Infused with gentle optimism, these fifteen uncompromising stories explore themes of sacrifice and hope in domestic relationships.Mum and Nan struggle to contrive a sense of normal family life in the emotionally charged environment of a women's shelter. A visual artist faces the return of her wayward daughter, who brings home her new boyfriend, the lumbering behemoth, Zol. A bereaved woman lies restless and alone in bed, her thoughts troubled by the cries of the dog locked in next door's laundry.At once dark, poignant and witty, All Because of You depicts intimately and honestly the travails and heroic responses of women and men confronting the pith of their lives.

At the dawn of World War Two, German-born nurse Emma Taylor sits by the bedside of a Jewish heiress in London as she reminisces over her dear friend, Oscar Wilde.As the story of Wilde unravels, so does Emma's past. What really happened to her husband?She's taken back to her days in Singapore on the eve of World War One. To her disappointing marriage to a British export agent, her struggle to fit into colonial life and the need to hide her true identity.Emma is caught up in history, the highs, the lows, the adventures. A deadly mutiny, terrifying rice riots and a confrontation with the Ku Klux Klan bring home, for all migrants, the fragility of belonging.

On a winter's day in the Dandenong Ranges of Australia, pianist Ginny returns home to her eccentric mother, Harriet, trying to find out the truth about her father's disappearance. In an effort to distract her daughter's interrogations, Harriet proposes they collaborate on an exhibition of paintings and songs.Meanwhile, on the edge of Dartmoor, artist Judith paints landscapes of the Australian Outback to soothe her troubled heart, as her wayward daughter Madeleine returns home... and fills the house with darkness.Brimming with mystery and intrigue, A Perfect Square is a beautiful and redemptive novel about mothers and their daughters, and the creative process that binds them.

English psychic Clarissa Wilkinson is holidaying in the Canary Islands. Hoping to have an adventure, she boards a tour bus bound for Villa Winter, a secret Nazi base on the idyllic island of Fuerteventura.Instead, she discovers a body in a chest and finds herself teamed up with hapless crime writer Richard Parry. What unfolds is an edge of seat mystery brimming with intrigue, as they try to unravel the clues together, and find the killer.Setting rich with a colorful cast of characters, The Ghost of Villa Winter is a delightfully gripping read with plenty of twists and turns that will appeal to all good mystery lovers.

After ghostwriter Trevor Moore rents an old farmhouse in Fuerteventura, Canary Islands, he moves in to find his muse.But instead of creative inspiration, he discovers a rucksack filled with cash. Who does it belong to, and what should he do with it?Struggling to make up his mind, Trevor gradually finds more clues, and unravels the harrowing true story of a little-known concentration camp that incarcerated gay men in the 1950s and 60s.

It's Christmas Eve when hapless musician Adam Banks stands on the bridge over the river that cleaves the isolated village of Burton. A storm is rolling into the narrow mountain pass. He thinks of turning back. Instead, he resolves to fulfill his obligation to perform the guest spot at The Cabin Sessions.Fear stirs when he opens the door on The Cabin's incense-choked air. Local plumber Philip Stone is already there, brooding.Meanwhile, Philip's sister Eva prepares to take a bath. Memories begin to surface concerning one fateful day by the river, and the innocence of her beloved brother.

Retired police officer Marjorie Pierce is on her way to Lanzarote to track down her old informer, Billy McKenzie. Billy ended Marjorie's career, and she needs an explanation; an apology.Present and past soon collide when gangsters Eric and Mick Maloney turn up on the island with revenge in their veins, and Marjorie has to race against the clock to get to Billy before the brothers.But who is complicit and who can be trusted... and who really betrayed Marjorie all those years ago?A multi-layered mystery packed with suspense, Sing Like A Canary is the fifth book in Isobel Blackthorn's Canary Islands Mysteries Series, and can be enjoyed as a standalone even if you haven't read other books in the series.

Bank teller Claire Bennett's life changes when she wins the lottery, and buys an ancient fixer-upper on the idyllic island of Fuerteventura.After moving to the island's sleepy inland village, Claire is confronted with a dark mystery. Her new home, known to the locals as the Casa Baraso, is shrouded in otherworldly superstition.Her mystic aunt Clarissa has warned her of danger, but Claire pays no heed. Can she uncover the secret of Casa Baraso?

All five Canary Islands Mysteries by Isobel Blackthorn, now available in one volume. A delightfully gripping collection with plenty of twists and turns, these novels will appeal to anyone who loves a good mystery!A Matter Of Latitude: After Paula's husband Celestino fails to return home one night, she starts searching for answers. Together with the trouble retiree, Shirley Mobad, the two make their way through Lanzarote in search of Celestino. But where is he, and can they get him back home alive?Clarissa's Warning: A lottery jackpot changes Claire Bennett's life, and she decides to buy an ancient stone ruin on the island of her dreams. Despite her mystic aunt Clarissa's warnings, Claire moves to the idyllic island in the Canaries. As the sinister story of her home slowly uncovers, Claire enters a world of inexplicable events and ordeals. But is her new home really cursed, or is there something else behind the events?The Prison In The Sun: After ghostwriter Trevor Moore rents an old farmhouse in Fuerteventura, he moves in to find his muse. Instead, he discovers cache of money. But who does it belong to, and what should he do with it? Struggling to decide, Trevor unravels the harrowing true story of a little-known concentration camp that incarcerated gay men in the 1950s and 60s.The Ghost Of Villa Winter: Psychic Clarissa Wilkinson is holidaying in the Canary Islands, hoping to find some adventure. Instead, she discovers a body in a chest in Villa Winter: a secret Nazi base on the idyllic island of Fuerteventura. Teaming up with the hapless writer, Richard Parry, the two try to unravel the clues and find the killer before another life is lost.Sing Like A Canary: Retired police officer Marjorie Pierce is on her way to Lanzarote to track down her old informer, Billy McKenzie. Soon, present and past collide when gangsters Eric and Mick Maloney turn up on the island, hell-bent for revenge. Racing against the clock, Marjorie has to get to Billy before the brothers. But who can be trusted... and who betrayed Marjorie all those years ago?

Seeking asylum from the wreckage of her life, Yvette Grimm arrives in Australia and overstays her holiday visa.Desperate to carve a life for herself as an illegal British migrant, she invests her hopes in a palm-reader's prophecy: she is to meet the father of her children before she's thirty. But Yvette is already twenty-nine, and the quest takes her on a picaresque journey of self-discovery and transformation.Set in Perth against the backdrop of Australia's migrant history present and past, Nine Months of Summer is a moving, relevant and at times comical story of personal growth, purpose and coming of age.

Southern Australia, 1983. While Middle-aged stalwart Miriam rolls into town in her broken down car, Frankie - a deer hunter - is up in the forested hinterland with her gun.Meanwhile, fisherwoman Old Pearl sits on her front deck with her dog, a glass of whiskey in her hand, and Emily, the English backpacker, scrubs out the pie-encrusted kitchen at the roadhouse.But all is not well.Gran Parks is stirring.Four troubled women. One restless spirit.Who will survive?

Infused with gentle optimism, these fifteen uncompromising stories explore themes of sacrifice and hope in domestic relationships.Mum and Nan struggle to contrive a sense of normal family life in the emotionally charged environment of a women's shelter. A visual artist faces the return of her wayward daughter, who brings home her new boyfriend, the lumbering behemoth, Zol. A bereaved woman lies restless and alone in bed, her thoughts troubled by the cries of the dog locked in next door's laundry.At once dark, poignant and witty, All Because of You depicts intimately and honestly the travails and heroic responses of women and men confronting the pith of their lives.

At the dawn of World War Two, German-born nurse Emma Taylor sits by the bedside of a Jewish heiress in London as she reminisces over her dear friend, Oscar Wilde.As the story of Wilde unravels, so does Emma's past. What really happened to her husband?She's taken back to her days in Singapore on the eve of World War One. To her disappointing marriage to a British export agent, her struggle to fit into colonial life and the need to hide her true identity.Emma is caught up in history, the highs, the lows, the adventures. A deadly mutiny, terrifying rice riots and a confrontation with the Ku Klux Klan bring home, for all migrants, the fragility of belonging.

On a winter's day in the Dandenong Ranges of Australia, pianist Ginny returns home to her eccentric mother, Harriet, trying to find out the truth about her father's disappearance. In an effort to distract her daughter's interrogations, Harriet proposes they collaborate on an exhibition of paintings and songs.Meanwhile, on the edge of Dartmoor, artist Judith paints landscapes of the Australian Outback to soothe her troubled heart, as her wayward daughter Madeleine returns home... and fills the house with darkness.Brimming with mystery and intrigue, A Perfect Square is a beautiful and redemptive novel about mothers and their daughters, and the creative process that binds them.

English psychic Clarissa Wilkinson is holidaying in the Canary Islands. Hoping to have an adventure, she boards a tour bus bound for Villa Winter, a secret Nazi base on the idyllic island of Fuerteventura.Instead, she discovers a body in a chest and finds herself teamed up with hapless crime writer Richard Parry. What unfolds is an edge of seat mystery brimming with intrigue, as they try to unravel the clues together, and find the killer.Setting rich with a colorful cast of characters, The Ghost of Villa Winter is a delightfully gripping read with plenty of twists and turns that will appeal to all good mystery lovers.

After ghostwriter Trevor Moore rents an old farmhouse in Fuerteventura, Canary Islands, he moves in to find his muse.But instead of creative inspiration, he discovers a rucksack filled with cash. Who does it belong to, and what should he do with it?Struggling to make up his mind, Trevor gradually finds more clues, and unravels the harrowing true story of a little-known concentration camp that incarcerated gay men in the 1950s and 60s.

It's Christmas Eve when hapless musician Adam Banks stands on the bridge over the river that cleaves the isolated village of Burton. A storm is rolling into the narrow mountain pass. He thinks of turning back. Instead, he resolves to fulfill his obligation to perform the guest spot at The Cabin Sessions.Fear stirs when he opens the door on The Cabin's incense-choked air. Local plumber Philip Stone is already there, brooding.Meanwhile, Philip's sister Eva prepares to take a bath. Memories begin to surface concerning one fateful day by the river, and the innocence of her beloved brother.

Retired police officer Marjorie Pierce is on her way to Lanzarote to track down her old informer, Billy McKenzie. Billy ended Marjorie's career, and she needs an explanation; an apology.Present and past soon collide when gangsters Eric and Mick Maloney turn up on the island with revenge in their veins, and Marjorie has to race against the clock to get to Billy before the brothers.But who is complicit and who can be trusted... and who really betrayed Marjorie all those years ago?A multi-layered mystery packed with suspense, Sing Like A Canary is the fifth book in Isobel Blackthorn's Canary Islands Mysteries Series, and can be enjoyed as a standalone even if you haven't read other books in the series.

Bank teller Claire Bennett's life changes when she wins the lottery, and buys an ancient fixer-upper on the idyllic island of Fuerteventura.After moving to the island's sleepy inland village, Claire is confronted with a dark mystery. Her new home, known to the locals as the Casa Baraso, is shrouded in otherworldly superstition.Her mystic aunt Clarissa has warned her of danger, but Claire pays no heed. Can she uncover the secret of Casa Baraso?

All five Canary Islands Mysteries by Isobel Blackthorn, now available in one volume. A delightfully gripping collection with plenty of twists and turns, these novels will appeal to anyone who loves a good mystery!A Matter Of Latitude: After Paula's husband Celestino fails to return home one night, she starts searching for answers. Together with the trouble retiree, Shirley Mobad, the two make their way through Lanzarote in search of Celestino. But where is he, and can they get him back home alive?Clarissa's Warning: A lottery jackpot changes Claire Bennett's life, and she decides to buy an ancient stone ruin on the island of her dreams. Despite her mystic aunt Clarissa's warnings, Claire moves to the idyllic island in the Canaries. As the sinister story of her home slowly uncovers, Claire enters a world of inexplicable events and ordeals. But is her new home really cursed, or is there something else behind the events?The Prison In The Sun: After ghostwriter Trevor Moore rents an old farmhouse in Fuerteventura, he moves in to find his muse. Instead, he discovers cache of money. But who does it belong to, and what should he do with it? Struggling to decide, Trevor unravels the harrowing true story of a little-known concentration camp that incarcerated gay men in the 1950s and 60s.The Ghost Of Villa Winter: Psychic Clarissa Wilkinson is holidaying in the Canary Islands, hoping to find some adventure. Instead, she discovers a body in a chest in Villa Winter: a secret Nazi base on the idyllic island of Fuerteventura. Teaming up with the hapless writer, Richard Parry, the two try to unravel the clues and find the killer before another life is lost.Sing Like A Canary: Retired police officer Marjorie Pierce is on her way to Lanzarote to track down her old informer, Billy McKenzie. Soon, present and past collide when gangsters Eric and Mick Maloney turn up on the island, hell-bent for revenge. Racing against the clock, Marjorie has to get to Billy before the brothers. But who can be trusted... and who betrayed Marjorie all those years ago?

Seeking asylum from the wreckage of her life, Yvette Grimm arrives in Australia and overstays her holiday visa.Desperate to carve a life for herself as an illegal British migrant, she invests her hopes in a palm-reader's prophecy: she is to meet the father of her children before she's thirty. But Yvette is already twenty-nine, and the quest takes her on a picaresque journey of self-discovery and transformation.Set in Perth against the backdrop of Australia's migrant history present and past, Nine Months of Summer is a moving, relevant and at times comical story of personal growth, purpose and coming of age.

Southern Australia, 1983. While Middle-aged stalwart Miriam rolls into town in her broken down car, Frankie - a deer hunter - is up in the forested hinterland with her gun.Meanwhile, fisherwoman Old Pearl sits on her front deck with her dog, a glass of whiskey in her hand, and Emily, the English backpacker, scrubs out the pie-encrusted kitchen at the roadhouse.But all is not well.Gran Parks is stirring.Four troubled women. One restless spirit.Who will survive?