New crime fiction & true crime

Home Before Night

J.P. Pomare

Mother's intuition or a deadly guilty conscience? A woman races against time to find her son in this tense and twisty thriller by the Top Ten bestselling author of The…

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The Other Side of Her

B.M. Carroll

A missing backpacker. A million-dollar reward. Ordinary people cracking under pressure

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Death of a Bookseller

Alice Slater

A bookshop. A true crime case. A deadly friendship. The unmissable debut thriller.

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City of Dreams

Don Winslow

Hot on the heels of New York Times bestseller City on Fire comes the explosive second novel in an epic crime trilogy from #1 internationally bestselling author Don Winslow.

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The Half Brother

Christine Keighery

A novel about loyalty, secrets and the insidious effects of narcissism and gaslighting.

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A Death in Denmark

Amulya Malladi

Meet Gabriel Praest, an ex-Copenhagen cop (who dresses with panache), jazz aficionado, and relentless pursuer of truth as he explores Denmark’s Nazi-collaborator past and anti-Muslim present in a page-turning Nordic…

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The Blind Spots

Thomas Mullen

The groundbreaking new crime novel by multi-award-nominated author Thomas Mullen

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Standing in the Shadows

Peter Robinson

The twenty-eighth book in the number one bestselling Alan Banks crime series - by the master of the police procedural.

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The Tea Ladies

Amanda Hampson

A wickedly witty cosy crime novel set in Sydney in the swinging sixties, ideal for fans of Richard Osman and Bonnie Garmus.

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We Only Want What’s Best

Carolyn Swindell

A long-haul flight. Two ambitious dance mums. A child in danger.

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The Girl by the Bridge

Arnaldur Indridason, Philip Roughton (trans.)

An elderly couple are worried about their granddaughter. They know she’s been smuggling drugs, and now she’s gone missing.

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Strange Sally Diamond

Liz Nugent

From the Number 1 bestselling author of Our Little Cruelties and Skin Deep

Sally Diamond cannot understand why what she did was so strange. She was only doing what her…

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Red Queen

Juan Gomez-Jurado, Nick Caistor (trans.)

Red Queen is the launch of Juan Gomez-Jurado’s internationally bestselling serial killer thriller trilogy which has become a literary phenomenon in Spain

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Fire With Fire

Candice Fox

Candice Fox's latest heart-pounding thriller - a couple hold the LAPD to ransom in a desperate attempt to find their missing daughter.

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I Will Find You

Harlan Coben

In this gripping new thriller from the No 1 Sunday Times bestselling author and creator of Stay Close, one man is thrown into a world of danger and deceit following…

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The Scarlet Papers

Matthew Richardson

Intense and enthralling thriller, and a secret that will send shockwaves through the corridors of Westminster . . .

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The Double Bind

Loraine Peck

The action-packed second crime novel by award-winning author Loraine Peck reunites readers with Amy and Johnny Novak as the couple tries to lead a normal life-but will their past decisions…

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So Shall You Reap

Donna Leon

The latest instalment from Donna Leon sees Brunetti engaged in a case that forces him to confront his past

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She Too

Eve Thomson

A novel about reputation, defamation, the exercise and abuse of power - and the pursuit of a fragile truth.

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The Writing Retreat

Julia Bartz

The dark, atmospheric, feminist offspring of The Hunting Party, Squid Game and Misery.

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Untamed Shore

Silvia Moreno-Garcia

From New York Times bestselling author Silvia Moreno-Garcia comes Untamed Shore, a dark cocktail mixing a nuanced coming-of-age story with a classical noir.

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Dark Mode

Ashley Kalagian Blunt

A riveting psychological thriller drawn from true events, Dark Mode delves into the terrifying reality of the dark web, and the price we pay for surrendering our privacy one click…

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Judgement Day

Mali Waugh

Family law judge Kaye Bailey is found murdered in her chambers. Is this the work of a disgruntled complainant? Or an inside job by a jealous colleague? Or is there…

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Age of Vice

Deepti Kapoor

A gripping literary thriller, one of the most anticipated novels of 2023, rights sold in fifteen territories, 20-way bidding war for film rights won by FX and Fox 21.

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Lenny Marks Gets Away With Murder

Kerryn Mayne

Kerryn Mayne's stunning debut is an irresistible novel that's both chilling and charming, suspenseful and uplifting. And, of course, simply unforgettable...

Lenny Marks is good at not remembering.

She has…

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What July Knew

Emily Koch

A moving mystery set in the 90s, about a girl trying to solve the mystery of her mother's death after she receives an anonymous note saying 'She didn't die in…

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Dead Tide

Fiona McIntosh

Jack's back. Down Under. The heart-stopping new DCI Jack Hawksworth crime thriller by the bestselling author of Mirror Man.

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Home

Cailean Steed

A read-in-one-gulp commercial thriller about coming of age under a cult's indoctrination and what it takes to break free

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How to Kill a Client

Joanna Jenkins

Taking on law's old boys club can have deadly results... A gripping thriller from a bold new voice about misogyny, corruption and the legal industry.

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The Things We Do to Our Friends

Heather Darwent

An intoxicating upmarket thriller with shades of The Secret History for the Me Too era

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Wild Card

Simon Rowell

An utterly compelling police procedural set on the Murray River, by a rising star of Australian crime fiction

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Headland

John Byrnes

A coastal town is evacuated after record floods. Three young police officers are left behind. With a killer.

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The Night Man

Jørn Lier Horst

Jørn Lier Horst returns with his most dangerous case yet for Inspector William Wisting, star of the hit BBC 4 show Wisting.

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Crows Nest: The First Dana Gibson Mystery

Nikki Mottram

Small Town. Big Secrets.

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The Next Girl

Pip Drysdale

A bad day at work. A drunken night. A rogue Instagram follow. That’s all it takes to ruin a life …

The question is, whose life will be ruined? When…

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A Routine Infidelity

Elizabeth Coleman

A delightfully sharp and clever murder mystery, perfect for fans of Richard Osman's The Thursday Murder Club

Private investigator Edwina 'Ted' Bristol deals in the cheating husbands and missing chihuahuas…

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A Death in Tokyo

Keigo Higashino, Giles Murray (trans.)

The third and penultimate novel in the Detective Kyoichiro Kaga series by bestselling Japanese crime writer Keigo Higashino - a twisty, compelling and satisfying mystery with a vivid sense of…

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The Resemblance

Lauren Nossett

Lauren Nossett’s artfully written debut is an exhilarating, atmospheric campus thriller reminiscent of The Secret History and The Likeness

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The Glass Pearls (Faber Editions)

Emeric Pressburger

This thrilling tale of an ex-Nazi surgeon hiding in plain sight in 1960s London by the celebrated filmmaker is a forgotten feat of Hitchcockian noir, introduced by Anthony Quinn (author…

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A Heart Full of Headstones

Ian Rankin

The brand new John Rebus thriller from iconic #1 Bestseller Ian Rankin.

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Ashes in the Snow

Oriana Ramunno, Katherine Gregor (trans.)

A beautiful, moving detective story set in Auschwitz in the Christmas of 1943.

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Day’s End

Garry Disher

Day’s End is the next in the Australian rural crime series by critically acclaimed author Garry Disher, featuring beloved local copper Hirsch

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Clarke

Holly Throsby

A compelling new novel from the bestselling author of Goodwood and Cedar Valley.

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Murder in Williamstown

Kerry Greenwood

Accustomed to both murder and dalliance, Australia’s favourite detective, the inimitable Miss Fisher, returns in a case that will test her courage and judgement to the full.

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Desert Star

Michael Connelly

LAPD detective Rene Ballard and Harry Bosch work together to hunt the killer who is Bosch’s ‘white whale’ - a man responsible for the murder of an entire family.

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This Wild, Wild Country

Inga Vesper

A captivating, atmospheric new novel from the lauded author of The Long, Long Afternoon, This Wild Wild Country simmers with secrets, lies and terrible betrayal, unravelling the lives of three…

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The Enigma of Room 622

Joel Dicker

A Russian doll of a mystery crafted with the precision of a Swiss watch by the bestselling author of The Truth about the Harry Quebert Affair

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Suburban Noir: Crime and Mishap in 1950s and 1960s Sydney

Peter Doyle

Nothing in the post-war decades reveals the underbelly of Australian life the way police records do.

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New crime fiction & true crime

Home Before Night

The Other Side of Her

Death of a Bookseller

City of Dreams

The Half Brother

A Death in Denmark

The Blind Spots

Standing in the Shadows

The Tea Ladies

We Only Want What’s Best

The Girl by the Bridge

Strange Sally Diamond

Red Queen

Fire With Fire

I Will Find You

The Scarlet Papers

The Double Bind

So Shall You Reap

She Too

The Writing Retreat

Untamed Shore

Dark Mode

Judgement Day

Age of Vice

Lenny Marks Gets Away With Murder

What July Knew

Dead Tide

Home

How to Kill a Client

The Things We Do to Our Friends

Wild Card

Headland

The Night Man

Crows Nest: The First Dana Gibson Mystery

The Next Girl

A Routine Infidelity

A Death in Tokyo

The Resemblance

The Glass Pearls (Faber Editions)

A Heart Full of Headstones

Ashes in the Snow

Day’s End

Clarke

Murder in Williamstown

Desert Star

This Wild, Wild Country

The Enigma of Room 622

Suburban Noir: Crime and Mishap in 1950s and 1960s Sydney