Fifth in line to the throne at the time of her birth in 1819, Victoria was an ordinary woman thrust into an extraordinary role. Born into a world where women were often powerless, Victoria went on to rule the most powerful country on earth with a decisi... read more

Yeong-hye and her husband are ordinary people. He is an office worker with moderate ambitions and mild manners; she is an uninspired but dutiful wife. The acceptable flatline of their marriage is interrupted when Yeong-hye, seeking a more 'plant-like' existence, decides to become a ... read more

Detective Sergeant Gemma Woodstock finds herself lost and alone in the city, broken-hearted by the decisions she's had to make. Her new workplace is a minefield and the partner she has been assigned is uncommunicative and often hostile. When a homeless man is murdered and Gemma i... read more

ONE WOMAN. TWO HUSBANDS.FOUR TRIALS.ONE BLOODY EXECUTION.On 8 January 1889, Louisa Collins became the last woman hanged in New South Wales.The Crown, convinced that Louisa had poisoned both her husbands, put her on trial an extraordinary four times in order to get a conviction. T... read more

The new compelling saga from Australia's master storyteller.Journalist Thea Anderson's adventurous life has been one of endless danger. Even her childhood, where she and her mother were forced to flee Malaya in the fish-stinking hold of a junk in the dying days of co... read more

Forensic and coronial pathologist Dr Cynric Temple-Camp lifts the lid on some of the most fascinating cases he's worked on during his 30-year career as a pathologist.Written with all the gritty detail of a Patricia Cornwell novel, the intrigue of Making a Murderer, and the horro... read more

Prison psychologist Frank Lundquist is astonished to see Miranda Greene walk into his office 15 years after they graduated from school as his newest, incarcerated, client. Though she doesn't remember him, Frank remembers every word Miranda ever spoke to him back when she was a beautif... read more

The remarkable, unbelievable and provocative story of one woman's experiences working on death row in Huntsville, Texas.In 12 years, Michelle Lyons witnessed nearly 300 executions.First as a reporter and ... read more

Elizabeth's royal cousin Jane Grey is faced with the choice of death or denying her faith after being forced onto the throne of England. It is left to Elizabeth to measure the threat posed to her by the remaining Grey girls - the famous beauty Katherine Grey and her sister,... read more

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Zoe Howard is 17 when her brother, Russell, introduces her to Stephen Quayle. Aloof and harsh, Stephen is unlike anyone she has ever met, `a weird, irascible character out of some dense Russian novel'. His sister, Anna, is shy and thoughtful, `a little orphan'.

Zoe... read more

Penguin presents the audio CD edition of La Belle Sauvage by Philip Pullman. Eleven-year-old Malcolm Polstead and his dumon, Asta, live with his parents at the Trout Inn near Oxford. Across the River Thames (which Malcolm navigates often using his ... read more