date: 07-22-19

Publisher: HarperAudio

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Historical Fiction, Family Life

Summary:

The winner of the inaugural Banjo Prize, Taking Tom Murray Home is a funny, moving, bittersweet Australian story of fires, families and the restorative power of community.

Bankrupt dairy farmer Tom Murray decides he'd rather sell off his herd and burn down his own house than hand them over to the bank. But something goes tragically wrong, and Tom dies in the blaze. His wife, Dawn, doesn't want him to have died for nothing and decides to hold a funeral procession for Tom as a protest, driving 350 kilometres from Yardley in country Victoria to bury him in Melbourne where he was born. To make a bigger impact she agrees with some neighbours to put his coffin on a horse and cart and take it slow - real slow.But on the night of their departure, someone burns down the local bank. And as the motley funeral procession passes through Victoria, there are more mysterious arson attacks. Dawn has five days to get to Melbourne. Five days, five more towns, and a state ready to explode in flames ...

Told with a laconic, deadpan wit, Taking Tom Murray Home is a timely, thought-provoking, heart-warming, quintessentially Australian story like no other. It's a novel about grief, pain, anger and loss, yes, but it's also about hope - and how community, friends and love trump pain and anger, every time.

'With characters you'll love and who will make you simultaneously laugh and cry, Slee weaves a bittersweet, hilarious and touching story that is sure to find its place as an Australian classic.' Better Reading

'An absolute ripper of a story ...with a madcap cast of characters including farmers, hippies and lots of cops, with moments so funny I had to put the book down to laugh.' Adelaide Advertiser

'It has all the elements of good storytelling, grounded in a clear-eyed understanding of how and why rural Australia is struggling in the 21st century' Sydney Morning Herald

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ID: 380292

Title: When It All Went to Custard

Author: Danielle Hawkins

Narrator: Jessica Grace-Smith

Format: Unabridged

Length: 09:29:30

Language: English

Release date: 07-22-19

Publisher: HarperAudio

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Family Life

Summary:

Odds of saving marriage - slim. Farming expertise - patchy. Chances that it'll all be okay in the end - actually pretty good ...

For those who love Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine, Alexander McCall Smith and novels with heart, soul and a dose of commonsense.

I wasn't enjoying the afternoon of 23 February even before I learnt that my husband was having an affair ...

The news of her husband's infidelity comes as a nasty shock to Jenny Reynolds, part-time building control officer and full-time mother - even though, to her surprise and embarrassment, her first reaction is relief, not anguish. What really hurts is her children's unhappiness at the break-up, and the growing realisation that, alone, she may lose the family farm.

This is the story of the year after Jenny's old life falls apart; of family and farming, pet lambs and geriatric dogs, choko-bearing tenants and Springsteen-esque neighbours. And of just perhaps a second chance at happiness.

PRAISE

'An emotional rollercoaster ride, with a fair serve of humour and wit' Herald Sun

'Funny, hopeful and big-hearted, When It All Went to Custard is a story about family, farming, second chances, and finding your feet. Fans of Marian Keyes, Sophie Kinsella and Cecelia Ahern are guaranteed to love it' Better Reading

'The special treat in store is the witty dialogue, and especially the way Hawkins captures the offbeat things kids say and do, and the insight into small-community, country life' Stuff NZ

PRAISE FOR DANIELLE HAWKINS

'Author Danielle Hawkins ... has a talent for witty and convincing dialogue and this, in particular, gives The Pretty Delicious Cafe verve and humour. She's also a skilled sculptor of characters' Otago Daily Times

'Danielle Hawkins' quirky humour and easy style make [The Pretty Delicious Cafe] a great summer read' Dominion Post

'Utterly delectable with a twist of spice and a touch of zest!' Nicola Moriarty

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ID: 360800

Title: Greasy Bend: A Novel

Author: Kris Lackey

Narrator: Mark Bramhall

Format: Unabridged

Length: 06:28:00

Language: English

Release date: 07-16-19

Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks

Genres: Mystery, Thriller & Horror, Police Stories

Summary:

Tribal policeman Bill Maytubby and Deputy Hannah Bond team up again to solve two gruesome murders in this follow-up to Nails Crossing

In a driving sleet storm, a farmer has discovered a body snagged on cottonwood roots in the Washita River. Johnston County deputy Hannah Bond realizes its her elderly friend, Alice. Meanwhile, at the Golden Play Casino, robbers posing as armored-car guards kill a local stickball hero and friend of Chickasaw Lighthorse Police detective Bill Maytubby.

The trail leads through the quarry-scarred Oklahoma badlands to a remote airstrip and a planeload of drugs and untraceable automatic weapons. Also somehow connected are a shady coin-op vending company; a neo-Nazi compound outside Paris, Texas; and a headless janitor in a train-mangled van. As the net tightens, the smugglers get wind of their pursuers and converge on Maytubby and Bond at Greasy Bend Bridge.

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ID: 585526

Title: Burn

Author: Hannah Pearl

Narrator: Karen Cass

Format: Unabridged

Length: 04:12:33

Language: English

Release date: 07-05-19

Publisher: Bookwire

Genres: Mystery, Thriller & Horror, Suspense

Summary:

Jess has always held a candle for Dex so when he comes back into her life after a school reunion, she couldn't be happier. But something happened to Dex before he mysteriously left the area all those years before something that still gives him terrible nightmares and makes him seem cold and distant. And then there are the rumours rumours that Jess can't bring herself to believe. But when the truth finally comes out, can Jess be the one to help Dex fight the demons from his past before they consume him completely?

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ID: 598637

Title: Over to Candleford

Author: Flora Thompson

Narrator: Karen Cass

Format: Unabridged

Length: 05:20:22

Language: English

Release date: 07-01-19

Publisher: Bookwire

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Classics

Summary:

Now in her early teens, Laura moves to the village of Candleford Green to work in the post office under the tutelage of her cousin Dorcas Lane, and grow into womanhood. In Candleford Green, new ideas and new ways are coming in from the outside world, from Dorcas's famous telegraph machine to the scandalous sight of ladies riding bicycles. There are also new people entering Laura's life: the curmudgeonly old servant Zillah, the grand Sir Thomas, the Irish Harvesters and the ardent young gamekeeper Philip White. As Laura adjusts to this world, the traditions and ways of her country childhood seem further and further away and a different futue beckons.

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ID: 582888

Title: Arsenal Stadium Mystery

Author: Leonard Gribble

Narrator: David Thorpe

Format: Unabridged

Length: 07:07:38

Language: English

Release date: 07-01-19

Publisher: Bookwire

Genres: Mystery, Thriller & Horror, Suspense

Summary:

The 1939 Arsenal side is firing on all cylinders and celebrating a string of victories. They appear unstoppable, but the Trojans a side of amateurs who are on a winning streak of their own may be about to silence the Gunners. Moments into the second half the whistle blows, but not for a goal or penalty. One of the Trojans has collapsed on the pitch. By the end of the day, he is dead. Gribble's unique mystery, featuring the actual Arsenal squad of 1939, sends Inspector Anthony Slade into the world of professional football to investigate a case of deadly foul play on and off the pitch.

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ID: 598689

Title: Lark Rise

Author: Flora Thompson

Narrator: Karen Cass

Format: Unabridged

Length: 09:16:45

Language: English

Release date: 07-01-19

Publisher: Bookwire

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Classics

Summary:

Lark Rise is Flora Thompson's childhood memories of a north Oxfordshire village, the people who lived and worked in it, and a way of life that has totally disappeared. The story is built around Laura and her brother Edmund, through whose eyes are seen 'old Sally,' whose grandfather built the house she lived in before the enclosure of the heathland, children's games, the interaction of village and gentry, and the way in which the seasons governed life.

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ID: 584875

Title: Unseen Hand

Author: Edward Marston

Narrator: Gordon Griffin

Format: Unabridged

Length: 09:23:10

Language: English

Release date: 07-01-19

Publisher: Bookwire

Genres: Mystery, Thriller & Horror, Historical

Summary:

1917. The Lotus Hotel offers sanctuary for its exclusively female clientele, attracting the cream of London's society. But a dead body found in one of its rooms is hardly good for business, and when it is discovered that the woman was neither a guest nor a member of staff, the Lotus's reputation as a safe haven is cast in doubt. Inspector Marmion and Sergeant Keedy are dispatched to look into the events at the hotel and soon suspect foul play. Tangling with a forgetful widower, a wily competitor and the haughty hotel owner, the pair will have to delve into the past to solve this crime in the present.

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ID: 598975

Title: Lord James Harrington and the Solstice Mystery

Author: Lynn Florkiewicz

Narrator: David Thorpe

Format: Unabridged

Length: 09:38:44

Language: English

Release date: 07-01-19

Publisher: Bookwire

Genres: Mystery, Thriller & Horror, Historical

Summary:

Lord James Harrington and his wife, Beth, happen upon a road accident where the driver, Bernard Potter, is seriously injured. While giving first-aid, Potter mumbles concerns about his daughter which James takes as the ramblings of a dying man. But, when visiting Mrs Potter, they realise that her husband, a police constable, was secretly investigating the goings-on at a local commune where his daughter lived. Meanwhile, James' cousin, Herbie, is helping Scotland Yard with an art fraud ring that has extended its reach into Sussex. And, when GJ is approached to be a part of that enterprise, James is drawn into both investigations.

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ID: 598667

Title: Victory for Victoria

Author: Betty Neels

Narrator: Maggie Mash

Format: Unabridged

Length: 07:50:09

Language: English

Release date: 07-01-19

Publisher: Bookwire

Genres: Romance, General

Summary:

Victoria was a very pretty girl, but with three sisters even prettier than she, Victoria had developed a bit of a complex about her looks. So when attractive Alexander van Schuylen made it clear he liked her, she really didn't expect much more from him. How could she, when he was so impressed with her sisters' beauty? But if his feelings for Victoria actually did run deep, she could be in danger of losing him entirely through her own fault.

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