Sewing Moonlight by Kyle Mewburn
Category: Poppies Hot Picks This Month
It's winter of 1928, and young German man Wilhelm Erdinger is left stranded in the remote New Zealand village of Falter's Mill. Wilhelm purchases a piece of land capable of providing the kind of sustainable, self-sufficient life he craves, and a shack he soon begins to call home. Though he is regarded w ...Show more
Return to Blood (#2) by Michael Bennett
Category: New Arrivals
Two murders. Two decades apart. One chance to get justice. Hana Westerman has left Auckland and her career as a detective behind her. Settled in a quiet coastal town, all she wants is a fresh start. The discovery of a skeleton in the dunes near her house changes everything. The remains are those of ...Show more
Black Silk and Sympathy by Deborah Challinor
Category: Poppies Hot Picks This Month | Series: Tatty Crowe Ser.
A dazzling new series from bestselling historical fiction author Deborah Challinor, exploring the fascinating world of Victorian funeral customs and featuring Sydney's first female undertaker. Tatiana Caldwell's childhood in London is idyllic and filled with the love of doting parents. But when they die ...Show more
Take Two by Danielle Hawkins
Category: Poppies Hot Picks This Month
Sometimes, you have to revisit your past to find your future. Laura and Doug were together for ages. Their breakup was just one of those things - she wanted children, he didn't, no hard feelings - at least not until, with their relationship barely cold in its grave, he got his new girlfriend pregnant. ...Show more
The Space Between by Lauren Keenan
Category: NZ Fiction
How do you choose between two sides, when you don't belong on either? Frances is an unmarried Londoner newly landed in colonial Aotearoa at the dawn of the First Taranaki War. Once well-regarded, her family's impressive fall from grace sees them seeking their fortune in a raw, new country and struggling ...Show more
The Night She Fell by Eileen Merriman
Category: NZ Fiction
'When I last saw Ashleigh, she was lying in a pool of blood ... Her eyes were open, staring sightlessly into the sky. I'd like to think she saw the stars before she died; that in her last moments, she flew. Soaring on serotonin, dreamy on dopamine. I'd like to think she didn't suffer...' A beautiful you ...Show more
Bird Child and Other Stories by Patricia Grace
Category: NZ Fiction
Mythology and contemporary Māori life are woven together seamlessly in this spectacular collection by Aotearoa’s foremost short story writer. The titular story ‘Bird Child’ plunges you deep into Te Kore, an ancient time before time. In another, the formidable goddess Mahuika, Keeper of Fire, becomes a d ...Show more
The Call by Gavin Strawhan
Category: NZ Fiction
Winner of the Allen & Unwin Fiction Prize 2023 A brilliant debut crime novel centred on a 501 deportee gang, set in a remote coastal New Zealand townAfter surviving a brutal attack, Auckland cop DS Honey Chalmers has returned to her hometown to care for her mother. The remote coastal settlement of ...Show more
The Secrets of the Little Greek Taverna by Erin Palmisano
Category: NZ Fiction
In a village on the Greek island of Naxos there is a gorgeous guest house and taverna that never opened. Cressida's husband died suddenly three years ago - the taverna was their dream, and she couldn't do it alone. Until Marjory St. James, a young traveller, arrives in the middle of the night and, qui ...Show more
Secrets of the Land by Kate Mahony
Category: NZ Fiction
Imogen Maguire is bewildered when in 2018 she is accosted in a Melbourne Street by a mysterious stranger who says her grandfather in New Zealand needs her help. But her grandfather is dead, isn't he? A former journalist, Imogen decides to investigate and travels to Taranaki where she finds that her gran ...Show more
Light Keeping by Adrienne Jansen
Category: NZ Fiction
A novel about loss and light, about storytelling and the sea. The year is 1977 and a shocking accident sees Robert and Jess suddenly orphaned. Finding refuge with their lighthouse keeper grandparents, they begin to navigate their loss and rebuild their lives. But how secure can this new home be, with th ...Show more