Elsie Fitzpatrick has spent decades hiding her past, and the seven-year-old across the road is not helping. Mad Mabel by Sally Hepworth is a mystery with a grump worth rooting for.
The Story Keeper (The Midnight Estate) by Kelly Rimmer is a haunting gothic mystery about family secrets and the power of stories within stories—narrated by Siho Ellsmore. Read my review.
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A remote Australian town with two residents, six empty cottages, and a runway waiting for planes that rarely come—The Big Wait is a quiet ode to hope, hospitality, and life off the grid.
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