Catherine Jinks Books in Order

Streetwise orphan Pagan becomes squire to the principled Templar Roland in twelfth-century Jerusalem. Their unlikely partnership develops as Saladin’s forces approach, forcing the young servant to navigate military life, religious conflict and a growing attachment to his demanding master.

After Jerusalem falls, Pagan follows Roland into exile in France, only to encounter the knight’s violent relatives and their bitter feuds. An enigmatic woman with heretical beliefs draws Roland’s attention, while Pagan confronts difficult truths about the people around him.

Pagan and Roland renounce warfare to become novices at an abbey, seeking peace in religious life. Instead, Pagan discovers stolen alms and pervasive corruption, and investigating the theft threatens both his new vocation and his loyalty to Roland.

Seventeen-year-old Heather begins her first job at a bank and discovers a workplace occupied by modern witches. Mysterious blackouts and strange computer behavior force her to question whether her new colleagues’ powers explain the disturbing changes in her life.

Charismatic conductor Leo Woods attracts intense devotion from friends, students and admirers around his family. When enigmatic Jamie falls for Leo’s daughter, the circle’s fascination with the household raises troubling questions about the boundary between affection and destructive obsession.

Bookish Isidore becomes scribe to Pagan, now archdeacon of Carcassonne, as crusaders advance against the Cathars in 1209. Drawn into Pagan and Roland’s troubled world, he must reconcile learning with the realities of a religious war approaching the city.

Scavenging alone in a desert wilderness, Jansi discovers the wreck of a starship and an unusual computer inside. Capable of thought and expression, the damaged machine offers the possibility of friendship in a place where companionship is unexpected.

David leaves Sydney for a Canadian fishing town, hoping distance will repair his relationship with an unfaithful lover. Settling into Sable Cove reveals a community full of concealed histories, where protecting his own privacy becomes harder than he expected.

Dallas investigates the unexplained deaths of feral pigs she ordinarily shoots for work. Her search leads to a biomedical research company, a young gene-sequencing prodigy and an animal-pen cleaner, whose surroundings conceal an alarming truth beneath their apparent routine.

The Andover family finally takes a weekend holiday, but almost everything goes wrong along the way. A vehicle breakdown, an unwell dog and mounting domestic mess turn the outing into a chaotic adventure that its young participant sees rather differently.

Fourteen-year-old Paula is unexpectedly transported five thousand years into the future to a space colony called Gnosis-10. An entire species’ survival may depend on her visit, but she must discover whom to trust and whether she can ever return home.

In fourteenth-century France, inquisitor Brother Bernard investigates the dismemberment of his superior. His involvement with a suspect and her daughter turns him from judge to accused, forcing him to defend himself against charges of murder and heresy in a deadly system.

In fifteenth-century Italy, eleven-year-old servant Camilla is expected to accept her low status as a sewage collector’s daughter. Refusing an arranged marriage to a repulsive man, she challenges the assumptions of a town determined to keep her in her place.

Pleasure-seeking notary Raymond joins a Dominican monk investigating a shocking murder in fourteenth-century France. The assignment draws him into cryptic evidence and disturbing religious questions while forcing him to reconsider his habits, ambitions and attraction to a different kind of life.

Television reruns revive interest in former sitcom star Hector McKerrow decades after his disappearance from public life. An online search for information gathers increasingly determined fans, transforming innocent curiosity into a competitive pursuit with a disturbing edge.

Rain keeps Andy and Annie indoors while the baby sleeps, but their games produce one noisy interruption after another. The siblings search for a way to enjoy themselves without waking the youngest member of the household.

Avril manages the Bella Vista guest house with polished hospitality until her husband decides to run for mayor. Furious at his plans, she secretly works against the campaign, sparking a battle that mixes local politics with a sharply personal domestic rivalry.

Journalism student Aldo investigates a man who apparently became someone else decades earlier. His search leads to sixteen-year-old Jarom in a troubled Tasmanian Mormon cult, where questions about genetic experimentation and an earlier death make the teenager’s future uncertain.

Baby magpie Daryl must learn how to find his own dinner rather than rely on others. His attempts bring unpleasant discoveries and repeated mistakes, turning the ordinary challenge of feeding himself into a comic lesson in persistence and growing independence.

Allie’s family moves into a house her mother considers welcoming, then mysterious writing and nightmares appear in her sister’s room. When alternative remedies and paranormal investigators fail, Allie decides to investigate the haunting herself using observation and practical reasoning.

Dorothea follows her soldier husband to Sydney in 1814 and struggles with colonial life. Building an English garden with convict servant Daniel offers solace and growing intimacy, while the harsh environment that transforms her begins to damage her marriage.

Asked to help a friend’s aunt contact a dead relative, Allie joins the Exorcists’ Club. The attempt draws her into a troubling mystery surrounding Eloise, requiring careful detective work and support from friends as contact with ghosts becomes dangerous.

On a school trip to Hill End, Allie encounters a museum ghost and a destructive presence in an old cottage. When two classmates vanish, the apparent hauntings become an urgent mystery she must solve before someone else disappears.

Overwhelmed by children, renovation and work, Helen suspects her impulsive husband Matt is interested in another woman. One chaotic week sends her through phone bills, private investigation and increasingly desperate surveillance as she tries to understand what remains of their relationship.

A shocking murder awakens an ancient evil along an outback highway in New South Wales. A truck driver, a schoolboy and other travelers become trapped in a seemingly endless journey, caught between supernatural vengeance and their attempts to escape.

Sixteen-year-old Babylonne has endured hunger, violence and repeated sieges, and now faces an unwanted marriage. A mysterious priest claiming friendship with her father offers another path, leaving her to choose between trusting him and joining the struggle against the French.

Former inquisitorial spy Helie lives under an assumed name, hoping to leave his past behind. Forced to infiltrate a heretical group and investigate a missing predecessor, he finds a dangerous conspiracy complicated by feelings that undermine his former loyalties.

Allie expects a weekend of ghost hunting at the Jenolan Caves, despite family arguments and a haunted hotel. Instead, something vicious and foul-smelling begins following her, turning a planned tour into a more dangerous supernatural investigation.

Seventeen-year-old Cheney has known only the orderly world aboard the spacecraft Plexus. After a radiation wave changes the ship, its systems turn against the people they once protected, forcing him and his friends to fight their own home for survival.

Charlotte Atkinson’s privileged childhood in colonial New South Wales ends when her widowed mother marries a violent man. Based on historical events, the novel follows the family’s terror and lasting secrets through a daughter’s determination to understand her mother’s choices.

Nina resents the dull meetings of her support group for vampires trying not to harm humans. When a member is killed, she and fellow vampire Dave investigate, discovering a hunter, a threatened werewolf and unexpected opportunities for their unlikely companions.

Toby wakes in hospital without remembering how he reached a wildlife park’s dingo enclosure. A stranger insists he has a dangerous condition, but only kidnapping and imprisonment persuade him that the peculiar people offering help might understand what is happening.

Marcus expects a dull holiday in an aging caravan at Diamond Beach, but discovers it holds a strange secret. Dream vacations give way to frightening adventures as he struggles to escape Miss Molpe’s trap before the family trip becomes inescapable.

Former pickpocket Jem becomes apprentice to Alfred, a hunter of child-eating bogles in Victorian London. As more orphans disappear, Jem and Birdie help wage a dangerous underground campaign while the mysteries of the monsters challenge emerging scientific explanations.

Ten-year-old orphan Birdie earns her living singing to lure child-eating monsters from hiding while Alfred the Bogler kills them. When London’s orphans begin vanishing, their dangerous trade leads into a mystery threatening children beyond the usual risks of the streets.

Weary knight Noble questions his endless battles after meeting Rufus, who proposes negotiating and ignoring the rules. Discovering that his world may exist inside a computer makes their rebellion more complicated, especially if his liberating new companion is actually a virus.

Ned joins Alfred’s monster-hunting team as bogles continue threatening Victorian London. New machinery and public skepticism jeopardize the profession, while an old enemy returns with a danger that may outstrip the creatures Ned has learned to lure.

Twelve-year-old linkboy Philo gathers information while guiding Londoners through eighteenth-century streets. Unexplained collapses and a wave of crime spark rumors of a demon, drawing him and his new ally into an investigation that threatens the other boys in his care.

Philo sells information about Jacobite plots while managing a crew of London linkboys. A rival gang and his resentful former master close in, forcing the young spy to rely on trusted friends and decide how far his loyalties should extend.

Barney is a family dog with an appetite extending far beyond ordinary meals. Food of every kind attracts him, along with things never meant to be eaten, turning his enthusiasm for tasting everything into a source of household chaos.

Transported to colonial New South Wales for poaching, young Tom Clay tends sheep among violent men. When killer Dan Carver comes after him and his outspoken companion, Tom must use his bush skills and hard-learned caution to keep them alive.

Living alone in the bush, Meg offers refuge to Nerine and her frightened daughters escaping an abusive man. Small disturbances begin unsettling the household, raising fears that either woman’s past has followed them to a place they thought was safe.

Island caretaker Robyn recognizes a boy attending a harsh rehabilitation camp as a former pupil with a different name. His arrival revives a bitter custody battle from her teaching years, turning a remote workplace into the setting for returning violence.

A child celebrates a face covered in freckles, carefully counting and enjoying the marks that make it unique. This illustrated story encourages affection for personal differences and the pleasure of recognizing something wonderful in the features that belong to you.

Contact tracer Jane recognizes a caller’s fear of the same abusive man she and her daughter have spent years avoiding. Realizing he is nearby brings their hidden past into her working life and threatens the safety they have struggled to preserve.

After a viral rant ruins her life, Bronte accepts unpaid caring work on an isolated property. Her host’s sovereign-citizen beliefs and devoted followers become increasingly alarming, while the dementia patient she tends keeps referring to a troubling secret from the past.