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Australian Book Retailer of the Year 2021
These new crime reads will have you on the edge of your seat.
Anthony Horowitz
By global bestselling Anthony Horowitz, a brilliantly entertaining new mystery in the Hawthorne and Horowitz series.
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Michael Bennett
The riveting follow-up to the acclaimed crime debut Better the Blood.
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Amanda Hampson
Look who's back in hot water! The highly anticipated new novel in The Tea Ladies cosy crime series, a runaway bestseller of the year.
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Louise Welsh
A darkly comic, gritty novel from the award-winning writer of The Cutting Room, exploring organised crime, institutional corruption and moral compromise in Glasgow
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Don Winslow
Following City on Fire and City of Dreams, City in Ruins is the explosive, impossible to put down conclusion to New York Times bestselling author Don Winslow's epic, genre-defining crime…
Kelli Hawkins
Does murder run in the family? The brilliant, unsettling new psychological suspense from the bestselling author of Other People's Houses.
When a teenage girl goes missing, Nicola Miller fears…
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Maurice Leblanc, George Morehead (trans.), Alexander Teixera de Mattos (trans.)
A selection of classic stories featuring France's answer to Sherlock Holmes - a brilliant master criminal with a mischievous sense of humor - now the inspiration for the major streaming…
Aoife Clifford
So many people had reason to hate her, but did anyone have reason to kill her?
Abigail Dean
Marty told the reporters that she saw it happen. She saw the gunman enter the hall. She saw her mother die trying to protect them all.
Garry Disher
A thrilling new standalone set in regional SA, from one of Australia's most esteemed crime authors.
Candice Fox
Candice Fox's latest thriller is the definition of nailbiter, as a female agent goes undercover in a New York firefighting crew that is far more dangerous than the fires they…
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Pip Fioretti
The origin story of outback noir: a dark, gritty and suspenseful dive into Australia's past, through the eyes of an unforgettable narrator
Stuart Turton
Solve the murder to save what's left of the world.
Kristen Perrin
The biggest debut of 2024 and a hilarious mystery with a killer hook. Perfect for fans of Knives Out and Only Murders in the Building.
Futaro Yamada, Bryan Karetnyk (trans.)
A classic Japanese mystery - a pair of sleuths investigate a series of bloody murders in 19th century Tokyo
Mick Herron
We all have jobs to do in the daylight. It's what you do in the secret hours that reveals who you really are.
Alexia Casale
Four new friends. Four dead bodies. One big problem . . .
Tana French
Crackling with tension and slow-burn suspense, The Hunter explores what we’ll do for our loved ones, what we’ll do for revenge, and what we sacrifice when the two collide, from…
Femi Kayode
Gaslight is the sensational follow up to Femi Kayode's acclaimed debut, Lightseekers,
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Juan Gómez-Jurado, Nick Caistor (trans.), Lorenza Garcia (trans.)
The highly anticipated sequel to Juan Gómez-Jurado's number 1 international bestseller Red Queen, featuring Antonia Scott, the most compelling and original detective since Lisbeth Salander.
A. J. Finn
The brand new edge-of-your-seat thriller from the author of the smash hit bestseller The Woman in the Window. "I'll be dead in three months. Come tell my story."
Gavin Strawhan
A brilliant debut crime novel centred on a 501 deportee gang, set in a remote coastal New Zealand town
Helen FitzGerald
The latest thriller from an author beloved for her pitch-dark humour and unnerving tension.
Amy Tintera
The dark comedy and whip-smart voice of You elevates the twisty suspense of Lisa Jewell's None of This is True in this read-until-four-am mystery thriller.
Andrey Kurkov, Boris Dralyuk (trans.)
Kyiv, 1919. The Soviets control the city, but White armies menace them from the West. No man trusts his neighbour and any spark of resistance may ignite into open rebellion.
Anne Manne
A searing expose of institutional child abuse, and the remarkable story of the survivors who would not be silenced
Dervla McTiernan
From the #1 internationally bestselling author of The Murder Rule comes an emotional novel of suspense about two families pitted against each other -- one seeking justice in the disappearance…
Nicci French
She’s loved by all who meet her. But someone wants her gone . . .
Iain Ryan
You can’t hide in the shadows in a city of neon lights.
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Thomas Mullen
A determined reporter and a reluctant FBI agent face off against fascist elements in this gripping historical thriller set in World War II-era Boston from the multi-award-nominated author.
Jo Callaghan
In the UK, someone is reported missing every 90 seconds. Just gone. Vanished. In the blink of an eye.
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Sulari Gentill
She needs to write the ending ... before she meets hers.
Vikki Wakefield
A compulsively readable psychological thriller from the award-winning author of After You Were Gone.
Sarah Bailey
A gripping, white-knuckle thriller from the bestselling author of The Dark Lake and The Housemate.
Kerryn Mayne
The irresistible new crime novel from the author of Lenny Marks Gets Away With Murder, that again perfectly balances light and dark, humour and suspense, with a quirky cast…
Tess Gerritsen
Killing Eve meets The Thursday Murder Club in this exhilarating thriller, introducing retired spy Maggie Bird.
Bruce Nash
A wickedly funny and genuinely moving novel about memory, language and love, perfect for fans of Richard Osman and The One-Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Jumped Out the Window.
Alex Michaelides
An exhilarating, gripping new psychological thriller from the author behind the record-breaking, multimillion-copy bestseller, The Silent Patient
Matthew Blake
Anna O hasn't opened her eyes for four years
Glenna Thomson
Gone is a gripping rural crime novel of a grieving family and their forty-year journey to discover the truth.
Simon Rowell
A thrilling police procedural set in Mount Macedon by one of the rising stars of Australian crime writing
Im Seong-sun, An Seon Jae (trans.)
Sometimes work can be murder... Squid Game and Parasite meet Dexter in this sharp, satirical crime novel about a murder-planning consultant in corporate Seoul
Kylie Orr
Darkly compelling and twisty psychological drama from a talented new Australian author. Perfect for readers who love Sally Hepworth, Pip Drysdale and Adele Parks.
Elly Conway
A luxury train speeding towards Moscow and a date with destiny. A CIA plane downed in the jungles of the Golden Triangle. A Nazi hoard entombed in the remote mountains…
Armando Lucas Correa
Bestselling author Armando Lucas Correa strikes out in a bold new direction with a psychological thriller about a young woman afflicted with 'motion blindness', who becomes convinced that her next-door…
Candice Fox, James Patterson
In this thrilling follow-up to the international bestseller The Inn, past mistakes come back to haunt the friends and residents of The Inn by the Sea.
Abby Corson
He’ll do anything to improve your stay. Except keep your secrets.
Jordan Harper
L.A. Confidential for the 21st Century: a gripping, must-read thriller about Hollywood's corrupt factory of dreams and the woman determined to burn it down.
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