The story starts strongly, with an opening chapter that intrigues and draws you in.
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Local artisan strikes gold
Zara Toohey has brought a youthful and creative energy to Palm Beach with the opening of her eclectic seaside shopfront.
Honest, complex and brave
Some books make history feel less distant and more human — Inheritors is one of them.
A pretentious, profound year
A reminder that beautiful, cool girls can be unlikeable.
And they still didn’t divorce
Denise Mina’s novel Rizzio is a tale of betrayal.
Bond owes debt to Buchan
John Buchan’s 1915 adventure novel The Thirty Nine Steps
provided the blueprint for thriller and mystery movies made in Hollywood today.
It’s hot: Books in cold storage
Kiama locals Sally Hurley and Michelle Springett are riding the street library trend, providing their community with a rather novel experience.
Reading not a sure-fire cure
Psychologist Renee Ferris explains why reading can be a controversial prescription for patients.
Lump pauses wedding plans
At 25, the only lump Tiana Warner expected to encounter was the rock on her new engagement ring.
False AI charges cause stress
It’s now every man, woman, and Large Language Model for themselves.