Winner of two Davitt Awards for Australian Women Crime Writers. Described by Sisters in Crime as 'deliciously scary'.When four women set out for their annual weekend getaway, all they have in mind is a few laughs and a break from routine. But simmering dark secrets could stop them from ever returning home.Jodie chose the secluded cabin for this year's event, unaware it was once the focus of a police investigation – and that it, like her, nurtures a violent ...

"Fear and adrenaline pulse through this novel."Rennie Carter has stayed too long in Haven Bay. She feels safe in the small lakeside town – until the man she loves disappears. Now Rennie can't leave because something has happened to Max and it might be her fault.Rennie is the only person who believes Max is in danger: the police are looking in the wrong places, while his friends and his business partner keep hinting at another, darker side to him.But...

The prequel to Jaye Ford's crime thriller Already Dead.Two months has passed since Miranda Jack's husband Nick was killed in a hit-and-run and she is no closer to understanding why. The police have stopped taking her calls so Jax has gone back to the street where Nick was found in search of her own answers.Eighty-five year old Irene Newton has been haunted by the death of a man on the road beyond her fence two months ago. The appearance of his wife at her d...

Sometimes the truth can kill ...What would you do if someone got in your car and pointed a gun at you?Journalist Miranda Jack is attempting to move on from the death of her husband by relocating up the coast with her young daughter. As she waits at traffic lights, her car packed with boxes, a man gets into the passenger seat and points at gun at her chest.Forced to drive a high speed up the motorway, Miranda listens to the frantic, ...

"Thrilling and terrifyingly addictive."Carly Townsend is starting over on her own. In a new town, in a beautiful new apartment, she's determined to leave her failures behind. But her hopes of a good beginning are shattered when she wakes in the night to find a man standing next to her bed.Terrified, she runs for her life, only to discover when she reaches the front door that she is alone in the apartment and the police can find no evidence of an intruder. S...

BEYOND FEARAt seventeen, Jodie Cramer survived a terrifying assault at the hands of three strangers. Now thirty-five, she is a teacher and mother, her memories of that past horror are buried deep – so when she sets out for a weekend in the country with friends, all she has in mind are a few laughs and a break from routine.Unknown to the four women, their secluded cabin was once the focus of a police investigation and, like Jodie, it nurtures a dark secret.

A thriller that "creeps into your bones".She fought back. She won. Now the nightmare begins ...A terrifying attack in a car park caps off a bad year for Liv Prescott but fighting back and speaking out about her frightening ordeal feels good, despite the bruises. Her courage is shaken, though, when menacing notes start to arrive.Someone has decided she should be scared – and they know where she lives, where she works and what she doe...

WINNER OF THE DAVITT AWARD FOR BEST CRIME DEBUTWINNER OF THE DAVITT READERS’ CHOICE AWARDAt seventeen, Jodie Cramer survived a terrifying assault at the hands of three strangers.Now thirty-five, her past is a horror she's buried deep. When she sets out for a country escape with three friends, all she has in mind are a few laughs and a break from routine. However, unknown to the four women, their secluded cabin was once the focus of a police investigation and, like Jodi...

After a decade of tragedy and pain, Carly Townsend wants to start over. Her dream is shattered when she is woken in the dead of night by a man standing next to her bed, silently watching her. Yet there is no way an intruder could have entered the apartment. With police doubting her story and her psychologist suggesting it’s just a dream, Carly is on her own. But being alone isn’t so appealing when you're scared to go to sleep…

Nothing ever happens in Haven Bay, which is why Rennie Carter - a woman who has been on the run for most of her life - stayed there. But that illusion of security is broken one night when Max Tully, the man she loves, vanishes without trace. Rennie, though, is the only person who believes Max is in danger, because she has a secret - a violent one that she's terrified has found her again…

On a Monday afternoon as Miranda Jack waits at traffic lights, a stranger jumps into her car and points a gun at her chest. Forced to drive at high speed up the motorway, Miranda listens to the man’s frantic, paranoid rants, claiming he's being chased and that they're both now running for their lives. Two hours later, Miranda is safe but she can't simply walk away - not without knowing the truth about that terrifying drive…

She fought back. She won. Now the nightmare begins ...When Livia Prescott fights off a terrifying assault in a deserted car park, the media hail her bravery. And after a difficult year - watching her father fade away, her business struggle and her marriage fall apart - it feels good to strike back for once. But as the police widen their search for her attacker, menacing notes start arriving. And brave is not what she feels any longer...Someone has decided to rip her life apart, the...