EMILY MAGUIRE

Maguire is a master of her craftTHE AUSTRALIAN BOOK REVIEWAggie Grey is a jaded sexual health counsellor who finds herself having to defend her business against the attacks of a radical new fundamentalist sect. Pastor Luke Butler is young, idealistic and out to capture the hearts and minds of Sydneys disaffected youth; his first order of business is to shut down Aggies clinic.Caught in the crossfire is 16-year-old Honey pregnant, battered and ready to cling to whatever hope is offered. As Aggie and Luke fight over the fate of Honeys unborn child, they discover a deep and surprising connection. But as the war between the secular and religious intensifies, Aggie, Luke and Honey find themselves in moral and physical danger.Against a backdrop of religious terrorism and social decay, The Gospel According to Luke is a contemporary love story about belief, family, grief and hope.

The understatement of its writing and its tenderness and unsentimentally give Smoke in the Room a compelling and convincing energy that holds the reader absorbed, then gently lets her go.AUSTRALIAN BOOK REVIEWSummer, Sydney, and holed up in a tiny flat off Broadway are idealistic American Adam, weary activist Graeme, and wild, misunderstood Katie.Each is searching for answers to lifes biggest questions why are we here? what is love? what constitutes betrayal? and thrust together, over an intense two-week period, they begin to form answers. In doing so, they must first confront their darkest demons, both within and withoutProvocative, honest, brimming with sexual tension and crackling with intelligence, Emily Maguires sensational novel cements her place as one of Australias hottest talents.At the heart of ... Emily Maguires work lies an urgent need to pull away at the interconnecting threads of morality, society and human relationships.SYDNEY MORNING HERALD

An emotionally gripping and page-turning readSYDNEY MORNING HERALDSix years ago, Mischa Reese left her abusive husband and suffocating life in California and reinvented herself in steamy, chaotic Hanoi. In Vietnam, she finds satisfying work and enjoys a life of relative luxury and personal freedom. Thirty-five and single, Mischa believes that romance and passion are for teenagers; a view with which her cynical, promiscuous expat friends agree.But then a friend introduces Mischa to his visiting eighteen-year-old son. Cal is a strikingly attractive Vietnamese-Australian boy, but hes resentful of his father, and of the nation which has stolen him away. His beauty and righteous idealism awaken something in Mischa and the two launch into an affair that threatens Mischas friendships and reputation and challenges her sense of herself as unselfish and good.Set among the louche world of Hanois expatriate community, Fishing for Tigers is about a woman struggling with the morality of finding peace in a war-haunted city, personal fulfilment in the midst of poverty and sexual joy with a vulnerable youth.Fishing for Tigers is a sharply observed novel, both page-turning and thought-provoking. It vividly evokes the particular beauty of Hanoi, the intoxication of being a stranger, and the danger of desire.NEWTOWN REVIEW OF BOOKS

SHORTLISTED: Miles Franklin Literary AwardSHORTLISTED: Stella PrizeSHORTLISTED: Ned Kelly Prize for Best Crime NovelWhen 25-year-old Bella Michaels is brutally murdered in the small town of Strathdee, the community is stunned and a media storm ensues. Unwillingly thrust into the eye of that storm are Bellas beloved older sister, Chris, a barmaid at the local pub, and May Norman, a young reporter sent to cover the story.Chriss ex-husband, friends and neighbours do their best to support her. But as the days tick by with no arrest, her suspicion of those around her grows. And as May attempts to file daily reports, she finds herself reassessing her own principles.An Isolated Incident is a humane and beautifully observed tale of everyday violence, the medias obsession with the murder of pretty young women and the absence left in the world when someone dies.

Sarah Clark's life is irrevocably changed at the age of fourteen when her English teacher, Mr Carr, seduces her after class. Their affair is illegal, erotic, passionate and dangerous - a vicious meeting of minds and bodies. But when Mr Carr's wife discovers the affair he has to choose between them and moves to another city with his family.

La vida de Sarah Clark da un giro radical a los catorce años, cuando se enamora de su profesor de literatura, David Carr, y se deja llevar por una relación erótica tan intensa como peligrosa. Pero cuando la esposa del señor Carr descubre el romance, el tiene que elegir entre ambas mujeres. La desercion del profesor parte en dos la vida de Sarah, que a partir de ese momento se entrega a un fervoroso coleccionismo de amantes con la esperanza de revivir en cada nuevo hombre, aunque sea por pocos instantes, el deseo que experimento por el señor Carr. Traduccion de Irene Zoe Alameda.

Longlisted for the Stella Prize Shortlisted for the ABIA Literary Fiction Book of the Year award A complex heroine who wrestles with the demands of faith, lust and ambition... A forceful wonderThe Times, Historical Fiction Book of the MonthA gripping, gorgeous story of faith and feminism... A rapturous readDaily MailMesmerising from beginning to endGlamourA spectacular story of shape-shifting, love and faith . . . It enthralled meJessie Burton, author of The Miniaturist and The House of FortuneAstonishing . . . a scorching vision of a bookCharlotte Wood, Booker-shortlisted author of Stone Yard DevotionalA fierce, sexy, heady maelstrom of a book. It sucked me in from the first pageKiran Millwood Hargrave, author of The Mercies The legend is only the beginning . . . Ninth-century Mainz, in the heart of the Holy Roman Empire.Agnes is the motherless child of an English priest - a wild and brilliant girl. But when tragedy strikes, she is forced to choose between what is expected of her and the freedom she has always dreamed of. Adopting a bold disguise, she secures a place at the revered Fulda monastery and begins life anew as John the Englishman.A matchless scholar and celebrated teacher, by her middle years she has dazzled the Church hierarchy in Rome, finding herself at the centre of power and intrigue. But in a city where gossip is currency, a secret like hers is dangerous. And when the only person who knows her true identity arrives in Rome, she will risk everything to be known - and loved.More praise for RaptureAll the hallmarks of a great thriller - such tension - mixed with the quiet, confident beauty of Agnes voice - her fury and her loveEvie Wyld, author of The EchoesBold and unexpected, Rapture buzzes with life and energy . . . ExtraordinaryRosanna Pike, instant Sunday Times bestselling author of A Little TrickerieEmily Maguire has created an earthy, visceral, and sensual tale, full of devotion, intrigue and passion . . . A stunning novelVictoria MacKenzie, award-winning author of For Thy Great Pain Have Mercy On My Little PainA note from the authorRapture is inspired by a thousand year-old story about a clever girl who dresses as a man to follow her lover to a monastery where she becomes a brilliant scholar and teacher, and eventually ends up - still in careful disguise - the most powerful person in Rome. I feel like this is the book Ive been working towards for my whole writing life. The story of an ambitious woman in a world where women are supposed to be modest. A woman whose mind refuses to accept a small life, and whose body is reviled while remaining, for her, a source of great joy. A woman, who, like so many oppressed people throughout history, finds a way to subvert and resist. To be who she is without permission or approval.In Rapture this legendary, much-argued over figure is a flesh-and-blood woman of ingenuity, purpose and passion. Her name is Agnes, and Im excited for you to meet her.