The True Colour of a Little White Lie
From the author of the best-selling The Hunted comes a book that reminds you just how tough adolescence can be.
After a catastrophic attempt to ask out his crush, fourteen-year-old Nelson is desperate for any chance to escape the daily humiliations of his small-town high school. And with his parents taking over a nearby ski lodge, that chance seems to have arrived. Up at the lodge he discovers a whole new freedom in a world where nobody knows he's a loser and he can be whatever he wants.
But reinvention is complicated, especially when a few white lies land you in the middle of an unexpected love triangle which leads you to sign up for a ski race that you're nowhere near good enough for.
As Nelson's new world spirals out of control, he'll slowly discover that no matter where you are, sometimes the hardest thing to run away from is yourself.
After a catastrophic attempt to ask out his crush, fourteen-year-old Nelson is desperate for any chance to escape the daily humiliations of his small-town high school. And with his parents taking over a nearby ski lodge, that chance seems to have arrived. Up at the lodge he discovers a whole new freedom in a world where nobody knows he's a loser and he can be whatever he wants.
But reinvention is complicated, especially when a few white lies land you in the middle of an unexpected love triangle which leads you to sign up for a ski race that you're nowhere near good enough for.
As Nelson's new world spirals out of control, he'll slowly discover that no matter where you are, sometimes the hardest thing to run away from is yourself.
The Hunted
Nowhere to run, nowhere to hide
Frank is a service station owner on a little-used highway who just wants a quiet life. His granddaughter has been sent to stay with him to fix her attitude, but they don't talk a lot.
When a badly injured young woman arrives at Frank's service station with several cars in pursuit, Frank and a handful of unsuspecting customers are thrust into a life-or-death standoff.
But who are this group of men and women who will go to any lengths for revenge? And what do they want? Other than no survivors ...?
A ferociously fast-paced, filmic, visceral, tense and utterly electric novel, unlike anything you've read before. Set on a lonely, deserted highway, deep in the Australian badlands, The Hunted is white-knuckle suspense matched to the fast-paced adrenaline of a Jack Reacher novel and the creeping menace of Wake in Fright. This is unmissable reading.
Frank is a service station owner on a little-used highway who just wants a quiet life. His granddaughter has been sent to stay with him to fix her attitude, but they don't talk a lot.
When a badly injured young woman arrives at Frank's service station with several cars in pursuit, Frank and a handful of unsuspecting customers are thrust into a life-or-death standoff.
But who are this group of men and women who will go to any lengths for revenge? And what do they want? Other than no survivors ...?
A ferociously fast-paced, filmic, visceral, tense and utterly electric novel, unlike anything you've read before. Set on a lonely, deserted highway, deep in the Australian badlands, The Hunted is white-knuckle suspense matched to the fast-paced adrenaline of a Jack Reacher novel and the creeping menace of Wake in Fright. This is unmissable reading.
Boone Shepard
My name is Boone Shepard. I’m here to set the record straight.
Boone is taking a break from writing for The Chronicle newspaper to hunt down and destroy every last copy of a very rare, very dangerous book. But when his editor calls to demand he investigate a missing persons case deep in the Scottish Highlands he is forced to abandon his personal goals and get back to work. Restless and begrudging, Boone is unprepared when this hunt leads him back to the one story that won’t stop chasing him — his own.
Boone Shepard is the first in a series of four young adult novels following the adventures of an Australian expat, errant journalist and accidental hero. It was shortlisted for the 2017 Readings Young Adult Prize.
"Australia may have just found its new adventurer and his name is Boone Shepard" – Arts Review
"For, at heart, this is a book about the act of creating stories. How events are turned into tales, how those tales then live on and cannot be destroyed, haunt both Boone Shepard and the readers" – Den of Geek
"Perfect for fans of Indiana Jones and Tintin" – Readings
"This is a story to revel in" – Jennie Bales
Boone is taking a break from writing for The Chronicle newspaper to hunt down and destroy every last copy of a very rare, very dangerous book. But when his editor calls to demand he investigate a missing persons case deep in the Scottish Highlands he is forced to abandon his personal goals and get back to work. Restless and begrudging, Boone is unprepared when this hunt leads him back to the one story that won’t stop chasing him — his own.
Boone Shepard is the first in a series of four young adult novels following the adventures of an Australian expat, errant journalist and accidental hero. It was shortlisted for the 2017 Readings Young Adult Prize.
"Australia may have just found its new adventurer and his name is Boone Shepard" – Arts Review
"For, at heart, this is a book about the act of creating stories. How events are turned into tales, how those tales then live on and cannot be destroyed, haunt both Boone Shepard and the readers" – Den of Geek
"Perfect for fans of Indiana Jones and Tintin" – Readings
"This is a story to revel in" – Jennie Bales
Boone Shepard's American Adventure
This is a true story of bravery and villainy in the old west. You might have heard the tale, full of pursuits, conspiracies, gunslingers and duels. You might have heard of the secret gold mines, the mind control, the flying saucers and the rock stars. And maybe you heard about the people mixed up in all this, innocents turned heroes, doing their best to save the world. It wasn't quite that simple.
My name is Boone Shepard. This is what really happened.
Boone Shepard and Promethia Peters are trapped in the 1800s, hiding in New York under the grudging hospitality of one Oscar Wilde, but adventure is about to come knocking. When a teenage girl turns up on their doorstep desperate for help, the strange trio are led on a wild journey across the old west, a journey that may just take them home – provided they survive.
My name is Boone Shepard. This is what really happened.
Boone Shepard and Promethia Peters are trapped in the 1800s, hiding in New York under the grudging hospitality of one Oscar Wilde, but adventure is about to come knocking. When a teenage girl turns up on their doorstep desperate for help, the strange trio are led on a wild journey across the old west, a journey that may just take them home – provided they survive.
Boone Shepard: The Silhouette and the Sacrifice
My name is Boone Shepard. This is the end of my story.
Someone is murdering journalists, and Boone and Promethia have only two days to investigate before the killer strikes again. But their friendship is put to the test as the investigation uncovers ghosts from the past and secrets that should have stayed buried. Are they on the right track, or is there something much bigger going on? Boone must face his past once and for all if he has any hope of putting things right.
In a thrilling conclusion to the Boone Shepard trilogy, The Silhouette and the Sacrifice is an action-packed farewell to the characters readers around the world have come to love.
