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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
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Christine Gregory
Paradise has a price
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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…
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…
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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
Benjamin Stevenson
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?
Kaaron Warren
A dark and magnificently inventive upmarket thriller about the lengths a lone woman will go to protect her home, and the family history it hides within its walls.
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Amanda Hampson
Look who's back in hot water! The highly anticipated new novel in The Tea Ladies cosy crime series, a runaway bestseller of the year.
Kelli Hawkins
Does murder run in the family? The brilliant, unsettling new psychological suspense from the bestselling author of Other People's Houses.
When a teenage girl goes missing, Nicola Miller fears…
Alison Sandy, Bryan Seymour, Sally Eeles, Marc Wright
A much-loved mother, teacher and friend steps on a plane for an overseas adventure and is never seen again.
Pip Fioretti
The origin story of outback noir: a dark, gritty and suspenseful dive into Australia's past, through the eyes of an unforgettable narrator
Louise Milligan
A gripping, propulsive and brilliantly original debut by award-winning investigative journalist and writer Louise Milligan.
Aoife Clifford
So many people had reason to hate her, but did anyone have reason to kill her?
Nikki Mottram
Small Town. Big Secrets. The second Dana Gibson mystery.
Candice Fox
Candice Fox's latest thriller is the definition of nailbiter, as a female agent goes undercover in a New York firefighting crew that is far more dangerous than the fires they…
Dervla McTiernan
From the #1 internationally bestselling author of The Murder Rule comes an emotional novel of suspense about two families pitted against each other -- one seeking justice in the disappearance…
Kerryn Mayne
The irresistible new crime novel from the author of Lenny Marks Gets Away With Murder, that again perfectly balances light and dark, humour and suspense, with a quirky cast…
Helen FitzGerald
The latest thriller from an author beloved for her pitch-dark humour and unnerving tension.
Sulari Gentill
She needs to write the ending ... before she meets hers.
Bruce Nash
A wickedly funny and genuinely moving novel about memory, language and love, perfect for fans of Richard Osman and The One-Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Jumped Out the Window.
Vikki Wakefield
A compulsively readable psychological thriller from the award-winning author of After You Were Gone.
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Sarah-Jane Collins
When a catastrophic wildfire suddenly rips through a woman's hometown, she thinks she is lucky to have survived . . . until she finds a dead woman in her driveway…
Anne Manne
A searing expose of institutional child abuse, and the remarkable story of the survivors who would not be silenced
Sarah Bailey
A gripping, white-knuckle thriller from the bestselling author of The Dark Lake and The Housemate.
Glenna Thomson
Gone is a gripping rural crime novel of a grieving family and their forty-year journey to discover the truth.
Kylie Orr
Darkly compelling and twisty psychological drama from a talented new Australian author. Perfect for readers who love Sally Hepworth, Pip Drysdale and Adele Parks.
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Abby Corson
He’ll do anything to improve your stay. Except keep your secrets.
Simon Rowell
A thrilling police procedural set in Mount Macedon by one of the rising stars of Australian crime writing
P.A. Thomas
A page-turning debut murder mystery, set in Byron Bay.
Claire McNeel
In the darkest hour, a blood-soaked teenager flees the rural Gerandaroo football oval.
Rebecca Heath
The new exciting thriller by Rebecca Heath, author of The Summer Party. A dark and twisty domestic thriller set in a seemingly idyllic suburban neighbourhood, where family secrets are…
Iain Ryan
You can’t hide in the shadows in a city of neon lights.
Fiona McIntosh
The heart-stopping new crime thriller in the Detective Jack Hawksworth series by blockbuster author Fiona McIntosh.
Elizabeth Coleman
A charming and cheeky murder mystery, perfect for fans of Phryne Fisher, The Thursday Murder Club and The Tea Ladies
Adrian Hyland
The new Jesse Redpath crime thriller from the bestselling author of Canticle Creek.
Jo Dixon
From the bestselling author of The House of Now and Then comes a vividly portrayed story that reveals the darkness of greed and desire where people will stop at nothing…
Darcy Tindale
From an exciting new voice in Australian crime fiction, a captivating and atmospheric rural thriller introducing Detective Rebecca Giles.
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Ernest Cunningham returns in a deliciously witty locked room (train) mystery.