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Michael Levitt
Fake or fortune? The Gallerist is a feel-good cosy crime novel that will take you behind the scenes of the art world.
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Michael Trant
Wild Dogs is a page-turning action thriller set in the WA outback, introducing Australia’s answer to Jack Reacher
Maryrose Cuskelly
Nail-biting, atmospheric, and unputdownable, the brilliant new thriller for fans of Wimmera and The Dry.
Barry Maitland
Fraud, betrayal and murder, set in the high-stakes world of fine art. ‘Barry Maitland is one of Australia’s finest crime writers.’ - Sunday Tasmanian
Garry Disher
A stunning new standalone crime novel from one of Australia’s most revered writers
Alan Carter
The fifth and final instalment in the award-winning Cato Kwong series, Crocodile Tears sees Cato’s life on the line and his only hope is someone from his past. But can…
Caroline Graham,Kylie Stevenson
A dying town, a missing man. One of Australia’s greatest mysteries - two whodunnits, twisted together.
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Karen Herbert
A stunning debut that will keep you guessing till the last chapter
Michael Burge
A coming-of-age story and crime thriller with a large and gentle heart.
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Peter Papathanasiou
A small outback town wakes to a savage murder.
Karen Manton
A psychological thriller and contemporary gothic novel set around an isolated and abandoned ruined homestead in the Top End of the Northern Territory.
Catherine Jinks
A boot camp for troubled young men, a hidden identity and murderous pursuit on a remote island: beloved author Catherine Jinks is back with another heart-pounding Australian thriller.
Bryan Brown
Bryan Brown has been telling stories with his distinctive Australian voice on TV and in film for a long time, but this time he’s writing crime in his first book.
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Lisa Ellery
A pacy, darkly comic whodunnit with a twist
Ruth McIver
A dark, twisty thriller of small town buried secrets.
Margaret Hickey
A scintillating crime thriller, set in the South Australian outback town of Cutters End. A mysterious death on New Year’s Eve 1989 leads to a shocking murder investigation 32 years…
John M. Green
As the ice melts in the Arctic, climate change spurs a new Cold War, and the world’s superpowers race to snatch control of the region’s vast resources
Simon Rowell
A tightly-wound debut crime novel set in Melbourne and surrounds, for fans of Sarah Bailey, Garry Disher and J. M. Green
Robert Gott
A novel about revenge, obsession, and the dangerous gullibility of religious fanatics.
Katherine Kovacic
Introducing the fabulous Ms Peregrine Fisher, niece of the famous Phryne Fisher, as seen on 7plus and Acorn tv
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Meshel Laurie
Meshel Laurie, host of the incredibly successful Australian True Crime podcast speaks to the forensic pathologists, homicide detectives, defence barristers and victims’ families in this moving and gripping study of…
Sarah Hawthorn
A Voice in the Night is an addictive thriller of twists and turns, a gripping and emotionally resonant debut from a striking new voice.
John Byron
Meticulously researched, hugely ambitious and superbly crafted, The Tribute is the most outstanding thriller of 2021.
Michael Robotham
For as long as we both shall live? A pulse-racing standalone thriller by the #1 bestselling author of The Secrets She Keeps, now a major TV series
Mark Brandi
From the bestselling author of Wimmera and The Rip comes an unforgettable novel that explores the darkness in our world with the light only a child can find.
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R.W.R. McDonald
Tippy, Uncle Pike and Devon are back for another camp cozy crime mystery from the award-winning author of The Nancys.
Matt Nable
Still is an evocative, page-turning thriller from a brilliant Australian writer. If you loved The Dry and Scrublands, you will love Still.
Katherine Firkin
A chilling police thriller set in a small coastal town on the Mornington Peninsula, where the discovery of human bones on an isolated beach has reawakened a twenty-year-old cold case…
Kate Holden
An epic true story of greed, power and a desire for legacy from an acclaimed Australian storyteller.
Kerry Greenwood
The elegant Miss Phryne Fisher returns in this scintillating collection, which features four brand-new stories.
Erina Reddan
From a Walkley Award-winning journalist comes a gripping, literary crime novel about male power and the secrets that can haunt a family.
Tanya Bretherton
Shocking real-life stories of murderous women who used rat poison to rid themselves of husbands and other inconvenient family members. For readers of compelling history and true crime, from critically…
Kellie McCourt
After accidentally blowing up her husband, can Indigo get back on her four-inch heels?
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J.P. Pomare
A fast-paced psychological thriller for fans of The Silent Patient.
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With all the pace of a thriller, Katherine Kovacic recounts this extraordinary, chilling true story - of failed police enquiries, a killer with a Jekyll and Hyde personality, and the…
A spine-tingling psychological thriller where everything is not as it seems, from one of Australia’s best writers of suspense.
Sarah Thornton
Savvy ex-lawyer Clementine Jones is back in this edge-of-your-seat crime thriller with an environmental twist
Australia’s favourite country cop, Hirsch, is back in Consolation, the follow-up to Peace and Bitter Wash Road.
Sergeant Nick Chester has dodged the Geordie gangsters he once feared, is out of hiding and looking forward to a quiet life. But gold fever is creating ill-feeling between prospectors…
Jane Harper
The compelling new novel from Jane Harper, the New York Times bestselling author of The Dry.
David Whish-Wilson
It is Fremantle in 1989 and Frank is at home, suffering from an undiagnosed and debilitating illness.
Dave Warner
Cryogenicist Dr Georgette Watson has mastered the art of bringing frozen hamsters back to life. Now what she really needs is a body to confirm her technique can save human…
Paul Verhoeven
The riveting, darkly funny stand-alone sequel to Loose Units.
