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Slash MCW Books

Slash

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…
Gavin Strawhan
May 22, 2026
The End and the Beginning MCW Books

The End and the Beginning

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,…
KJ Holdom
April 24, 2026
The Emotion Dealer MCW Books

The Emotion Dealer

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…
Jack Remiel Cottrell
December 20, 2025
Good Things Come and Go MCW Books

Good Things Come and Go

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…
Josie Shapiro
December 20, 2025
The Secret Green MCW Books

The Secret Green

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…
Sonya Wilson
December 20, 2025
Pastoral Care MCW Books

Pastoral Care

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,…
John Prins
August 29, 2025
The Spirit of a Place MCW Books

The Spirit of a Place

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…
Sarah Ell
July 16, 2025
See How They Fall MCW Books

See How They Fall

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…
Rachel Paris
April 2, 2025
No One Will Know MCW Books

No One Will Know

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…
Rose Carlyle
April 2, 2025