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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...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE NED KELLY AWARD FOR BEST CRIME FICTION ''the Queen of tech noir'' - ​The Australian When you can fake anything, how do you know what''s real? Harlow Close...

Victim ... or killer? For the last decade, the small mountain town of Edenville in Victoria's high country has been haunted by the horrific murders of five hikers up on Jagged Ridge. Also found dead near the scene was Bill 'Creeper' Durant, a bushland loner, expert...

A gripping, provocative work by one of our finest writers, the internationally acclaimed author Fiona McFarlane. In overlapping stories, Highway 13 explores the reverberations of a serial killer's crimes in the lives of everyday people. A brilliant and illuminating account of loss and its...

Grace is a thief: a good one. She was taught by experts and she's been practising since she was a kid. She specialises in small, high-value items--stamps, watches--and she knows her Jaeger-LeCoultres from her Patek Philippes. But it's a solitary life, always watchful, always moving. It's not the...

'Storm Child is a riveting and absorbing masterpiece - a cancel-your-social-plans and ignore-your-family kind of book. Michael Robotham never lets me down!' CHRISTIAN WHITESOME MEMORIES ARE BURIED FOR A REASON. . . The compulsively readable new thriller by the #1 bestselling...

Best mates Teddy and Alice are hired hands with flexible moral boundaries. Whatever the mess, they can be relied upon to fix it with no questions asked. But sometimes it's not as simple as cleaning up. Teddy is searching the suburbs for a missing teenager with her occasional sidekick...

The life and crimes of our most corrupt policeman and most notorious gangster - featuring astonishing new evidence.

The explosive, behind-the-scenes account of the criminal trial of Ghislaine Maxwell.

The remarkable story of a battle between science and the law, and a mother's fight for justice Shortlisted for the Ned Kelly Awards Best True Crime 2025 In 2003, Kathleen Folbigg was found guilty of smothering her four young children to death, one by one. Medical...

In 1959, Australians thrilled to every move made by a new criminal underdog, a Ned Kelly for the rock'n'roll era. Kevin John Simmonds was a charismatic crook whose brazen crime spree had scored him a lengthy prison sentence. But as he was led from court, he boasted, 'They'll never hold me.'

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. Shortlisted for the Ned Kelly Awards Best True Crime 2025 At the entrance of Sydney...

In the unremarkable French town of Saint-Louis, a mysterious stranger stalks the streets; an elderly woman believes her son is planning to do away with her; a prominent manufacturer drops dead. Between visits to the town's bars, Chief Inspector Georges Gorski mulls over the connections, if any,...

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.

A daring CIA operation threatens chaos in the Kremlin. But can Langley trust the Russian at its center? CIA officers Sia and Max enter Russia under commercial cover to recruit Vladimir Putin's moneyman. Sia works for a London law firm that conceals the wealth of the superrich. Max's...

FROM THE AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR OF BETTER THE BLOOD COMES ANOTHER CASE FOR NEW ZEALAND'S BEST INVESTIGATOR, HANA WESTERMAN.  'Another cracking, page-turning journey into another culture' VAL McDERMID Two murders. Two decades apart. ...

Renée Ballard will need Bosch and his daughter to help bring down her enemies-this is Michael Connelly at his compelling best.

How far would you go to chase the ghosts of the past?

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? 'One of the Australian crime novels of the year ... A new Australian talent' The Australian 'One of a kind' Malcolm Knox 'The...

An unputdownable thriller set in the pressure-cooker environment of an Antarctic winter.

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. Anaesthetist Clare Carpenter has just lost her husband and her memory in a single-vehicle accident. So why is a stranger following her?...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE NED KELLY AWARD FOR BEST DEBUT CRIME FICTION 'Tense, atmospheric, you won't know who to trust ... An Aussie crime fiction star in the making.' Candice Fox, author of Crimson Lake and Devil's Kitchen A year...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE NED KELLY AWARD FOR BEST DEBUT CRIME FICTION One will lose his mind. One will pay. One will agonise. And one will die. Duy, Phong, Minh, and Edmond have been best friends since childhood. Now, as young men running their families' formidable...