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  • The Weekend

    A completely addictive psychological thriller from L. H. Stacey

    by L. H. Stacey ...
    An atmospheric thriller with a knockout ending!' Diana WilkinsonThat Lake. This house. His friends. They all know what happened to my boy. I know they do. And you... you have to help me find the truth...A weekend to remember…Ten years ago, deeply in love, I would have done anything for Thomas Kirkwood.But on the night of our graduation, fuelled by drink and drugs, Thomas’s lifeless body was found ... Read more

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  • The Sisters Next Door

    A gripping psychological thriller that will keep you hooked

    by L. H. Stacey ...
    ‘Dark and dramatic, with an explosive ending’ Diane SaxonSisters Molly and Beth Winters thought their remote clifftop house would be the perfect place to hide away after their mother’s brutal murder. They were wrong…Because someone from the girls’ past has already found their safe house and he is watching and waiting in the shadows ready to make them pay.Their new home should have been the place ... Read more

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  • Buried Secrets

    A dark, addictive psychological thriller from L H Stacey

    by L. H. Stacey ...
    'Captivating and chilling, with an ending I didn’t see coming!' Alex StoneShould some secrets stay buried forever?When Cassie Hunt learns that her beloved Aunt Aggie is dying, she rushes back home to be with her during her final days. For as long as Cassie can remember Aggie has spoken about the forgotten world that exists just below their feet, in the tunnels and catacombs of the mysterious Sand ... Read more

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  • What the Dark Whispers

    A gripping crime thriller from the ebook bestseller

    by M J Lee ...
    Series Book 11 - DI Ridpath Crime Thriller
    A web of lies. A confusion of secrets. A maze of murder.In a quiet Manchester suburb, a man sets himself on fire in a petrol station. Nearby, a fourteen-year-old girl murders her mother in cold blood.At the Coroner's Officer, Detective Inspector Ridpath is called in to investigate both of these baffling deaths. Is one a suicide and and the other an unexplained murder? Or does something more ... Read more

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  • The Serial Killer's Girl

    A gripping, edge-of-your-seat psychological thriller from L. H. Stacey

    by L. H. Stacey ...
    'Unputdownable...a high-octane, emotional page-turner' Louise DouglasDoes a killer’s blood run in the family?Lexi Jakes thought she could run from her past…she was wrong.Because when her biological mother is found dead, with all the same hallmarks of her own serial killer father, Lexi knows someone is out for revenge, and that she and her small daughter, Isla, could be next.Determined to protect ... Read more

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  • The Stepmother

    A BRAND NEW completely addictive, page-turning psychological thriller from the bestselling author of The Ex-Wife for 2024

    by Sally Rigby, Amanda Ashby ...
    BRAND NEW FROM SALLY RIGBY AND AMANDA ASHBYShe’ll do anything to protect her family…From the moment I met Nathan, a widower with two small children, I knew I would do anything for him. Sam and Sienna were both desperate for a mother and I knew I was perfect for them. I would raise them as my own, love them like my own.I would die for them.So when a missing teenager is found lying on the side of ... Read more

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  • Chapter One

    by Michael Wood ...
    ‘Real Stephen King vibes. Tense, unsettling and a surefire winner’ Trevor Wood'An intense one-sitting read full of twists and turns that kept me guessing right until the end’ Angela Marsons'A mess-with-your-mind, spine-tingling thriller with an unguessable twist. Wood is quite simply a genius’ A.A. Chaudhuri️️️A bestselling writer. A murder that hasn’t been scr... ... Read more

    $9.99 AUD

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  • Mischance Creek

    The gripping new book in the bestselling Australian crime series

    by Garry Disher ...
    Series Book 5 - Hirsch series
    Hirsch is checking firearms. The regular police audit: all weapons secured, ammo stored separately, no unauthorised person with keys to the gun safe. He’s checking people, too. The drought is hitting hard in the mid-north, and Hirsch is responsible for the welfare of his scattered flock of battlers, bluebloods, loners and miscreants.He isn’t usually called on for emergency roadside assistance. But ... Read more

    $14.99 AUD

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  • Clown Town

    The new thriller in the bestselling series that inspired the hit show Slow Horses (Slough House Thriller 9)

    by Mick Herron ...
    Series Book 21 - Slough House Thriller
    The brand new Slough House thriller from the #1 bestseller Mick Herron*Now an award-winning Apple TV+ series starring Gary Oldman, Kristin Scott Thomas and Jack Lowden*----'Mick Herron is our best and most topical spy writer' Ian Rankin'Britain's finest living thriller writer' Sunday Express'The man is a genius' The Spectator<p... ... Read more

    $15.99 AUD

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  • The Housemate

    by Sarah Bailey ...
    The new standalone thriller from the award-winning writer of the bestselling Gemma Woodstock trilogy: The Dark Lake, Into the Night and Where the Dead Go.'Each new twist in the story skilfully balances bombshell revelations and believability, in a crime that feels achingly familiar, yet shocking at the same time. Much like Oli, I couldn't stop until I knew the truth, too.' -JACQUELINE BUBLITZ, ... Read more

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  • Where The Truth Lies

    A completely gripping crime thriller

    by M J Lee ...
    Series Book 1 - DI Ridpath Crime Thriller
    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

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  • Real Tigers

    The bestselling thrillers that inspired the hit Apple TV+ show Slow Horses (Slough House Thriller 3)

    by Mick Herron ...
    Series Book 3 - Slough House Thriller
    *Pre-order Clown Town, the ninth novel in Mick Herron's Slough House series, now****Now an award-winning Apple TV+ series starring Gary Oldman, Kristin Scott Thomas and Jack Lowden*'The finest British spy fiction of the past 20 years' Metro'Masterful' Daily Mail'A pulsating spy thriller' Daily Express******Slough House is the Intelligence Service outpost for failed spies, former hi... ... Read more

    $12.99 AUD

  • The Deep End

    A totally gripping crime thriller from the million-copy bestseller

    by Nick Louth ...
    Series Book 4 - Detective Jan Talantire
    The darkest secrets lie right beneath the surface.On Boxing Day a mystery woman’s body is found washed up under Teignmouth Pier. She has no ID but is wearing a wetsuit. When the post-mortem shows heavy metal poisoning, DI Jan Talantire is called in.Talantire herself is caught in an ongoing game of cat-and-mouse against her nemesis Commander Brent West. Her complaint against him for abusive ... Read more

    $7.99 AUD

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  • Slough House

    The bestselling thrillers that inspired the hit Apple TV+ show Slow Horses (Slough House Thriller 7)

    by Mick Herron ...
    Series Book 7 - Slough House Thriller
    *Pre-order Clown Town, the ninth novel in Mick Herron's Slough House series, now****Now an award-winning Apple TV+ series starring Gary Oldman, Kristin Scott Thomas and Jack Lowden**THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER****WINNER OF THE THEAKSTON OLD PECULIER CRIME NOVEL OF THE YEAR 2022***'A gripping thriller' Ian Rankin******Slough House - the crumbling office building to which failed spies, ... ... Read more

    $12.99 AUD

  • Shadow Jack

    Hunting Lee Child’s Jack Reacher

    by Diane Capri ...
    Series Book 24 - The Hunt For Jack Reacher Series
    The next gripping Hunt for Jack Reacher Thriller from Diane Capri!FBI Special Agent Kim Otto picks up where Lee Child leaves off in novel #21 of the Hunt for Jack Reacher!“Make some coffee. You’ll read all night.” Lee Child Lee Child Gives Diane Capri Two Thumbs Up!"Full of thrills and tension, but smart and human, too. Kim Otto is a great, great character - I love her." Lee Child, #1 World Wide ... Read more

    $13.99 AUD

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  • The Final Vow

    by M. W. Craven ...
    Series Book 7 - Washington Poe
    The next unmissable novel* in the Sunday Times bestselling, multi-award-winning Washington Poe series. Poe and Tilly fans: be prepared for the most twisted thrill-ride so far . . .An invisible killer with a 100% success rate. No one is safe. Not even those closest to Washington Poe . . .A shooting at Gretna Green. A bride is murdered on her wedding day, seconds after she slips on her new ring. It ... Read more

    $16.99 AUD

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  • London Large - Virtual Witness

    by Roy Robson ...
    Series Book 7 - Detective Hawkins Crime Thriller Series
    In a world of digital lies, only murder tells the truthDetective Harry Hawkins is pulled from retirement when a friend is murdered and an AI chatbot claims to have 'witnessed' the crime. Navigating a world of advanced technology and hidden conspiracies, H must rely on his instincts to uncover the truth before more lives are lost. Virtual Witness is a gripping thriller where old-school detective ... Read more

    $6.99 AUD

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  • The Dying Place

    An utterly unputdownable, heart-racing crime thriller

    by Charly Cox ...
    Series Book 5 - Detective Alyssa Wyatt
    When the trunk slammed closed, sealing her fate, a deep cold slithered into the center of Kennedy’s bones. All she could do was pray that her attacker would leave enough of her for her family to identify…Kennedy Farmer, an experienced athlete, never returns after leaving for her usual running route through the dusty mountain trails of New Mexico.While the search for Kennedy begins, Detective ... Read more

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  • The Hard Way

    The heart-stopping Jack Reacher thriller from the No.1 Sunday Times bestselling author

    by Lee Child ...
    Series Book #10 - Jack Reacher
    Jack Reacher is alone, the way he likes it.He watches a man cross a New York street and drive away in a Mercedes. The car contains $1 million of ransom money. Reacher's job is to make sure it all turns out right - money paid, family safely returned.But Reacher is in the middle of a nasty little war where nothing is simple.What started on a busy New York street explodes three thousand miles away, ... Read more

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  • The Disloyal Coroner

    A Gripping Hardboiled Mystery with Twists and Secrets

    by Paul Austin Ardoin ...
    Series Book 11 - Fenway Stevenson Mysteries
    A dead deputy. A reopened murder case. And a coroner caught in the crossfire.When a young sheriff’s deputy is killed in a late-night hit-and-run, Coroner Fenway Stevenson soon discovers it was no accident. The deputy had only been on the job for a few days—but had he started unraveling secrets within his department?Then a second case is thrown back on Fenway’s desk: a murder that was supposed to ... Read more

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  • When the Evil Waits

    by M J Lee ...
    Series Book 6 - DI Ridpath Crime Thriller
    A child’s body in an unmarked grave. A killer waiting to strike again.A young boy’s body is found in a meadow beside the River Mersey. No DNA. No witnesses. No clues. It brings back painful memories of the Moors Murderers.After two weeks, the police have made no progress finding the killer. The one thing they do know; he will kill again. It is a race against time – and they are losing.DI Thomas ... Read more

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  • Slow Horses

    The bestselling thrillers that inspired the hit Apple TV+ show Slow Horses (Slough House Thriller 1)

    by Mick Herron ...
    Series Book 1 - Slough House Thriller
    *Pre-order Clown Town, the ninth novel in Mick Herron's Slough House series, now**Now an award-winning Apple TV+ series starring Gary Oldman, Kristin Scott Thomas and Jack Lowden*'The most exciting development in spy fiction since the Cold War' The TimesSlough House is the outpost where disgraced spies are banished to see out the rest of their derailed careers. Known as the 'slow horses' these ... Read more

    $12.99 AUD

  • Death at Fakenham Races

    The BRAND NEW addictive page-turner from Ross Greenwood for 2025

    by Ross Greenwood ...
    Series Book 5 - The Norfolk Murders
    The BRAND NEW twisty, irresistibly clever new instalment in the bestselling Norfolk Murders series!Must-read for fans of Mark Billingham, Ian Rankin and Peter James 'The Norfolk series is Ross Greenwood’s crowning achievement - characters to root for, an intricate web of suspense, all set against a stunning backdrop. I can’t wait for more!' Wes MarkinWhen everyone is lying, how do you catch a ... Read more

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  • The Dark Edge

    by Nick Louth ...
    Series Book 3 - Detective Jan Talantire
    The higher you climb, the further you fall.On her way home after an overnight shift, DI Jan Talantire hears the control room relaying an emergency. Someone has fallen to their death from one of the highest cliffs in Devon. Jan is nearby so she agrees to hold the fort until uniformed cops arrive.At the scene, a small knot of people have gathered, all of whom have some connection to the victim, ... Read more

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