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Discover the latest Aussie crime drama with these gripping fiction and true crime books.
Iain Ryan
In a city gripped by recession and shattered by violent bank robberies, three lives collide in a web of corruption, ambition, and revenge.
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Jacqueline Bublitz
The acclaimed author of Before You Knew My Name returns with another taut suspense thriller overlaid with a moving exploration of the ways in which violent crime ricochets through the…
Pip Drysdale
Sometimes dreams come true - but so do nightmares ... An electrifying, dark and twisty new thriller from the bestselling author of The Sunday Girl, The Strangers We Know…
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Chris Hammer
Nell Buchanan and Ivan Lucic are back - as Nell is thrown into her most emotionally fraught investigation yet.
Rose Carlyle
A wonderfully twisty and suspenseful novel from the #1 internationally bestselling author of The Girl in the Mirror.
Benjamin Stevenson
Benjamin Stevenson returns with a Christmas addition to his bestselling Ernest Cunningham mysteries. Unwrap all the Christmas staples- presents, family, an impossible murder or two, and a deadly advent calendar…
Michael Adams
Incredible, swashbuckling tale that feels like being on the run with Australia's most colourful fugitive
Shaeden Berry
How far would you go to chase the ghosts of the past?
Patricia Wolf
A small mining community. A murderer at large. And a flood that has trapped them all.
Christian White
HUGE return from bestselling author Christian White, his twistiest thriller yet!
Alan Carter
A quest for the truth becomes a race for survival in this pacy new crime novel from award-winning author Alan Carter.
Dave Warner
A town full of crime and swamps full of crocodiles: Dan Clement has his hands full with a free-spirited new girlfriend and a secret that won't stay submerged for long.
Martine Kropkowski
A year after a tragic incident splintered their friendship, three women travel to Marcoy, a regional town, in attempt to reconnect.
Mark Mupotsa-Russell
The wickedly clever story of a suburban mum with a criminal secret.
Lainie Anderson
Summer, Adelaide, 1917. The impeccably dressed Miss Kate Cocks might look more like a schoolmistress than a policewoman, but don't let that fool you. She's a household name, wrangling wayward…
Natalie Conyer
Every city casts a shadow, where evil flourishes.
Candice Fox
Candice Fox's breathtaking new thriller is quite literally the bomb! A high-octane race through outback Australia.
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David Whish-Wilson
Praised by Tim Winton as 'a ripping page-turner about shameful secrets just across the horizon', the most terrifying aspect of this tenth novel from a master storyteller is the way…
Riley James
An unputdownable thriller set in the pressure-cooker environment of an Antarctic winter.
Josh Kemp
Shortlisted for the Fogarty Literary Award, Jasper Cliff is an outback gothic thriller set in a small town where people have a habit of disappearing.
James O'Loghlin
Speak your truth. Or at least the truth you want others to believe.
Tina Shaw
Winner of the 2023 Gifkins Prize, A House Built on Sand is the vivid and gripping story of a mother-daughter relationship and the secrets that threaten to shatter their world
Fiona McFarlane
A gripping, provocative work by one of our finest writers, the internationally acclaimed author Fiona McFarlane.
Margaret Hickey
The chilling new mystery novel from the award-winning author of bestsellers Cutters End, Stone Town and Broken Bay.
Gabriel Bergmoser
From the award-winning author of The Hunted comes a fast-paced, nail-biting outback thriller that will keep you on the edge of your seat.
Lisa Kenway
Set between the Blue Mountains and a Sydney hospital, Lisa Kenway's All You Took From Me is a thriller brimming with great characters and nail-biting tension.
Mitch Jennings
A deadbeat dad. A curious boy. A journo drowning in the past ... and a town full of secrets. Can the truth ever be found in a town called Treachery?
Claire Sutherland
A heart-stopping murder mystery set in the rock-climbing scene of Mt Arapiles, perfect for lovers of Outback Noir.
Hayley Scrivenor
Why would my best friend want to destroy my life?
J.P. Pomare
The unputdownable new bestseller from multi-award-winning author J.P. Pomare
Liz Evans
Where did she come from? And how far will she go?
Susannah Glenn
A couple moves to far north Queensland looking for a fresh start but will their dark secret be exposed? A page-turning domestic thriller for fans of Sally Hepworth and Liane…
Karin Slaughter
Who killed Mercy McAlpine? The next thrilling suspense featuring Will Trent and Sara Linton from Karin Slaughter, no.1 bestselling author of Pieces of Her and After That Night
Christine Gregory
Paradise has a price
Michael Robotham
Some memories are buried for a reason. The compulsively readable new thriller by the #1 bestselling and award-winning master of crime
Sherryl Clark
Gutsy new P.I. Lou Alcott takes charge in this brilliantly crafted thriller. Twisty, gritty and unputdownable, in this story the underdog is fighting back. Perfect for readers of Sarah Bailey…
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Steve Johnson
A gripping and heartbreaking story, A Thousand Miles From Care tells the 30 year quest Steve Johnson undertook to uncover the truth about his brilliant brother's brutal murder in Manly.
Tim Ayliffe
The fifth novel in the John Bailey thriller series. Bailey is trying to solve two murders, ten years apart – unfinished business from his former flame Sharon Dexter. But will…
Andrew Rule
Andrew Rule brings us eighteen Australian crime stories that have fuelled fears, fired outrage and broken hearts and dreams.
Jane Sullivan
Inspired by real events and people, Murder in Punch Lane is a dark and gripping crime novel that maps the sins and secrets of nineteenth-century Melbourne
Michael Brissenden
After a brutal wildfire tears through the town of Jasper in the Californian sierras, a body is discovered in a shed.
Louise Wolhuter
Sometimes you must shine a light on the dark places to see what was always there.
Nicola Moriarty
Who killed Harriet? The unputdownable new thriller from the bestselling author of You Need to Know.
Caroline Overington
The unputdownable new thriller from the bestselling author of The One Who Got Away
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Two fiendishly twisty crime stories from the author of international bestsellers Everyone In My Family Has Killed Someone and Everyone on This Train Is a Suspect.
Anna Downes
The dangerous thrills of solo travel come into focus in this full-throttle twist on outback noir by the bestselling author of The Safe Place and The Shadow House.
Garry Disher
A thrilling new standalone set in regional SA, from one of Australia's most esteemed crime authors.
Tracy Hall, Summer Land
A serial con man. The ultimate betrayal. An unbreakable woman. The full story behind the relationship made famous by the hit podcast Who the Hell is Hamish?
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