Lainie Anderson

The indomitable Miss Cocks and Ethel Bromley return for Book Two in the bestselling and charmingly cosy Petticoat Police Mystery Series, inspired by one of Australia's first policewomen. Adelaide, September 1917. Six months after solving the Dora Black case, Kate Cocks and Ethel Bromley are back walking the beat. The city is unsettled. Winter won't leave. Soldiers are returning from the Front with broken bodies and troubled souls. And now a powerful board governor has been found dead in the Art Gallery - dumped beneath a scandalous nude painting that has attracted both pious outrage and record crowds. When Ethel receives an anonymous tip, she's elated at being seconded to the Detective Branch. The murder goes to the heart of Adelaide's elite, where this society girl is in her element. Miss Cocks is left grappling with six o'clock swills, shadows in alleyways and a brutal assault on a schoolgirl. She needs Ethel to catch her killer, and quickly. Alas, murder in Adelaide is never a simple affair . . . Inspired by the true story of Australia's pioneering policewoman, Kate Cocks. 'Immersive, well-researched period detective fiction with a pioneering crime-fighting duo whose contrasting methods and personalities add drama and social complexity to each mystery they tackle' THE AGE 'A captivating mix of history and invention, with an unforgettable real-life heroine at its heart. I loved it' VIKKI WAKEFIELD, author of To the River 'There's morality, art, history - a really engaging read. It's quite extraordinary' ABC THE BOOKSHELF 'Vivid. Refreshing. Propulsive and engaging. These books are such fun, and perfect for anyone who loved Sulari Gentill's Rowland Sinclair series, or Robert Gott's William Power and Titus Lambert books' READINGS 'All the genius of the perfect cosy crime: characters to fall in love with and sumptuous attention to detail, blended with gruesome death and bleak truth. Thank goodness Kate and Ethel are back' MICHELLE PRAK, author of The Rush

The irresistibly charming and cosy first novel in the bestselling Petticoat Police Mystery series, inspired by the true story of Australia's pioneering policewoman, Kate Cocks 'An outstanding debut - funny, poignant, historically fascinating, and an absorbingly good crime read - The Death of Dora Black keeps you guessing to the very end' PIP WILLIAMS Summer, Adelaide, 1917. The impeccably dressed Miss Kate Cocks might look more like a schoolmistress than a policewoman, but don't let that fool you. She's a household name, wrangling wayward husbands into repentance, seeing through deceptive clairvoyants, and rescuing young women (whether they like it or not) with the help of a five-foot cane and her sassy junior constable, Ethel Bromley. When shop assistant Dora Black is found dead on a city beach, Miss Cocks and Ethel are ordered to stay out of the investigation and leave it to the men. But when Dora's workmate goes missing soon after, the women suspect something sinister, and determine to take matters into their own hands. After all, who knows Adelaide better than the indomitable Miss Cocks? 'The perfect cosy read. How refreshing to read historical crime fiction set in Adelaide during the Great War and focused on women' ANGELA SAVAGE 'Will have you engrossed and addictively flipping those pages' DAILY TELEGRAPH 'Armchair detectives will love this debut novel' WOMAN'S DAY 'Engrossing and entertaining . . . Anderson is an accomplished storyteller and she has crafted a cosy crime read that is equal parts intriguing mystery and fascinating historical study' BOOKS+PUBLISHING 'There is something profoundly addictive about Anderson's writing. It's warm, fast-paced and full of rich details that make it feel as though the story is oozing off the pages . . . Stunningly thought-out and accurately detailed' BETTER READING

The explosive final installment of the Unseen Midlife.Jen Johnson must figure out how to save the future of the Leyak babies. Can she and Riley work together to save the babies? Or will they have to surrender them?New enemies appear and old ones will walk through fire to redeem themselves. Jen faces an unexpected obstacle in the form of an infant while coming to grips with her heritage and the new loves in her life.The series is finally ending, and what a smashing conclusion it is. Don't miss this long-awaited final installment of The Unseen.

Full-on mama bear mode doesn't even begin to describe it.When my unfairly sexy enemy tells me that the supernatural is real and my missing sons are alive, I must find them. I don't even care that I'm supposed to be some magical creature too. All I care about is my family.The hunt is on, but I'm not the only one doing the hunting. There's an evil I never dreamed of that wants me to enact their plan to wipe out the world. Who'd have thought I'd be a 40-year-old chosen one?Teaming up with two temptingly hot vampires and a sexy shifter to find a family I haven't seen in five years hardly seems like the best idea, but beggars can't be choosers, and I'm determined.Who ever dreamed that I'd find new love and family on the way to rescue the old? Grab this steamy why choose series and explore a world of archaic rules, intrigue, and romance. Follow Riley's adventures, and then even more fun with the interconnected duet of Jen's story. If you love found family, enemies to lovers, and dominant men, you'll love this reverse harem complete series.

Jen Johnson loves to read about supernatural creatures. She's always dreamed of climbing into the pages of her books to become a vampire or werewolf. Imagine her surprise when she spontaneously turns into a flying dragon. It's a dream come true, right?Alexander, leader of all of the Fae and his cousin Roan try to help her acclimate to her new life, but it isn't until she meets Doryu, a gorgeous Dragon shifter, that things start to get interesting.And what is going on in the town? Some of those people aren't what they seem. If Jen sticks her nose where it doesn't belong, maybe she'll get some answers the Unseen world needs. And maybe her nosiness will only get her heart broken.

Several months after the heartbreaking events in the ruins of the Isla Del Sol, all Riley wants is to resolve her complicated past and move on with life.Pregnant, married, and safe, she never expects to be kidnapped while on vacation with her husbands.Her kidnappers open her eyes to a dangerous threat to her baby's entire existence. Her children's safety is her top priority, and Riley will stop at nothing to achieve it. Is she strong enough to save her family?

At thirty-seven, the worst possible thing happened. Now, at forty-two, Riley has nearly given up.Five years ago, my world was turned upside down when my husband and sons disappeared without a trace. I mourned, I searched, and when I got no answers, I began to prepare.Nobody will catch me vulnerable again.I was wrong to think my life couldn't get any crazier. Now there are two vampires at my door telling me my missing family wasn't human...and neither am I. I have a chance to regain everything I've lost. But first, I have to find the truth about my heritage, all while fighting the overwhelming attraction I have for my missing husband's best friends.No matter what, my mourning is done. My life is in my control again. And I will burn the world to the ground to get my family back.

The First World War is over and air mechanic Wally Shiers has promised to return home to his fiancee, Helena Alford. But Wally never reckoned on charismatic fighter pilot Ross Smith, and an invitation to compete in the world's most audacious air race.A 10,000 prize has been offered for the first airmen to fly from England to Australia. Smith is banking on an open-cockpit Vickers Vimy, a biplane with a fuselage that looks ominously like a coffin.And who can resist a hero? Wally writes to Helena to say he won't be home for another year - and the love of his life is left holding her hand-stitched wedding dress ]Using war diaries, letters and Churchill Fellowship research from along the race route, Long Flight Home recreates one of the most important - and largely forgotten - chapters in world aviation history.Lainie Anderson's ambitious and moving novel is told through her narrator, Wally Shiers. The tale spans the decades and crosses the globe, and at his journey's end we're left peering down from an open cockpit on two beacons of truth. There is no heroism without honour. There is no legacy without love.