Crime
The Hunter by Tana French
In Tana French’s 2015 novel The Searcher, retired cop Cal Hooper moves from Chicago to a remote Irish village where he becomes entangled in the case of a missing teenage boy. In her long-awaited new book The Hunter…
Anna O by Matthew Blake
On the 30th of August, 2019, Anna Ogilvy committed a double homicide, brutally killing her two best friends. The catch is that she was sleepwalking when she committed the murder, and she has not woken up since. Four years later…
What Happened to Nina? by Dervla McTiernan
Australia is blessed with some of the very best crime writers in the world right now, and Dervla McTiernan is without a doubt one of the finest. Her debut, The Rúin, was a global bestseller that won a host…
The Strip by Iain Ryan
The Gold Coast. 1980. A city coated in a thick layer of grime, sweat, and sleaze with a grisly series of unsolved murders looming over its police department. It’s a case that has thoroughly defeated the corrupt and aimless Diablo…
West Heart Kill by Dann McDorman
It’s the 4th of July. Barbecues are sizzling, the sky is aglow with fireworks, star-spangled banners wave proudly, painting the day red, white and blue. But amid the celebrations, a murder has occurred, and only you can solve it.
In…
Hot Springs Drive by Lindsay Hunter
Hot Springs Drive is an explosive cocktail of lust, loneliness, and indulgence, all suppressed in a domestic suburban lifestyle. The tragedy occurs when the truth is unearthed.
Jackie and Theresa have been best friends since they first met in the…
The Mantis by Kotaro Isaka & Sam Malissa (trans.)
Kabuto lives a double life: one as a loving father and dutiful husband, the other as a cold-blooded contract killer. Only one of those lives is terrifying – the other is just murder for hire. Trouble is, Kabuto wants out…
Mother-Daughter Murder Night by Nina Simon
When real estate empress Lana Rubicon is diagnosed with brain cancer, she can think of no one but her estranged daughter, Beth, to go to for help. As her worsening condition forces her to move to Beth’s home near a…
The North Light by Hideo Yokoyama & Louise Heal Kawai (trans.)
At first glance one might be forgiven for thinking this is a crime novel. It is not. There is a mystery, yes, and someone died, but the further you get into this story, the more it becomes clear it is…
Everyone On This Train Is a Suspect by Benjamin Stevenson
Benjamin Stevenson’s bestselling novel Everyone In My Family Has Killed Someone was a comedic delight: Agatha Christie meets Knives Out via a distinctly Australian first-person narrator.
In Everyone On This Train Is a Suspect, Ernest Cunningham – mystery-solver and…
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