Crime
Red River Road by Anna Downes
Katy’s sister Phoebe has vanished into thin air on a solo trip around Australia. Determined to find her when no one else can, Katy sets off in a van just like Phoebe’s, all on her own, just like Phoebe, following…
One of Us Is Missing by B.M. Carroll
This story is all a little too possible for my liking. The day I finished it, I woke at 3am in a cold sweat. This is the story that has since made me feel anxious on hearing Coldplay’s ‘Viva La…
City in Ruins by Don Winslow
For the last 30 years, Don Winslow, one of the most interesting and creative American crime writers, has made the purchase of his latest book a very reliable and easy choice for readers. He has published a number of series…
The Last Murder at the End of the World by Stuart Turton
Welcome to Blackheath – the last island of human inhabitants at the end of the world. After a cataclysmic event exterminates the rest of the planet and it is enshrouded by a deathly black fog, one tiny island holds the…
Sanctuary by Garry Disher
Most of us lead law abiding lives. Sure, there’s the occasional speeding fine, or you went slightly outside the 5k limit during lockdown, or pinched a packet of lifesavers when you were a kid, but at the end of the…
It Takes a Town by Aoife Clifford
Reading this book, I’m reminded of a quote in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, when Jordan says ‘And I like large parties. They’re so intimate. At small parties there isn’t any privacy.’
Set in the Australian countryside in…
The Rumor Game by Thomas Mullen
Pearl Harbor has been attacked and America looks set to join her allies in the war in Europe. On the streets of Boston, far from the killing fields, there are battles of a different sort taking place, all somehow linked…
Listen for the Lie by Amy Tintera
Everyone thinks Lucy was the one who killed her best friend, Savvy. It makes sense – Lucy was found stumbling through the streets, covered in Savvy’s blood, and claiming she couldn’t remember anything that happened. But the police never found…
The Fury by Alex Michaelides
Amid the ferocious winds on a small and idyllic Greek island owned by the reclusive movie star Lana Farrar, a murder occurs. With only seven people on the island, the six possible suspects are left scrambling in the wake of…
Joy Moody Is Out of Time by Kerryn Mayne
For their whole lives, Joy Moody has told her adopted twin daughters Andromeda and Cassiopeia that they are both from the future, and on their 21st birthday they will be transported back to the year 2050 to save the world…