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Di Morrissey reading flowchart
Every Di Morrissey book in reading order by series, with the characters in each book, first appearances and crossovers.
READING FLOWCHART
Di Morrissey
Read down each column. Every card lists the characters in that book, marks first appearances and crossovers, and says where it is set.
Titles and names link to their pages on the site.
QUEENIE AND TR
2 books
LILY BARTON
2 books
STANDALONE
27 books
Heart of the Dreaming
'91
L
Queenie Hanlon
NEW
M
TR Hanlon
NEW
WHERE
Outback Queensland
CHARACTERS
2 (2 main)
Heart of the Dreaming (1991)
Follow the Morning Star
'93
L
Queenie Hanlon
M
TR Hanlon
WHERE
Outback Queensland
CHARACTERS
2 (2 main)
Follow the Morning Star (1993)
Tears of the Moon
'95
L
Lily Barton
NEW
WHERE
Broome
CHARACTERS
1 (1 main)
Tears of the Moon (1995)
Kimberley Sun
'02
L
Lily Barton
WHERE
Broome
CHARACTERS
1 (1 main)
Kimberley Sun (2002): Lily Barton, looking for a complete change, and her daughter Sami, driving alone through the outback, are drawn into the legends and secrets of the Kimberley.
The Last Rose of Summer
'92
No recurring characters charted
WHERE
Australia
CHARACTERS
0 (0 main)
The Last Rose of Summer (1992): Kate, a strong-willed heiress, and Odette, an idealistic young journalist, are linked across the decades by their love for Zanana, a grand mansion, from turn-of-the-century India to modern Sydney.
The Last Mile Home
'94
No recurring characters charted
WHERE
Australia
CHARACTERS
0 (0 main)
The Last Mile Home (1994): In a small country town in 1953, the eldest daughter of the McBrides, a family of shearers, falls for the only son of the Holtens, the wealthy landholding family.
When the Singing Stops
'97
No recurring characters charted
WHERE
Australia
CHARACTERS
0 (0 main)
When the Singing Stops (1997)
The Songmaster
'98
No recurring characters charted
WHERE
Australia
CHARACTERS
0 (0 main)
The Songmaster (1998): Former nun Beth Van Horton leads a group of travellers to the Kimberley, where their stories connect with a baby abandoned in a Melbourne gallery and a film producer’s daughter haunted by nightmares.
Scatter the Stars
'98
No recurring characters charted
WHERE
Australia
CHARACTERS
0 (0 main)
Scatter the Stars (1998)
Blaze
'00
No recurring characters charted
WHERE
Australia
CHARACTERS
0 (0 main)
Blaze (2000): Four women try to compete, keep their friendships and find happiness in the cut-throat world of upmarket magazines.
The Bay
'01
No recurring characters charted
WHERE
Australia
CHARACTERS
0 (0 main)
The Bay (2001): Turning forty-five, Sydney corporate wife Holly Jamieson buys an old house in the coastal town of The Bay to run as a bed and breakfast, and finds the quiet town full of passions and conflicts.
Barra Creek
'03
No recurring characters charted
WHERE
Australia
CHARACTERS
0 (0 main)
Barra Creek (2003): In 1963 Sally Mitchell, a New Zealand sheep farmer’s daughter on her way to England, impulsively takes a job as governess on Barra Creek, a remote cattle property ruled by John Monroe.
The Reef
'04
No recurring characters charted
WHERE
Australia
CHARACTERS
0 (0 main)
The Reef (2004): On a small coral island in the Great Barrier Reef, a tourist resort and a scientific research station are thrown together in an uneasy alliance.
The Valley
'06
No recurring characters charted
WHERE
Australia
CHARACTERS
0 (0 main)
The Valley (2006): A woman returns to a green valley divided by a great river and starts asking questions about its past, and her search leads to a forgotten pioneer whose life becomes entwined with hers.
Monsoon
'07
No recurring characters charted
WHERE
Australia
CHARACTERS
0 (0 main)
Monsoon (2007): Sandy Donaldson, an aid worker in Vietnam, invites her oldest friend Anna for a holiday, and both women begin to explore their families’ links to the country.
The Islands
'08
No recurring characters charted
WHERE
Australia
CHARACTERS
0 (0 main)
The Islands (2008): In the 1970s, Catherine Moreland from rural Australia moves to Hawaii with her American naval officer husband, and finds that paradise has a darker side.
The Silent Country
'09
No recurring characters charted
WHERE
Australia
CHARACTERS
0 (0 main)
The Silent Country (2009): Television producer Veronica Anderson retraces a 1950s outback film expedition in the Northern Territory that ended in tragedy.
The Plantation
'10
No recurring characters charted
WHERE
Australia
CHARACTERS
0 (0 main)
The Plantation (2010): Julie Reagan finds a book about Malaysia written by the great-aunt who vanished from the family sixty years ago, and travels to the Malayan plantation her great-grandfather founded to learn why.
The Opal Desert
'11
No recurring characters charted
WHERE
Australia
CHARACTERS
0 (0 main)
The Opal Desert (2011): Three women of different generations, a new widow, a recluse living in an underground dugout and a young athlete, meet and become friends in the opal fields of Opal Lake.
The Golden Land
'12
No recurring characters charted
WHERE
Australia
CHARACTERS
0 (0 main)
The Golden Land (2012): Natalie, a young mother on the Gold Coast, finds a Burmese artefact while helping her mother move house, and its history draws her into two very different golden lands.
The Winter Sea
'13
No recurring characters charted
WHERE
Australia
CHARACTERS
0 (0 main)
The Winter Sea (2013): Cassie Holloway leaves an unhappy marriage to start again in the coastal town of Whitby Point, where she meets the Aquino family and their fishing business.
The Road Back
'14
No recurring characters charted
WHERE
Australia
CHARACTERS
0 (0 main)
The Road Back (2014): Journalist Chris Baxter gives up a job in Thailand to take his struggling teenage daughter to his mother’s house in the township of Neverend.
Rain Music
'15
No recurring characters charted
WHERE
Australia
CHARACTERS
0 (0 main)
Rain Music (2015): When Ned Chisolm goes missing while chasing his musical dreams in far north Queensland, his sister Bella travels to remote Cooktown to find him.
A Distant Journey
'16
No recurring characters charted
WHERE
Australia
CHARACTERS
0 (0 main)
A Distant Journey (2016): In 1962 Cindy leaves her glamorous life in Palm Springs to marry an Australian grazier and settle on a remote sheep station in the Riverina.
The Red Coast
'17
No recurring characters charted
WHERE
Australia
CHARACTERS
0 (0 main)
The Red Coast (2017): Jacqui Bouchard has made a new life in Broome, until a proposed mine splits the community and she has to decide whom to trust.
Arcadia
'18
No recurring characters charted
WHERE
Australia
CHARACTERS
0 (0 main)
Arcadia (2018): In 1930s southern Tasmania, a young artist, Stella, moves to her husband’s secluded property, Arcadia. Two generations later, her granddaughter Sally uncovers Stella’s secret life.
The Last Paradise
'19
No recurring characters charted
WHERE
Australia
CHARACTERS
0 (0 main)
The Last Paradise (2019): Grace’s comfortable life is turned upside down, and she takes a job promoting a luxury hotel hidden in an untouched corner of Bali.
Before the Storm
'20
No recurring characters charted
WHERE
Australia
CHARACTERS
0 (0 main)
Before the Storm (2020): Double-crossed at work, Ellie Conlan retreats to the beach town of Storm Harbour, where her grandfather runs the local paper, and is drawn into a fight over a development.
The Night Tide
'22
No recurring characters charted
WHERE
Australia
CHARACTERS
0 (0 main)
The Night Tide (2022): After an election ends his career as a political staffer, Dominic Cochrane retreats to a boatshed in a quiet Sydney bay and becomes caught up in a tragic local mystery.
River Song
'24
No recurring characters charted
WHERE
Australia
CHARACTERS
0 (0 main)
River Song (2024)
The Endless Sky
'25
No recurring characters charted
WHERE
Australia
CHARACTERS
0 (0 main)
The Endless Sky (2025)
L
Lead
M
Major
·
Minor or cameo
NEW
First appearance
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