Xoum imprint: 46 books

From the bestselling author of Huckstepp comes a riveting new novel of intrigue and suspense. When Dimitri Telegonus is promoted to the Serious Unsolved Crime Unit to investigate the disappearance of a beautiful blonde escort, he thinks he’s finally made the big time. He’d always wanted to do detective...

‘Of the many anthologies coming out of university writing programs, the annual UTS collection has always been the standout.’ Kerryn Goldsworthy, The Sydney Morning Herald The UTS Writers’ Anthology is an annual publication produced by the University of Technology, Sydney. Students from the undergraduate,...

When Mister Rainbow finds a headless honcho in a Kings Cross alleyway, the tattoo around the corpses neck leaves little doubt as to its identity. Thomas L. Tycho was everybodys enemy a trickster, a dirty dealer, and a wide boy who made the mistake of wide boys the world over not making himself a great...

You think your phones are bugged and people are out to get you. Everyone’s a suspect and violence is the answer to everything. Put bluntly, you’re a psychopath who might one day kill a loved one in mistake for the Devil. You describe your nemesis as ‘horribly scarred’ one minute and ‘beautiful’...

When a few too many dead bodies turn up on Sydneys mean streets, Mister Rainbows too busy to investigate – until an old flame goes up in smoke.Then its no holds barred as the famous PI with the dancing feet finds himself pitted against the citys crooked gamblers – and the dame determined to whip...

Stories of life, love & family from the bestselling author of Baby Love A distraught father is prevented from comforting his little boy. A baby’s life is put in danger by a well-meaning but offbeat couple. Two mothers fight each other for the love of their son. A couple’s desperation for a child...

Stolen at birth. Raised by wolves. Hunted down by evil magicians … Irina: the Trilogy tells the magical adventures of a fierce princess who learns wisdom, her friend the gentle Andor who learns his strength, and Irina’s loyal wolf-brother Durrell. These three gripping tales of friendship, truth and...

Something mysterious is happening on the South Pacific island of Motulava. A plane goes missing. Then a scientist. Then the search parties.The enraged President wants answers and for the development of the island to carry on unimpeded but the jungle holds a secret no one can grasp ...Enter Jim of a...

The only toddler book needed to keep parents informed, sane and smiling. Urbanbaby.com.auRecommended by Choice MagazineFrom the no. 1 bestselling author of Baby Love comes The Mighty Toddler, the most comprehensive, practical and informative guide to raising children aged one to four.Xoums fully revised...

For more than forty years, Len Evans cajoled, charmed and bullied his fellow Australians into drinking wine. He left England for beer-soaked Australia in the 1950s, and soon found work as glass washer in a Sydney pub. From these humble beginnings was launched one of the wine industry’s great careers....

On 21 May 2009, after weeks of gruelling climbing, Mick Parker reached the summit of Makalu in the Himalaya, 8463 metres above sea level. He was now a veteran of the ‘8000ers club’ those elite adventurers who have scaled the world’s highest mountains. What’s more, as with all his climbs, he’d...

The flickering, faded footage shows the ruler of Palanpur’s summer house. On a terrace overlooking the lake, Joan tilts her head and turns slightly, with unconscious grace. She smiles enigmatically. It appears to be a scene of great happiness. But who can tell? In 1939, young Joan Falkiner’s spirited...

Seventeen-year-old Jed White lives with his mum and dad behind the Ampol service station in the small coastal town of Plenty. His girlfriend Chrissy works in the local fish cannery. When a foreign trawler crashes on the rocks one night, Jed and Chrissy figure from the rolls of stained bedding below deck...

Have you ever had a psychic dream or compelling feeling? Does an inner voice guide the decisions you make? Can our pets really be spiritual messengers? Is it true all children areborn psychic? Drawing on his remarkable life and years of experience, celebrity medium Mitchell Coombes explains how people...