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The Thirteenth Egg    by Jack Holbrook
Price: $1.99 USD. 24650 words. Published on July 9, 2009. .

Mel Bertolissio is suspected of stealing a priceless jewelled egg and the evidence against her keeps piling up. Only her sister, Detective Alexandra Bertolissio, believes in her innocence. Then Mel's suspected accomplice is brutally murdered and Mel's prints are on the murder weapon. In a race against time, Alexandra must find the real killer before it is too late for her sister.
Sammi Ever After    by Soma Helmi
Price: $0.99 USD. 69910 words. Published on September 4, 2010. .

Girl meets boy. They fall in love. Girl moves across the world to be with boy. Boy dumps her at the airport…via email. Sammi’s fixation with Prince Charming has her in trouble again. Now she’s in London, sleeping on a friend’s couch and no 'Happily ever after' in sight. From Bali to Greece, Sammi’s journey to find her own fairytale ending may take her to a place she never expected.
The Yorkshire Erk    by Robert Rycroft
Price: $3.99 USD. 114310 words. Published on February 18, 2011. .

Ronald Cartwright is ignominiously discharged from the Royal Air Force in 1959, suspected as a communist agitator and nearly murdered on the orders of a demented SP - service policeman. Set in Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire in the halcyon days of no road speed limits, the novel initially opens in Brisbane, Australia. An Erk is RAF slang; aircraftsman groundcrew of corporal or lower rank.
Here Today    by Simon Groth
Price: $4.95 USD. 79760 words. Published on March 1, 2011. .

Astrid Reinhart is a stand-in therapist seriously out of her depth. Martin Finn, a successful novelist whose stroke has left him with the rare locked-in syndrome, wants Astrid to help him write his next story – one letter at a time. Shortlisted in the Queensland Premier's Literary Awards and featuring stories previously published in literary journals Meanjin, Island, and Overland.
Erk In Trouble    by Robert Rycroft
Price: $3.99 USD. 116700 words. Published on March 5, 2011. .

Ronald Cartwright narrowly escapes death, driving Calderdale TV & Electrical Ltd's van. Suspected sabotage! His job as service engineer is terminated, but not without some colorful interludes. MI5 intervenes when his arch-enemy, ex-RAF Sergeant Brassard, sends a killer to stalk him. MI6 sign up Ron, in a dangerous gamble to hoodwink the KGB, into believing Bloodhound III missile is in production.
DIRECTIVES OF A SILENT FORCE    by Peter Richards
Price: Free! 156130 words. Published on March 31, 2011. .

The story is initially about the chance coming together of two Brisbane families in the seventies - the first, and larger, group headed by middle-aged Frank and Sylvia Bentley; the second headed by young Jim and Lee Davis.
Jack    by Geoff Hill
Price: $2.99 USD. 82110 words. Published on August 13, 2011. .

Jack may be growing up with the best of prospects, friends and talent. But life has a way of going in odd directions, and for Jack, this means many a twist before finally achieving what he wants in life. His talents in university, with friends, and in making money, are pitted against friends with varied backgrounds, from Lynette running an escort agency, to the hotel business in Brisbane.
In Dreamtime - the Illustrated Nobody Dick    by Will Lorimer
Price: $3.99 USD. 98890 words. Published on October 17, 2011. .

the secrets of a tibetan trickster and master thief, learned by his hapless scottish apprentice, as they blaze an unstoppable trail through the boondocks of the australian dreamtime.
The Battle of Brisbane: Australia and America at War    by BWM Books 
Price: $5.99 USD. 104170 words. Published on October 25, 2011. .

For two days in November 1942, the city of Brisbane became a war zone when Australian servicemen attacked American troops. Drawing on eyewitness accounts and unpublished documents, the authors strip away the sentimental gloss to reveal the startling truth about the shameful 48 hours when the Allies went to war with each other.
Work & Travel Australia: the Essential Guide    by Ross Hayden
Price: $2.99 USD. 11470 words. Published on November 15, 2011. .

Planning to get a Working Holiday visa for Australia? Already there? Save time and money: this is the ultimate guide if you're visiting Australia on a temporary work visa, written by someone who's done it. You'll find bank account comparisons, phone plan comparisons and easy-to-follow instructions for getting your tax and super back as quickly and cheaply as possible.