MJ. Hyland
Carry Me Down

John Egan lives with his mother, father and grandmother in rural Ireland. He is passionate about the Guinness Book of Records. He believes he has a unique talent and is determined to become a world-famous lie detector-at almost any cost to himself and his family. Carry Me Down is an enthralling psychological thriller about a boy's obsessive and dangerous desire to discover the truth. This powerful story of disturbed love announces M.J. Hyland's arrival as a great writer.

Without Consent
Kathryn Fox

Forensic physician Dr Anya Crichton is on the trail of a serial rapist. When two of the victims are stabbed to death, police suspicion immediately falls upon Geoffrey Willard, recently released from twenty years in prison for the brutal rape and murder of a fourteen-year-old girl. Unravelling the forensic evidence, Anya is confronted with the greatest ethical dilemma of her career. If Willard is innocent, she is about to blow the whistle and destroy a fellow pathologist's reputation. If he is guilty, her involvement has jeopardised the investigation and ensured a rapist-murderer goes free. Only the killer knows that a mistake has been made. One that could prove fatal....

The year is 1932, a year that would expose Australia's hypocrisies and inequalities like no other. Yet it was also a year that would see stories of daunting courage and endurance. With a keen eye for the offbeat but revealing detail, acclaimed author and journalist Gerald Stone takes us on an extraordinary journey through a year unequalled for is drama. Overshadowing all else looms the Great Depression, creating social tensions grave enough to spark fears of civil war. 1932 was truly one hell of a year and with this brilliantly researched account, Gerald Stone turns history into compelling reading at its memorable best.