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Australian Book Retailer of the Year 2021
These new crime reads will have you on the edge of your seat.
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.
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Vikki Wakefield
A compulsively readable psychological thriller from the award-winning author of After You Were Gone.
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Sarah Bailey
A gripping, white-knuckle thriller from the bestselling author of The Dark Lake and The Housemate.
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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…
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Tess Gerritsen
Killing Eve meets The Thursday Murder Club in this exhilarating thriller, introducing retired spy Maggie Bird.
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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
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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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Claire McNeel
In the darkest hour, a blood-soaked teenager flees the rural Gerandaroo football oval.
Jessica Bull
It is a truth universally acknowledged that every good mystery is in need of a brilliant sleuth... A Jane Austen-inspired murder mystery for fans of Richard Osman and Janice Hallett
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Kate Brody
A deliciously dark and twisted debut about family secrets, true crime, and destructive obsession by a striking new talent
Lizzie Pook
Maude Horton's Glorious Revenge is a mysterious, transporting tale about the unbreakable bond of sisterhood, from the author of the critically acclaimed Moonlight and the Pearler's Daughter.
Fiona McIntosh
The heart-stopping new crime thriller in the Detective Jack Hawksworth series by blockbuster author Fiona McIntosh.
Freida McFadden
From the New York Times bestselling author Freida McFadden comes another twisty psychological thriller... She'll learn that some secrets are deadly. It's a lesson she'll never forget.
James Patterson
A compulsive and entertaining contemporary mystery featuring a team of unique private investigators - perfect for fans of Richard Osman and Knives Out.
Jack Beaumont
Former DGSE spy Jack Beaumont's Dark Arena is another chillingly plausible thriller delivering all the taut plotting, superb action and authentic spycraft that made The Frenchman a critically acclaimed bestseller.
Hannah Richell
Five old friends reunite for an idyllic glamping holiday on the rugged Cornwall coast, but tensions rise when a storm leaves them stranded and someone goes missing.
Elizabeth Coleman
A charming and cheeky murder mystery, perfect for fans of Phryne Fisher, The Thursday Murder Club and The Tea Ladies
Jo Dixon
From the bestselling author of The House of Now and Then comes a vividly portrayed story that reveals the darkness of greed and desire where people will stop at nothing…
Rebecca Heath
The new exciting thriller by Rebecca Heath, author of The Summer Party. A dark and twisty domestic thriller set in a seemingly idyllic suburban neighbourhood, where family secrets are…
Denise Mina
Girolamo Savonarola was a Dominican friar, whose hellfire and damnation sermons pushed the city of Florence to its breaking point. In Three Fires, Denise Mina brings a modern take…
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Lauren Nossett
A tale of ambition, lies, obsession and murder.
Keigo Higashino, Giles Murray (trans.)
From Japanese crime writer Keigo Higashino, who has sold over a million copies in Japan, The Final Curtain is the fourth and final instalment in the Detective Kaga series
Kotaro Isaka, Sam Malissa (trans.)
Good father or good assassin? Can he be both?: From the internationally bestselling author of Bullet Train.
Erina Reddan
What lies behind the walls of The Sanctuary, a secretive and conservative religious community?
It’s been a tough year for Charli Trenthenan: her mother died in a tragic car accident…
Hedley Thomas
If you thought you knew the story of The Teacher's Pet, get ready to be shocked. Hedley Thomas takes you behind the scenes with a blow-by-blow account of one…
Nita Prose
A new mess. A new mystery. Molly the maid returns . . .
Adrian Hyland
The new Jesse Redpath crime thriller from the bestselling author of Canticle Creek.
Lindsay Hunter
An unputdownable, unmissable, vicious blade of a novel that peels back the fragile veneer of two suburban families and the deadly secrets roiling between them.
Paul E. Hardisty
A cataclysmic, clarion-call, near-future climate-change thriller from one of the world’s leading environmental scientists…
Patricia Cornwell
In this thrilling new instalment of the #1 bestselling series, chief medical examiner Dr Kay Scarpetta finds herself in a Northern Virginia wilderness examining the remains of two campers wanted…
Louise Penny
The brilliant new Chief Inspector Gamache novel, from multi-million-copy international bestseller and award-winning author Louise Penny. Soon to be a major TV series.
Michael Connelly
From #1 bestselling author Michael Connelly: Lincoln Lawyer Mickey Haller enlists the help of his half-brother, Harry Bosch, to prove the innocence of a woman convicted of killing her husband.
Ava Barry
In this heart-pounding tale of deception, a young P.I. must unravel the secrets behind the murder of a Los Angeles heiress's parents.
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Dann McDorman
West Heart Kill: An outrageously original murder mystery
Dan Box
A true story about lies, murder and the Territory
Jake Adelstein
The Last Yakuza tells the history of the yakuza like it's never been told before.
John Silvester
John Silvester has been reporting on crime from the cop stations, courthouses, back alleys and gangster mansions of Melbourne for forty years. His contact book is a who's who of…
