Murder, ghosts, and runway modeling. The basic ingredients: a wealthy 34-year-old gym junkie doctor with a taste for steroids; a pompous and tarnished English ex-pat with a master's in expediency; a successful, sexy young Vietnamese artist; a glamorous if somewhat nosy female neighbour; a gorgeous, ambitious young country stud of uncertain sexuality; the ghost of a Jewish architect from the 1930s ... and a withered society hostess with a secret. Beneath all the fun and glamour, this is really a story about the nature of prejudice and how people might attempt to defy it by accumulating wealth or scrambling for respectable positions. Yet, all are ultimately vulnerable.

The Advocate is a lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) monthly newsmagazine. Established in 1967, it is the oldest continuing LGBT publication in the United States.

"It's August 1969 in the sleepy college town of Holloman, Connecticut, and police Captain Carmine Delmonico is away on vacation. Back at home, first one, then two anonymous male corpses turn up--emaciated and emasculated. Sergeant Delia Carstairs and Lieutenant Abe Goldberg connect the victims to four other bodies, and suddenly they realize Holloman has a psychopathetic killer on the loose. Luckily Carmine decides to come back from vacation early. Carmine's team begins to circle a trio of eccentrics living on a beautiful estate; they readily admit to knowing all the victims, but their stories keep changing. They share a dark past, family ties, and painful memories. One of them is a woman who has recently become a friend of Delia's, along with another woman who is the respected head of the insane asylum. She has done groundbreaking work rehabilitating one very difficult patient who is now her most trusted assistant. The three women met while rescuing a cat from a tree, and now they find they share a love of intelligent conversation and their enjoyment of living the single life. When a gas station attendant is viciously murdered, and then Carmine barely escapes being next in the body count, it becomes apparent that Holloman has two killers at large with two completely different modus operandi. Suddenly the summer isn't so sleepy any more"--

Mother by day, Dominatrix by night. When a cash-strapped single mother of two in suburban Melbourne has a fun idea to start a side hustle running workshops for hens' parties, she has no idea it will lead her on a surreal adventure (or twenty) through the debaucherous underground world of kink clubs and swingers' parties. Nor does she know that it will bring her out on the other end as one of Australia's most recognised Dominatrixes. Complete with celebrity encounters and lessons in kink, love, and parenthood, she shows us how having multiple identities is not only possible, but incredible, and that some mums really are superheroes - they might just use their rope and masks in a different way than you'd expect.

Brigit, an Irish colleen, was orphaned at birth. This was a difficult and mysterious way to start life. But thanks to the kindness of her adoptive parents Brigit learnt that love conquers all. The family risked their lives sailing on the high seas to begin a new life in New Zealand. It was 1815. Life was hard for the settlers. Brigit learnt to become a teacher, wife, and mother. Life dealt her cruel blows. Brigit was widowed. Grief is married to joy as Brigit was brave. Walking on in life, Brigit was lucky. She was blessed with more children. The husbands in Brigit’s life adored her. They made her heart sing the secret of real happiness.

Cruising the Latin Tapestry is a travelogue and adventure story of the MV Voyagers circumnavigation of South America in early 2013 as experienced by the author and his partner. It provides an interesting insight into the extraordinary beauty and colourful vigour of Latin America that a traveller can expect by visiting this fascinating continent.

Whether writing about her foiled attempt to seduce her husband, the homesick Irishman she found on the beach or why dog-people and cat-people can never be friends, Ros Thomas does so with the kind of humour and clarity that keeps her readers coming back week after week. These stories are for anyone who has grown up, fallen in love, failed, persevered - and is still looking for the meaning of modern life. Startlingly funny, revealing, and profoundly genuine, Ros Thomas will have you laughing, reminiscing and nodding in recognition.