MCW Books

Gavin Strawhan's second novel, Slash, features ex-police sergeant Honey Chalmers, whom readers were first introduced to in his debut, The Call. Honey isn't doing too well. She's drinking too much, eating too little, working casual gigs for a shady firm of private investigators, and chatting to a ghost. When a…

The End and the Beginning, KJ Holdom's debut novel, is based on the true story of a fourteen-year-old boy's experience fleeing a Hitler youth camp in the final days of the Second World War. Max Bernot's parents, Anton and Marguerite, do their best to shield Max and his sister, Anna,…

Jack Remiel Cottrell's second book, The Emotion Dealer, is a kaleidoscopic exploration of technology, art, cities, capitalism, disinformation, loneliness and greed. It is a guide for our troubled moment and a book that will make you wonder what—if anything—we are leaving for those who come after us. 'Thematically, Cottrell’s stories…

NZ Listener Best Books List 2025. Josie Shapiro's second novel moves from LA to the Coromandel, exploring heartbreak and dark secrets, friendship and homecoming. It's also an ode to taking risks no matter the consequences. After the death of their young daughter, Penny Whittaker and Adam Riggs are struggling. Penny's…

Shelley Burne-Field's second middle grade novel for young readers is a funny and exciting ocean adventure. Kimi the kekeno is going on the biggest adventure of his life — the long and scary journey to the magical Stone Circle. Along the way Kimi and his friends meet a giant squid…

Winner of Storylines Notable Book Awards 2025 - Junior Fiction List. Almost a year has passed since Nissa Marshall was found alive after miraculously surviving a month lost in the vast, dense, isolated wilds of Te Rua-o-te-Moko Fiordland, but her heart still remains there. When one connection to her former…

Winner of the Hubert Church Prize for Fiction - Best First Book. John Prins' debut short story collection Pastoral Care is the second title in the Landfall Tauraka Short Stories series, following Ockham shortlisted Pretty Ugly by Kirsty Gunn. The nine stories centre on daily life in twenty-first-century Aotearoa New Zealand,…

Sarah Ell's latest book, The Spirit of a Place: A New History of The Elms Te Papa Tauranga, is a portrait of one of Aotearoa New Zealand's most important heritage sites, bearing witness to more than six hundred years of significant and at times turbulent history. She traces this legacy that…

Winner of the inaugural Phoenix Prize 2023. See How They Fall is set in Australia, amongst the privileged Turner family. The novel follows the tragic aftermath of a dinner at the family's secluded compound, Yallambee. Through the eyes of two protagonists, Skye Turner, who has married into the dynasty, and…

Set against the stunning backdrop of a windswept island and its mysterious lighthouse, Rose Carlyle’s second novel, No One Will Know, establishes her as an author in command of the page-turner. This thriller reveals the terrible consequences of greed, lies and fatal mistakes. ‘No One Will Know is a breathtaking, twisty read…