Crime
Ink Ribbon Red by Alex Pavesi
Just when I think my heart has been captured by the newest romances, or I’m getting swept away into a fantasy novel, I read mysteries such as Alex Pavesi’s Ink Ribbon Red, which make me fall in love with…
Hotel Lucky Seven by Kotaro Isaka & Brian Bergstrom (trans.)
Kotaro Isaka, author of the internationally best-selling novel Bullet Train, returns with an equally exciting, fast-paced, high-stakes thriller in this sequel, Hotel Lucky Seven.
Nanao – codename ‘Ladybug’, the self-proclaimed unluckiest assassin in the world – is back…
Leave the Girls Behind by Jacqueline Bublitz
The author of the award-winning debut Before You Knew My Name, Jacqueline Bublitz’s newest novel challenges the glamourisation, by the media and in pop culture, of male serial killers and redirects our attention to the lives of the girls…
No One Will Know by Rose Carlyle
Eve is all alone – no friends or family to turn towards, her boyfriend killed in a car accident, and his wealthy family wanting nothing to do with her, even after learning she is pregnant with his child.
Then she…
The Ledge by Christian White
Twenty-four years ago, four boys were best friends, inseparable, like brothers. That was until the night that changed everything, when their friend Aaron ran away from home. Now, years later, human remains are uncovered in the forest and their secret…
The Hitwoman’s Guide to Reducing Household Debt by Mark Mupotsa-Russell
Olivia Hodges is not religious, but she is superstitious, and she does believe in divine intervention; she hopes the universe will forgive her for her past actions. In Olivia’s past, before she was a loving wife and a mother to…
The Chilling by Riley James
Kit, fleeing from the crumbling ruins of her marriage, joins a team of Australian researchers travelling to Antarctica to study the behaviour of seals. But on their way, they receive a distress signal from another team of researchers nearby. They…
The Death of Dora Black: A Petticoat Police Mystery by Lainie Anderson
In 1915, Australia’s first female police officers were appointed. In Adelaide, Kate Cocks became the first policewoman in the entire British empire to be paid the same as her male counterparts. Before this, women had worked for the police, but…
The Crag by Claire Sutherland
Mount Arapiles, in Western Victoria, is a haven for climbers – hundreds of metres of rugged cliff faces and outcrops for all who love the sport, from beginners to experts breaking records with new routes. Paramedic Skye Sayers and her…
Liars by James O’Loghlin
For a little while now, I’ve been tracking a particular phenomenon in the book industry: journos and broadcasters pivoting to become highly successful crime novelists. There have been some cracking great reads among the police procedurals, and investigative and psychological…
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