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Short stories that conjure up mysteries and wonders in a physical world, treading a delicate, magical line between the natural and the supernatural, between openness and fear.

A tense drama of jealousy and murder centred on a group of archaeologists. Poirot is called in.

Set on the Sussex Downs near the town of Fethering, the Elizabethan house of Bracketts is about to be turned into a museum.

An invitation to a murder turns out to be in deadly earnest, not a practical joke.

Murder and baby abduction. Five boy babies, all less than 3 months old, have been taken. The local C.I.B. have given up, but Inspector Boneparte is determined to solve the case.

The murder of a Melbourne beauty turns David Stuart, journalist and admirer, into a sleuth.

The corpse was lying face down in an open grave... a baffling mystery for all but Hercule Poirot.

A chilling novel about the perils of genetic engineering. Dr Victor Frank creates a superior being through genetically manipulating his own sperm and his wife's egg.

Deeply felt, largely autobiographical, story of two brothers growing up in Melbourne suburbs between the two World Wars. Miles Franklin Award Winner.

Camilla Haven is on holiday alone, and wishes for some excitement.

All his sporting life, Allen Aylett has made history - from a fresh faced teenager in 1952 to a National president of the VFL. Above all, the book is the confession of a football addict.

Australia's most famous comedian reflects on his long journey from childhood to adolescence, and his love-hate relationship with Australia.

The exciting years when `our Glad' was a well-known personality on the Australian stage, and the earlier years of her childhood.

In 1982 the author, an Aboriginal Australian, went back to her Grandmother's birthplace. What began as a tentative search for information ended as an emotional and spiritual pilgrimage.

Audrina, who has lost her memory, wants to be as perfect and as much loved as her dead sister. However, mystery surrounds her sister's death.