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 : a novel
Carlyle, Rose
Paper Book
Named best of the month by New York Post! A deliciously twisty and suspenseful novel from the #1 internationally bestselling author of The Girl in the Mirror, about a desperate young woman and the manipulative wealthy couple who will stop at nothing to ensure their worst nightmare...
Return to blood
Bennett, Michael
Paper Book
From the author of Better the Blood, the gripping second novel in a crime series starring Maori detective Hana Westerman, in which the discovery of human bones in the dunes of New Zealand upends a long-ago murder conviction After the perils of a case that landed much too close to...
Paper Cage
Baragwanath, Tom.
Paper Book
This prizewinning debut from New Zealand novelist Tom Baragwanath is both a nail-biting thrill-ride and a beautifully written, acutely observed portrait of a community. How far would you go to keep your family safe? Lorraine Henry is generally content to keep...

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