Australian fiction – Scuffed Granny

Casey’s Island by Patrick Ford

The story of Eamon Casey is a well-told tale of bravery, redemption, revenge and love.

A search for a missing girl takes our heroine, Andie Yates back to Bayswater where she grew up and which holds good and bad memories for her

A tale of three sisters, starting towards the end point and leading us through their lives with all the ups and downs, upsets and triumphs.

Funny with a good-paced narrative, enough mystery to keep you reading and twists to keep you guessing, Ruby Fox’s book is a great read

A magnificent book of war and love and courage and weakness – a tour through the human experience: its emotions, its hesitancies, its losses

Early twentieth century Melbourne is a city of dark corners but Reggie da Costa is there to shine an investigative light in this lively book

A tale of a town and its secrets, set on the coast of Tasmania with caves, storms and beaches and lots of twists and turns towards the truth

A novel set in Australia which is muted in tone but intense in story, with the secrets that families hold at its heart

A story about family, relationships and secrets, told with humour and emotion with all the hallmarks of Moriarty’s entertaining style

A very moving book about Sammy Lou and his brother, Avery, two boys struggling to survive in a world that is hostile to them