Before her marriage, Catherine Fox had been a successful features writer, within an ace of taking over the editorship of Australia's most glossy magazine. Then she met Paul Grant. Attraction had been mutual and the time was right. Four years later, and with three young children, Catherine feels like an unequal partner in their life together. Paul's body seems untouched by fatherhood, but hers is like a stranger's - with lines and marks and bulk where none had been before. Resentments hidden behind politeness do more to poison their relationship than outright anger. Into the domestic drama walks Andromeda, the spiky-haired nanny, Janie the glamorous former girlfriend, and Henry.....dear Henry

Joyce Mitchell's beloved husband Mitch died five years ago. Since then she's kept her hands full and her mind and heart occupied by running The Sewing Circus, an all-girl group she founded to provide badly needed services like day care and job counselling to young women. Joyce's life is rich and full, but something is missing. What she doesn't have is that red dress she keeps dreaming about or the social life to suit it. And she may not have The Sewing Circus much longer due to funding cuts. Feeling defeated and pessimistic, Joyce reluctantly agrees to keep a date for dinner at the home of her best friend, Sister - a reverend like no other - and finds not only a perfect meal but a tall, dark stranger named Nate Anderson.

'Ten days after the war ended, my sister Laura drove a car off a bridge' More than fifty years on, Iris Chase is remembering Laura's mysterious death. And so begins an extraordinary and compelling story of two sisters and their secrets. Set against a panoramic backdrop of twentieth century history, The Blind Assassin is an epic tale of memory, intrigue and betrayal...