"When a catastrophic wildfire suddenly rips through a woman's hometown, she thinks she is lucky to have survived...until she finds a dead woman in her driveway, clutching a piece of paper with her name on it.... Alison is alive. She rode out the fire on the damp tiles of her bathroom, her entire body swaddled in a wet woolen blanket. The flames crackled around her, the bitter char of eucalyptus settling in the back of her throat. The wildfire devastated...

As the exciting adventures continue in George Mann's steampunk mystery series, Sir Maurice Newbury is in a race against time to fetch a clockwork heart for his trusty assistant Veronica Hobbes, a journey that will take him and Veronica's sister, Amelia, across Europe to St. Petersberg. No sooner do they take off then sinister goings-on start to plague the train, and it is discovered that an old villain, thought dead, is also on board and seeking revenge....

"They were inescapable, the tensions of the adult world--the fraught and febrile aura that surrounded Ishtar and those in her orbit, that whined and creaked like a wire pulled too tight." It is the winter of 1985. Hope Farm sticks out of the ragged landscape like a decaying tooth, its weatherboard walls sagging into the undergrowth. Silver's mother, Ishtar, has fallen for the charismatic Miller, and the three of them have moved to the rural hippie...

"Back in 1853, one game of poker changed the fortunes of two families forever. 2018. The wedding of Christie Ryan and Martin Blake is only weeks away and River's End is buzzing with excitement. But when a stranger arrives at Palmerston House, a new mystery arises. How does he know so much about the Ryan family, and what do a nineteenth century diary, a grandfather clock, and an old key have in common? As a dangerous plot unfolds, long hidden secrets...

"A hot summer Christmas Day is just around the corner in the Australian seaside town of River's End. Beachside BBQs and sumptuous dinners are on the menu. But Martha Blake is like a dog with a bone, determined to solve the last of the cottage mysteries. She and great-niece Christie begin a secret investigation. Meanwhile, Thomas is busy with his own clues and enlists a reluctant Martin. At Palmerston House, loving new couple Elizabeth and Angus face...