Libraries & Booksellers
Welcome to the professional resources page for Australian author Steven Goldsmith and Esqueva Books.
Steven's fiction includes the Melbourne-based Marvellous Melbourne Murders series and the Australian rural-fiction Heartlands Trilogy.
This page provides librarians, booksellers, collection-development teams, distributors and other book-industry professionals with bibliographic, ordering and collection information. Downloadable library title sheets are provided for each book.
For high-resolution artwork, review copies, author events or collection-development enquiries, please contact books@stevengoldsmith.au.
Quick links: Marvellous Melbourne Murders | Heartlands Trilogy | Ordering | Professional Resources
Marvellous Melbourne Murders
Australian mystery fiction with distinctly Melbourne settings, traditional mystery structure, amateur sleuths, social observation and understated humour. The series is set in the early-to-mid 2000s, when mobile phones, SMS and emerging social media were changing the way secrets travelled but not necessarily making them easier to uncover.
A Most Improper End
Marvellous Melbourne Murders, Book One
Melbourne in the early 2000s is a city where reputation still opens doors, while mobile phones, text messaging and emerging social media are beginning to make secrets much harder to contain.
When a prominent member of Melbourne's social elite meets an unexpected and distinctly improper end, affairs, debts, betrayals and concealed alliances emerge from behind the polished façade of exclusive clubs and respectable families.
A Most Improper End combines traditional mystery, social observation and understated humour with a distinctly Melbourne setting.
Author: Steven P Goldsmith
Publisher: Esqueva Books
Series: Marvellous Melbourne Murders
Series number: 1
Edition: First edition
Publication date: 7 September 2025
Formats: Paperback and eBook (EPUB)
Paperback: 564 pages
Paperback ISBN: 9781764243919
eBook / EPUB ISBN: 9781764243902
Language: English
Audience: Adult / General
Genre: Australian Mystery / Amateur Sleuth / Traditional Mystery
Setting: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Library collection suitability: Adult Fiction, Australian Fiction, Crime & Mystery, Amateur Sleuth, Local Author.
A Filtered Fate
Marvellous Melbourne Murders, Book Two
Coming September 2026
Melbourne's laneways are built for secrets.
At The Bean and Leaf, a small café tucked between Flinders Lane and Collins Street, Joseph "Zen Joe" Kerrigan is known for exceptional coffee, quiet observations and cryptic sayings.
When Joe dies unexpectedly, those familiar routines begin to look less eccentric and more like clues. The investigation moves from Melbourne's laneways and vintage shops into academic circles and a hidden world of technology and corporate intrigue.
A Filtered Fate combines traditional mystery, Melbourne coffee culture, coded clues and understated humour in the second instalment of the Marvellous Melbourne Murders series.
Author / registered pen name: Steven Goldsmith
Publisher: Esqueva Books
Series: Marvellous Melbourne Murders
Series number: 2
Edition: First edition
Publication: September 2026
Formats: Paperback and eBook (EPUB)
Paperback ISBN: 9781763866171
eBook / EPUB ISBN: 9781764243933
Language: English
Audience: Adult / General
Genre: Australian Mystery / Amateur Sleuth / Traditional Mystery
Setting: Melbourne CBD and laneways, Victoria, Australia
Library collection suitability: Adult Fiction, Australian Fiction, Crime & Mystery, Amateur Sleuth, Local Author.
Heartlands Trilogy
Australian rural fiction centred on family, resilience, relationships, land and the pressures facing regional communities.
Heartlands: Fields of Gold
Heartlands Trilogy, Book One
In the sprawling wheat fields of Western Australia, Lucy Harding is determined to protect her family's legacy at Harding Farm.
When a difficult season threatens the farm's future, Lucy and her partner Daniel discover gold beneath the property. What appears to offer financial security soon creates new pressures involving the land, environmental responsibility, community expectations and those seeking a share of their unexpected fortune.
As farming and small-scale mining become increasingly intertwined, Lucy and Daniel must determine what prosperity really means and how much they are willing to sacrifice to secure their future.
Fields of Gold is a story of resilience, partnership, rural Australia and the different forms that wealth can take.
Author: Steven P Goldsmith
Publisher: Esqueva Books
Series: Heartlands Trilogy
Series number: 1
Edition: First edition
Publication date: 20 February 2025
Formats: Paperback and eBook (EPUB)
Paperback: 348 pages
Paperback ISBN: 9781763866102
eBook / EPUB ISBN: 9781763866133
Language: English
Audience: Adult / General
Genre: Australian Rural Fiction / Contemporary Fiction / Family & Relationships
Setting: Western Australian wheatbelt
Library collection suitability: Adult Fiction, Australian Fiction, Rural Fiction, Regional Australian Fiction, Family & Relationships.
Ordering for Libraries & Booksellers
Steven Goldsmith's books are published by Esqueva Books. Published titles are commercially available through normal book-trade distribution in paperback and eBook formats. A Filtered Fate will become commercially available with its September 2026 release.
Libraries and booksellers may search for and order the appropriate edition using the ISBNs shown above through their usual library supplier, bookseller or distributor.
Please use the paperback ISBN when ordering a print copy and the eBook / EPUB ISBN when identifying the electronic edition.
For assistance locating an edition, confirming bibliographic metadata, obtaining high-resolution artwork or requesting a review copy, contact:
Library purchase requests
Readers wishing to borrow one of Steven's books through their local public library are encouraged to use the library's Suggest a Purchase, Request an Item or equivalent service.
Providing the exact title, author, format and ISBN helps collection teams identify the correct edition.
Resources for Libraries & Booksellers
Materials are available for collection assessment, cataloguing, bookselling, publicity and literary-event use.
Library Title Sheets
Each downloadable title sheet provides concise collection information, bibliographic metadata, ISBNs, format details, synopsis and ordering information.
- A Most Improper End - Library Title Sheet (PDF)
- A Filtered Fate - Library Title Sheet (PDF)
- Heartlands: Fields of Gold - Library Title Sheet (PDF)
High-resolution cover artwork
High-resolution front-cover artwork suitable for library catalogues, bookseller listings and approved promotional use is available on request.
Bibliographic information
Complete title, series, publisher, edition, publication date, ISBN, format, classification and other metadata can be supplied where required.
Review copies
Review or collection-assessment copies may be made available to libraries, booksellers and relevant media by arrangement.
Author biography & photograph
Professional author biography material and author photographs are available for catalogues, media, library events and literary programming.
Author events
Enquiries are welcome regarding library talks, author Q&A sessions, book-club discussions, literary events and other appearances.
Collection Development & Professional Enquiries
For library collection-development enquiries, bookseller enquiries, bibliographic information, review copies, high-resolution artwork, author events or other professional requests:
Email: books@stevengoldsmith.au
Website: www.stevengoldsmith.au
