Gillian Long

In 1937, Mark Anders, an Australian photojournalist, heads for the Spanish Civil War intending to expose the truth. He soon finds truth is a slippery fish. Sometimes a man must resort to dirty tricks to achieve his aims, and he must do that before the conflict sets fire to Europe's fragile peace. If you enjoy historical political thrillers such as Munich by Robert Harris, this is the novel for you.

When Harvey Kashton, a billionaire investor in a bauxite mine, is found dead in the gentlemen's withdrawing room of Bancroft House, the housekeeper Susan Ainsworth acts swiftly to prevent a scandal. Yet within days, his death will bring police, spies, and gangsters all traipsing through the gracious old hotel, but they underestimate Susan's ability to deceive and misdirect. That is, until the unassuming intelligence officer, Chris Davis arrives in this wilderness of mirrors.

Dr Jack Fallon is good at his job. He just wants to be left alone to do it. But that's not going to happen, not with people like Tristan Richards calling the shots. Now, Jack is in a race to uncover a global conspiracy, and prevent an unimaginable catastrophe.

When Matt Reid sets out to find the truth about his biological father, he doesn't expect to find family entanglements or the strange and unpredictable Australian woman whom he can't seem to erase from his memory.

Magdalena von Herff barely knows what name to use before men begin to exploit her beauty, intelligence, and talents, but she soon realises that none are there to help her, except perhaps one--her enemy. Becoming Helen is a 1930s tale of deceit, disillusionment, and retribution after a British Intelligence Officer compromises a young German girl into spying on her own country, expecting her to lie, cheat and bed chosen German military targets for the Allied cause. Set in Europe when the world was tilting toward total war, the novel asks what choices did Magdalena have other than to become Helen?

Magdalena von Herff barely knows what name to use before men begin to exploit her beauty, intelligence, and talents, but she soon realises that none are there to help her, except perhaps one-her enemy. Becoming Helen is a 1930s tale of deceit, disillusionment, and retribution after a British Intelligence Officer compromises a young German girl into spying on her own country, expecting her to lie, cheat and bed chosen German military targets for the Allied cause. Set in Europe when the world was tilting toward total war the novel asks what choices did Magdalena have other than to become Helen?

It's the end of the 2020s and Australia struggles under tyranny. The economy has collapsed as terrorism escalates. Conscript Blake Lincoln returns from an endless Middle East war, wounded and a National hero. When he meets Charlotte, all he wants is to have his old life back. Instead, he uncovers secrets that will blow the government apart. Watershed is set in Brisbane, Sydney, and Canberra, and takes in the vast wilderness of Cape York, and the raw beauty of the Kimberly region. It is a story about the insidiousness of political corruption, the dangers of social injustice, the fragility of democracy and the power of family, as one man prepares to abandon all he believes in to save the woman he loves.

It's the end of Mugabe's reign. Factions jockey for power. The scene is set for civil war.Matt Reid an ex British Special Forces soldier arrives in Australia in search of his biological father. He meets Alan Fletcher, a retired war correspondent, whose story about the disappearance of a Rhodesian SAS soldier in 1980, sends Matt off to Zimbabwe on a mission to find the truth. What he doesn't plan is to become a person of interest to a paranoid secret police or to uncover plots of treachery and revenge and a half century old family feud. This is a story about discovering family, falling in love and finding redemption.