* * *NOW A MAJOR BBC TV SERIES * * *THE #1 BESTSELLING AUSTRALIAN CRIME NOVELWINNER OF THE CWA JOHN CREASEY DAGGERSUNDAY TIMES CRIME BOOK OF THE YEAR 2019'Shimmers ... a tortured tale of blood and loss' Val McDermid'Stunning ... Scrublands is that rare combination, a page-turner that stays long in the memory' Sunday Times (Cr...

**A dam breaks. A body rises from the flood.Hidden for decades, can this small town face the secrets that will surface?**THE TIMES CRIME BOOK OF THE YEAR****SUNDAY TIMES CRIME BOOK OF THE MONTH****Young detective Nell Buchanan uncovers a deadly, decades-old mystery at the heart of her rural hometown in this stunning thriller from award-winning author Chris Hammer.'A commanding, consuming and outright thrilling...

Martin Scarsden returns in the jaw-dropping and unmissable new blockbuster crime novel from Chris Hammer, the award-winning, million copy bestselling author of SCRUBLANDS*.*'A beguiling read' - THE SUNDAY TIMES'Savage and unpredictable' - THE SUN'Exciting, touching and even heart-breaking' - LITERARY REVIEWMARTIN SCARSDEN IS ON THE RUN. WILL THE DESERT SAVE H...

The superb new novel from the international No.1 bestselling author of Scrublands.'Vivid and mesmerising' Sunday Times'Hammer is a great writer - a leader in Australian noir' Michael Connelly, bestselling author of Dark Sacred NightA HOMECOMING MARRED BY BLOODJournalist Martin Scarsden returns to Port Silver to make a fresh start with his partner Mandy. But he arriv...

**THE TIMES CRIME BOOK OF THE MONTH****A SUNDAY TIMES PAPERBACK OF THE YEAR 2022****In the outback, nothing stays buried forever...'Classic Hammer. A crime novel that will stay with me for a long time.'** Ann Cleeves'This novel is Hammer's best work yet.' The Times'A complex, twisty thriller, with nuanced characters and a winding plot all set in the oppressive Austra...

NO ONE IS EVER INNOCENT IN PARADISE.**THE TIMES CRIME BOOK OF THE MONTH****A TIMES CRIME BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024**A small town.A closely guarded secret, stretching back decades.And blood in the water.'A masterful, stunning thriller. A twisting mystery epic in scale yet intricate in detail. Irresistible.' Chris Wh...

You think you know someone...Would you bet your life on it?A detective came to her home, drugged her and kidnapped her. She tries to make sense of it, but only one conclusion is possible: it's the past, come to claim her.His new life seemed perfect - right up until the moment a missed call shatters everything. Ex-journalist Martin Scarsden checks his voicemail, and all he hears is his partner Mandy's terrified scream before the phone cuts of...

BURIED GOLD, OLD BONES.WHAT SECRETS LURK IN THE DEPTHS?A masterclass of small-town mystery and jaw-dropping twists from Chris Hammer, the international bestselling author of Scrublands, The Times Crime Book of the Year 2023 Dead Man's Creek and Crime Book of the Month for January 2024, Cover the Bones**.**A body has been d...

In Riversend, an isolated country town brought to its knees by endless drought, a charismatic and dedicated young priest steps out of his church and calmly opens fire on his congregation, killing five parishioners before being shot dead himself. A year later, troubled journalist Martin Scarsden arrives in Riversend to write a feature on the anniversary of the tragedy. But the stories he hears from the locals about the priest and incidents leading up to the shooting don't fit with the accep...

One simple sacrifice is all they need.'Eerie, atmospheric and addictive, The Drowning Girls shimmers with gothic tension' Candice FoxCast a stone. Aim true. Let her sink.Nate can't believe he's dragged himself up to this backwater town. Port Flinders would have fallen off the map years ago, except for one thing. Tourists flock to its mangrove-lined shores for the annual Drowning Girl festival: sacrifice a girl at sea, and the fishing hauls ...

A stunning thriller from the bestselling author of Scrublands and Treasure & Dirt.A man runs for his life in a forest.A woman plans sabotage.A body is unearthed.Newly-minted homicide detective Nell Buchanan returns to her home town, annoyed at being assigned a decades-old murder - a 'file and forget'.But this is no ordinary cold case, as the discovery of more bodies triggers a chain of escalating events in the present day. As Nell starts to join the pi...

artin Scarsden returns in the sequel to the bestselling Scrublands.For half a lifetime, journalist Martin Scarsden has run from his past. But now there is no escaping.He'd vowed never to return to his hometown, Port Silver, and its traumatic memories. But now his new partner, Mandy Blonde, has inherited an old house in the seaside town and Martin knows their chance of a new life together won't come again.Martin arrives to find his best friend from school days brutal...