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  • Where The Truth Lies

    A completely gripping crime thriller

    by M J Lee ...
    series DI Ridpath Crime Thriller #1
    The case was closed. Until people started dying…DI Thomas Ridpath was on the up in the Manchester CID: a promising detective who captured a notorious serial killer. But ten years later he’s recovering from a serious illness and on the brink of being forced out of the police. Then the murders began, in an uncanny echo of his first case.As the death count grows, old records, and bodies, go missing. ... Read more

    $1.99 AUD

  • Abandoned in Death: An Eve Dallas thriller (In Death 54)

    by J. D. Robb ...
    series In Death #54
    'If you're a crime fiction fan and haven't discovered them yet, welcome to the very best day of your life' Heat MagazineIn this brand new thriller in the Sunday Times bestselling series, Lieutenant Eve Dallas races to untangle a twisted family history while a hostage's life hangs in the balanceSay goodnight, baby darlingThree young women have gone missing. They're all pretty, mid-twenties - ... Read more

    $16.99 AUD

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  • Better Off Dead

    (Jack Reacher 26)

    by Lee Child, Andrew Child ...
    series Jack Reacher #26
    Reacher never backs down from a problem.And he's about to find a big one, on a deserted Arizona road, where a Jeep has crashed into the only tree for miles around. Under the merciless desert sun, nothing is as it seems.Minutes later Reacher is heading into the nearby border town, a backwater that has seen better days. Next to him is Michaela Fenton, an army veteran turned FBI agent, who is trying ... Read more

    $15.99 AUD

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  • Stolen Ones

    A totally jaw-dropping and addictive crime thriller

    by Angela Marsons ...
    series Detective Kim Stone Crime Thriller Series #15
    25 years ago he took a girl. Today he takes another. One August afternoon, eight-year-old Grace Lennard skips into the garden of the childcare centre she attends and vanishes into thin air. Hours before, Steven Harte walks into Halesowen police station and confesses to having information that will lead Detective Kim Stone to Melody Jones – the little girl who was taken from a playground ... Read more

    $6.99 AUD

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  • Salvation

    by Meghan O'Flynn ...
    series Ash Park #0
    “Wickedly entertaining . . . the perfect precursor to the Ash Park series, and every bit as shocking.”~Kristen Mae, bestselling author of Red WaterTHE ASH PARK SERIES STARTS HERE…Edward Petrosky joined the Ash Park police force with two goals in mind: escape the military and silence the demons that followed him home from the war. And no one soothes those traumas better than his fiancé, Heather—he ... Read more

    $0.99 AUD

  • All That’s Dead: The new Logan McRae crime thriller from the No.1 bestselling author (Logan McRae, Book 12)

    by Stuart MacBride ...
    series Logan McRae #12
    The stunning new thriller from No. 1 Sunday Times bestseller Stuart MacBride.One down…A dark night in the isolated Scottish countryside. Nicholas Wilson, a prominent professor known for his divisive social media rants, leaves the house with his dog, as he does every night. But this time he doesn’t come back…Two down…The last thing Inspector Logan McRae wants is to take on such a high-profile case. ... Read more

    $9.99 AUD $3.99 AUD

  • The Silent Wife

    by Karin Slaughter ...
    The no.1 bestselling thriller featuring Will Trent and Sara Linton, from one of the world's best loved crime writers'Simply one of the best thriller writers working today' Gillian FlynnHe watches.A woman runs alone in the woods. She convinces herself she has no reason to be afraid, but she's wrong. A predator is stalking the women of Grant County. He lingers in the shadows, until the time is just ... Read more

    $6.99 AUD

  • Containment

    by Vanda Symon ...
    series Sam Shephard #3
    Dunedin’s favourite young police officer Sam Shephard is drawn into a perplexing investigation when a series of shipping containers wash up on a sleepy New Zealand beach, and then a body is discovered…‘Fast-moving New Zealand procedural … the Edinburgh of the south has never been more deadly’ Ian Rankin'If you like taut, pacy thrillers with a wonderful sense of place, this is the book for you’ ... Read more

    $1.99 AUD

  • Troubled Blood

    Winner of the Crime and Thriller British Book of the Year Award 2021

    by Robert Galbraith ...
    Winner of the Crime and Thriller British Book of the Year Award 2021'One of crime's most engaging duos' Guardian'Magnificent' Sunday Times'Finely honed, superbly constructed' Daily Mail'Terrific' Daily ExpressPrivate Detective Cormoran Strike is visiting his family in Cornwall when he is approached by a woman asking for help findin... ... Read more

    $17.99 AUD $12.99 AUD

  • The Coffinmaker’s Garden

    by Stuart MacBride ...
    A Sunday Times bestseller for the w/c 11th January 2021A house of secrets…As a massive storm batters the Scottish coast, Gordon Smith’s home is falling into the sea. The trouble is: that’s where he’s been hiding the bodies.A killer on the run…It’s too dangerous to go near the place, so there’s no way of knowing how many people he’s murdered. Or how many more he’ll kill before he’s caught.An ... Read more

    $14.99 AUD $4.99 AUD

  • One Good Deed: Aloysius Archer Book 1

    by David Baldacci ...
    series Aloysius Archer #1
    Murder and family secrets, a touch of romance and deeply-felt revenge - with the twist of all twists - make up the ingredients of One Good Deed. A gripping page-turner for all those who love mystery, crime, Raymond Chandler and Agatha Christie from one of the world's favourite thriller writers, David Baldacci.In 1949, Aloysius Archer arrives in the dusty Southern town of Poca City. He has ... ... Read more

    $9.99 AUD

  • The Sentinel

    (Jack Reacher 25)

    by Lee Child, Andrew Child ...
    series Jack Reacher #25
    The edge-of-your-seat, heart-in-mouth new Jack Reacher thriller for 2021 - his 25th adventure. No one's bigger than Jack Reacher.INCLUDES EXCLUSIVE PREVIEW OF BETTER OFF DEAD, THE NEXT JACK REACHER.Jack Reacher gets off the bus in a sleepy no-name town outside Nashville, Tennessee. He plans to grab a cup of coffee and move right along.Not going to happen.The town has been shut down by a cyber ... Read more

    $16.99 AUD

  • Killing Mind

    An addictive and nail-biting crime thriller

    by Angela Marsons ...
    series Detective Kim Stone Crime Thriller Series #12
    It had seemed so simple. Get in, get the information, get out. But now they were getting inside her mind and she didn’t know how to stop them… When Detective Kim Stone is called to the home of Samantha Brown, she finds the young woman lying in bed with her throat cut and a knife in her hand. With no sign of forced entry or struggle, Kim rules her death a tragic suicide. But a visit to ... Read more

    $6.99 AUD

  • A Gambling Man

    by David Baldacci ...
    series Aloysius Archer #2
    Evoking the golden age of crime and for fans of Raymond Chandler and Agatha Christie, comes A Gambling Man from one of the world's bestselling thriller writers, David Baldacci.A lucky roll of the diceIt is nearly 1950 and Aloysius Archer is on his way to Bay Town, California to take up a post with renowned gumshoe, Willie Dash. Making an overnight stop in Reno he gets lucky at the casino, meets a ... Read more

    $14.99 AUD

  • Little Broken Things

    by Cheryl Bradshaw ...
    series Georgiana Germaine #3
    Detective Georgiana Germaine is back on the trail of a cold-blooded killer, and once again, the case hits close to home.Twenty-year-old Olivia Spencer sits at her desk in her mother’s bookshop, dreaming about her upcoming wedding. The shop may be closed, but Olivia's not alone, and her dream is about to become her worst nightmare.Little Broken Things is the third book in the bestselling Georgiana ... Read more

    $7.99 AUD

  • The Visitor

    (Jack Reacher 4)

    by Lee Child ...
    series Jack Reacher #4
    Two female army high-flyers. Both acquainted with Jack Reacher. Both forced to resign from the service.Now they're both dead.Found in their own homes, naked, in a bath full of paint. Apparent victims of an army man. A loner, a smart guy with a score to settle.A ruthless vigilante.A man just like Jack Reacher._________Although the Jack Reacher novels can be read in any order, The ... ... Read more

    $14.99 AUD

  • Tell No Lies

    by Lisa Hartley ...
    series Detective Caelan Small #2
    Now they’re coming after Caelan’s team…A tortured body is found in a basement. Drug dealing and people smuggling is on the rise. Then police start going missing.There seems to be no connection between the crimes, but Detective Caelan Small senses something isn’t right.Plunged into a new investigation, lives are on the line. And in the web of gangs, brothels and nerve-shattering undercover work, ... Read more

    $4.99 AUD

  • Consolation

    Winner of the 2021 Best Crime Fiction Ned Kelly Award

    by Garry Disher ...
    In Consolation, Tiverton’s only police officer Constable Paul Hirschhausen is dealing with a snowdropper. Someone is stealing women’s underwear, and Hirsch knows how that kind of crime can escalate. Then two calls come in: a teacher who thinks a child may be in danger at home. A father on the rampage over at the primary school.Hirsch knows how things like that can escalate, too. Families under ... Read more

    $28.04 AUD $17.04 AUD

  • Career of Evil

    Cormoran Strike Book 3

    by Robert Galbraith ...
    'Deliriously clever' GUARDIAN-----Now a major BBC drama: The Strike seriesWhen a mysterious package is delivered to Robin Ellacott, she is horrified to discover that it contains a woman's severed leg.Her boss, private detective Cormoran Strike, is less surprised but no less alarmed. There are four people from his past who he thinks could be responsible - and Strike knows that any one of them is ... Read more

    $12.99 AUD

  • Make Me

    (Jack Reacher 20)

    by Lee Child ...
    series Jack Reacher #20
    "Child's best for some time...with detective-story and romcom elements (even sly humour) on top of the psychological duels and set-piece violence." (Sunday Times)Jack Reacher has no place to go, and all the time in the world to get there.A remote railroad stop on the prairie with the curious name of Mother's Rest seems perfect for an aimless one-day stopover. He expects to find a lonely pioneer ... Read more

    $14.99 AUD

  • The Midnight Line

    (Jack Reacher 22)

    by Lee Child ...
    series Jack Reacher #22
    THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER/A RICHARD & JUDY BOOKCLUB 2018 PICKJack Reacher is having a bad day.It would be a dumb idea to make it worse.Reacher sees a West Point class ring in a pawn shop window. It's tiny. It's a woman cadet's graduation present to herself. Why would she give it up? Reacher was a West Pointer too, and he knows what she went through to get it.All he wants is to find the woman.... ... Read more

    $4.99 AUD

  • Shadows in Death: An Eve Dallas thriller (Book 51)

    by J. D. Robb ...
    series In Death #51
    As it often did since he'd married a cop, murder interrupted more pleasant activities. The again, Roarke supposed, the woman lying in a pool of her own blood a few steps inside the arch in Washington Square Park had a heftier complaint.When a night out at the theatre is interrupted by the murder of a young woman in Washington Square Park, it seems like an ordinary case for Detective Eve Dallas and ... Read more

    $16.99 AUD $11.99 AUD

  • Don't Tell a Soul

    A gripping crime thriller that will have you hooked

    by D.K. Hood ...
    series Detectives Kane and Alton #1
    ‘WOW!!! I read this book in one sitting… gripping… I was swept away... I simply can't wait for the next book.’ Goodreads Reviewer, 5 starsThe floor was stone cold on her bare skin. Her heart pounded in her chest. ‘Not a soul knows where I am,’ she thought as she took in the darkness around her. And then she heard his footsteps…When a body is found stuffed into a barrel at the local dump, covered ... Read more

    $3.99 AUD

  • The Nameless Ones

    A Charlie Parker Thriller. A Charlie Parker Thriller: 19

    by John Connolly ...
    series Charlie Parker Thriller #22
    In Amsterdam, four people are butchered in a canal house, their remains arranged around the crucified form of their patriarch, De Jaager: fixer, go-between, and confidante of the assassin named Louis. The men responsible for the murders are Serbian war criminals. They believe they can escape retribution by retreating to their homeland.They are wrong.For Louis has come to Europe to hunt them down: ... Read more

    $16.99 AUD