Best of 2024: Aotearoa NZ crime and thriller titles

Have a browse of our Librarian's Choice selection of Aotearoa / New Zealand crime and thriller titles for 2024! Our picks range across a number of sub-genres, from cosy crime to gritty realistic novels, and show that the renaissance of crime and thriller writing in Aotearoa continues apace. Enjoy!

Updated December 15, 2024
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No One Will Know
Carlyle, Rose.
Paper Book
Eve Sylvester is young and broke and needs a job fast. After years of foster homes, backpacking and a sailing trip across the Pacific Ocean, she has no friends or family. She is alone, desperate and pregnant. Then she meets Julia and Christopher Hygate, a charming and glamorous couple, who seem to...
Leave the Girls Behind
Bublitz, Jacqueline.
Paper Book
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 lives of those left behind.
Dead Girl Gone
Ward, Gareth.
Paper Book
"When we opened Sherlock Tomes people warned us that we'd made a terrible mistake. People warned us that e-readers were taking over. People warned us that we'd never compete with Amazon. The one thing they didn't warn us about was the murders..." Introducing...the Bookshop...
Return to blood
Bennett, Michael
Paper Book
Paper Cage
Baragwanath, Tom.
Paper Book
A child goes missing in a small town. Then another. And suddenly everyone's holding their own kids a little tighter. Lorraine doesn't have kids, but she has a dearly loved nephew. And she knows the police don't have any idea about this case, because she works for...
SEVENTEEN YEARS LATER
POMARE, J.P.
Paper Book
WHO KILLED THE WEALTHY PRIMROSE FAMILY?The violent slaughter of the Primrose family while they slept shocked the nation.Their young live-in chef, Bill Kareama, was swiftly charged with murder and brought to justice. But the brutal crime scarred the idyllic town of Cambridge forever.Seventeen...
The call
Strawhan, Gavin
Paper Book
Winner of the Allen & Unwin Fiction Prize 2023

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