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Underbelly: The Gangland War
John Silvester and Andrew Rule

$24.95 (Paperback book / Floradale 47 Cookson St Camberwell Vic 3124 9882 7741 )

They called Carl Williams 'The Truth' but the truth was he was just a fat kid with a pill press and a taste for fast food, women and bucks. He got lucky the day Jason Moran shot him in the belly instead of the head. Carl... More »

Killing Jodie: How Australia's Most Elusive Murderer Was Brought To Justice
Fife-Yeomans Janet

$19.95 (Paperback book / Penguin Books )

When women looked at him, what they saw was a little old man who couldn't possible hurt them . . .

By the time he was arrested for the murder of Jodie Larcombe in the late 1980s, Daryl Suckling had escaped conviction mor... More »


Shatter
Michael Robotham

$32.99 (Trade paperback / Sphere )

A naked woman in red high-heeled shoes is perched on the edge of Clifton Suspension Bridge with her back pressed to the safety fence, weeping into a mobile phone. Clinical psychologist Joseph O’Loughlin is only feet away... More »

A Fraction of the Whole
Steve Toltz

$35.00 (Trade paperback / Hamish Hamilton )

Meet the Deans.

Heroes or criminals?

Crackpots of visionaries?

Relatives or enemies?

It's a simple family story...

From the New South Wales bush to bohemian Paris, from sports fields to strip clubs, from the jungles of T... More »

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The Low Road
Chris Womersley

$32.95 (Trade paperback / Scribe Publications )

Shortlisted, The Prize for an Unpublished Manuscript by an Emerging Victorian Writer, 2006 Victorian Premier's Literary Awards

'Chris Womersley's first novel is so stark and pitiless that it's hard to keep reading. But i... More »

Amongst The Dead: A William Power Mystery
Robert Gott

$27.95 (Paperback book / Scribe Publications )

Failed Shakespearean actor and would-be private detective William Power returns in this brilliant, wry sequel which recreates the tension and fear of WWII in Australia.

The Japanese army is rampaging through the islands ... More »


El Dorado
Dorothy Porter

$25.00 (Paperback book / Picador )

'There is a serial child killer stalking the streets of Melbourne. He kills his victims gently and places a gold mark on their head. The mark of El Dorado.He doesn't kill because he hates children, but because he loves t... More »

Sucked In
Shane Maloney

$22.95 (Paperback book / Text Publishing )

Now pushing fifty, Murray Whelan is spinning his wheels in parliament - a toothless cog in Labor's stalled political machine.

But when the remains of a long-lost union official are found in dried-up Lake Nillahcootie, Mu... More »


Golden Serpent
Mark Abernethy

$29.95 (Trade paperback / Arena )

Alan McQueen, aka Mac, was once a star of the global intelligence community, renowned for being the Aussie spook who shot and killed Abu Sabaya, the world's most dangerous terrorist.



But that was 2002.



Now, during a ro... More »

Red Centre, Dark Heart: True Stories Of Mystery Drama And Death In Remote Australia
Evan Mchugh

$29.95 (Trade paperback / Viking )

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