The Secret Reader

Susan Mackie

Dec 2025 · Barrington Book 9 · Small Town Publishing

Ebook

364

Pages

Tools

Eligible

Switch to the audiobook

About this ebook

The Barrington girl-posse continue their monthly book club meetings, and somehow it becomes an incubator for new business ideas. And relationships.

Rachael struggles daily with her grief, and attends to share memories of her daughter. But book club gives her so much more.

Judith arrives, believing she’s ready for retirement. Or is she?

Harry Stewart is home from up north, and on the first night, he bumps into little Freddie Campbell at the local pub. But she’s not little any more.

Millie is happy in the café and with Finn, but her estranged daughter Hanna is coming to visit. Can they mend their relationship?

And Hanna would rather read than take a chance on a player.

Over six months, catch up with old characters and new as secrets are revealed and lives changed.

The Barrington girl-posse continue their monthly book club meetings, and somehow it becomes an incubator for new business ideas. And relationships. Rachael struggles daily with her grief, and attends to share memories of her daughter. But book club gives her so much more. Judith arrives, believin...

Discover more

About the author

Aussie author of the beloved Barrington Series, Susan won the RuBY Award 2025 (women's fiction with romantic elements) for The Barrington Book Club.

With eleven books in the series and a new series coming in 2026, Susan is also an editor, speaker and active member of her local community in southern Queensland.

Aussie author of the beloved Barrington Series, Susan won the RuBY Award 2025 (women's fiction with romantic elements) for The Barrington Book Club. With eleven books in the series and a new series coming in 2026, Susan is also an editor, speaker and active member of her local community in southe...

Rate this ebook

Tell us what you think.

Reading information

Smartphones and tablets

Install the Google Play Books app for Android and iPad/iPhone. It syncs automatically with your account and allows you to read online or offline wherever you are.

Laptops and computers

You can listen to audiobooks purchased on Google Play using your computer's web browser.

eReaders and other devices

To read on e-ink devices like Kobo eReaders, you'll need to download a file and transfer it to your device. Follow the detailed Help Center instructions to transfer the files to supported eReaders.

Flag as inappropriate