Sign up to our emails and be the first to know about new releases, special offers and more.
Become a Readings Member to make your shopping experience even easier. Sign in or sign up for free!
Hello Readings Member! Go to the member centre to view your orders, change your details, or view your lists, or sign out.
Australian Book Retailer of the Year 2021
Christy Barritt
Strawberry sauce. That's what Serena Lavinia tells herself when something red is found splattered on the front of her ice cream truck. As much as Serena wants to believe the…
Available to order, ships in 7-14 daysAvailable to order
Sarah Chamberlain enjoys a new life far away from her abusive ex-husband, thanks to help from Vanishing Ranch. But when she starts to have unexplained, dangerous episodes and suffer memory…
She's never lost a dead body before. But there's a first time for everything . . .
Crime-scene cleaner Gabby St. Claire is used to dealing with the aftermath of…
The tide is high, and so is the danger on Lantern Beach.
Still in hiding after infiltrating a dangerous gang, Cassidy Livingston just has to make it a few more…
Danger lurks on the horizon, leaving only two choices: find shelter or flee.
Cassidy Livingston's new identity has begun to feel as comfortable as her favorite sweater. She's been tucked…
A deadly trio of robbers. A missing woman. A community in crisis.
A fun girls' night out turns into a nightmare when armed robbers barge into the store where Cassidy…
Jaxon Wilder didn't plan on returning home to Fog Lake, Tennessee, following his tour of duty in Iraq. But after a gut-wrenching failure during his stint in the Army, he…
Home is a place of refuge-unless it's a killer's playground.
For years, Bear Colson has been known as the serial killer's son. But now, someone else is behind bars for…
Lindsey Waters never wanted to return to the seaside inn where she grew up. Too many traumatic memories haunt the place, both from her childhood and from days gone by…
Even the best opportunities come at a price . . .
When Melinda Marx receives a mysterious invitation to visit the quaint, historic oceanfront inn in Carova, NC, where she…
Change has come to Lantern Beach: a new police chief, a new season, and . . . a new romance? Austin Brooks has loved Skye Lavinia from the moment they…
The thrilling conclusion to the Lantern Beach Blackout series is here!
A FORMER SEAL UNDER SCRUTINY
Benjamin James knows there's a traitor within his former command. The rest of his…
His job is to protect her. The trouble is . . . she doesn't want protection.
Former Navy SEAL Dylan Granger's new assignment requires him to use both his tactical…
He's on the case . . . and she's his prime suspect.
Classified technology is missing, a delivery driver is dead, and former Navy SEAL Maddox King must find the…
She shattered his heart once. Can he set her betrayal aside for the sake of his country?
The last person Titus Armstrong wants to join forces with is the woman…
She thought she left trouble behind. But trouble has become her shadow.
Abby Mendez wants a new start doing what she loves: acting. But when she stumbles upon a dead…
Turbulence has come ashore. Now the whole island is on shaky ground.
Former Navy SEAL Ty Chambers never thought the fallout from one of his past covert missions would reach…
Some things are best left buried . . .
Gunner Mathias is trying to come to terms with a life-changing injury that ended his career as a Navy SEAL. While…
He lost her once. He won't lose her again . . .
After waiting for years, Brandon Hale is finally about to marry Finley Cooper, the woman of his dreams…
Lantern Beach harbors a deadly secret.
With the remote North Carolina island thrown into chaos, scientist Rachel Atwood must use her expertise to find answers and try to stop a…
Hollywood sweetheart Joey Darling's adventures and mishaps continue in the third book of the charming mystery series set in the Outer Banks of North Carolina.
My name is Joey Darling…
Someone has flipped the script, and chaos abounds.
Joey Darling thought she'd take a quick acting gig between filming her hit TV show, Relentless, and prepping for an upcoming movie…
She never thought she'd have to fight for the leading role in her own life . . .
Actress Joey Darling enjoys playing the part of Detective Raven Remington on…
After her last encounter with a serial killer, Gabby St. Claire feels her life is smeared with the stain of tragedy. Between the exhaustion of trying to get her fiance…
Gabby St. Claire is determined to get back in the saddle again. While in Oklahoma for a forensic conference, she meets her soon-to-be stepbrother Trace Ryan, an up-and-coming country singer…
A yachtie fears for her life when she's the only witness to a murder . . .
Kenzie Anderson knows what she saw at the harbor-a woman strangled and pushed…
She's determined to work this case-with or without permission . . . Investigator-wannabe Elliot Ransom doesn't have much clout with the PI firm that recently hired her. When she meets…
A mystery series from USA Today Bestselling author Christy Barritt!
As if participating in a lip-synching competition wasn't bad enough for Elliot Ransom, things take a turn for the worse…
Apprentice P.I. Elliot Ransom has almost lost her life, her family is being targeted by bad guys, and her love life is a confusing mess. Can anything else go wrong…
Apprentice PI Elliot Ransom is thrust into the case of her life when Velma, her quirky friend and coworker, goes missing. Even more chilling: Elliot suspects the notorious Beltway Killer…
Time is running out for apprentice PI Elliot Ransom. She must find the information her father hid before he died or face devastating consequences. She'll do anything to protect the…
First the lights go out . . . then they die.
The body count is rising. Six murder victims. The only connection? An X carved into the dead person's chest…
With the future of the Arctic Circle Murder Club teetering on rocky ground, the team members have scattered. But it's not long before they realize some bonds can't be broken.
…
USA Today bestselling author Christy Barritt takes readers to the mysterious, quirky island of Lantern Beach, North Carolina, in this charming cozy series!
It all started with a runaway dog.
When ice cream lady Serena Lavinia's best customer doesn't show up to buy his daily treats, she has no choice but to find out if he's okay.
She didn't expect…
Something deadly is bursting in air . . .
An explosion rattles Serena Lavinia from her morning ice cream route. When she catches a friend abruptly leaving Lantern Beach, her…
When widow Talitha Robinson buys an old store on the boardwalk in Lantern Beach, North Carolina, she's in for a surprise . . . or several. She plans to renovate…
FBI Special Agent Jesse Marx doesn't know which is worse-waking up in a horse stable with no memories of the past several days or waking up to discover he's wearing…
A blown tire on a lonely desert road leads to Christmas Eve trouble.
Vanishing Ranch chef Dean Burns just needed to pick up a few things for Christmas dinner. When…
As general contractor for Vanishing Ranch's new lodge, Natalie Whitehurst fights to keep her late husband's business alive and regain her life after his death. When her remote jobsite is…
Talitha Robinson is knee-deep in renovations as she prepares to open her new bookstore when a body washes ashore on Lantern Beach. While news of the suspicious death surges across…
With the grand opening of Beach Bound Books and Beans, Tali Robinson's dreams are finally coming true. She hopes to now put the past behind her and start a new…
As cast and crew members prepare for Lantern Beach's first annual Christmas play, catastrophe strikes.
Abby Mendez, the director and brainchild behind the play, never shows up for a dress…
This book officially falls between It Came Upon a Midnight Crime and Organized Grime. It can also be read as a standalone.
Big trouble can come in small packages…
You can take the detective out of the investigation, but you can't take the investigator out of the detective.
A notorious gang puts a bounty on Detective Cady Matthews's head…
A storm is brewing hundreds of miles away, but its effects are devastating even from afar.
Laid-back and light: that's Cassidy Livingston's new motto. But when a makeshift boat with…
Just when the current seems safer, an unseen danger emerges and threatens to destroy everything.
When Cassidy Livingston finds a journal hidden deep in the recesses of her ice cream…
Cassidy and Ty are back in an all-new Lantern Beach series that will leave readers wanting more . . .
A runaway woman. A dead body. A mysterious compound.
When…
