The Unbelieved by Vikki Petraitis
$37.00 NZD
Category: Crime Writers From Down Under
Winner of the inaugural Allen & Unwin Crime Prize. Do you believed the alleged rapists over the alleged victim?' Jane's voice took on an indignant pitch. 'Girls lie sometimes.' I nodded. 'And rapists lie all the time.' When Senior Detective Antigone Pollard moves to the coastal town of Deception Bay ...Show more
The Wrong Woman by J.P. Pomare
$37.00 NZD
Category: Crime Writers From Down Under
IT WAS A TRAGIC ACCIDENT. WASN'T IT? A private investigator returning to the hometown he fled years ago becomes entangled in the disappearance of two teenage girls in this stunning literary crime thriller. Reid left the small town of Manson a decade ago, promising his former Chief of Police boss he'd ne ...Show more
The Slow Roll by Simon Lendrum
$35.00 NZD
Category: Crime Writers From Down Under | Reading Level: near fine
It seemed a simple request. "Can you find my daughter who has run away?" But for professional gambler O'Malley, life isn't that simple. There is the murder of one of his poker partners, the attention of drug dealers, money launderers, the police, the gangs, and just to top it all off there is his intri ...Show more
Dirt Town by Hayley Scrivenor
$38.00 NZD
Category: Crime Writers From Down Under | Reading Level: good-very good
My best friend wore her name, Esther, like a queen wearing her crown at a jaunty angle. We were twelve years old when she went missing. On a sweltering Friday afternoon in Durton, best friends Ronnie and Esther leave school together. Esther never makes it home. Ronnie's going to find her, she has a plan ...Show more
The Nowhere Child by Christian White
$20.00 NZD
Category: Crime Writers From Down Under
‘Her name is Sammy Went. This photo was taken on her second birthday. Three days later she was gone.’ On a break between teaching photography classes in Melbourne, Kim Leamy is approached by a stranger investigating the disappearance of a little girl from her Kentucky home twenty-eight years earlier. ...Show more
The Second Son by Loraine Peck
$37.00 NZD
Category: Crime Writers From Down Under
Duty always has a price. When Ivan Novak is shot dead putting out his garbage bins in Sydney's west, his family wants revenge, especially his father Milan, a notorious crime boss. It's a job for the second son, Ivan's younger brother Johnny. But Johnny loves his wife Amy and their son Sasha. And she's a ...Show more
Force of Nature by Jane Harper
$25.00 NZD
Category: Crime Writers From Down Under | Series: Aaron Falk 2 | Reading Level: very good
From the international bestselling author of The Dry and The Lost Man. Lost, Cold, Desperate ... Danger Runs Deep Five women reluctantly pick up their backpacks and start walking along the muddy track. Only four come out the other side.The hike through the rugged Giralang Ranges is meant to take the off ...Show more
State Highway One by Sam Coley
$35.00 NZD
Category: Crime Writers From Down Under | Reading Level: very good
This is what I want to do. I want to go home. I want you to come with me. 'I want to go from here . . .' Finger on Cape Reinga. '. . . to here.' Finger at the bottom of Stewart Island, right at the bottom of the map. It's been years since Alex was in New Zealand, and years since he spent any one-on-one ...Show more
Darkness for Light (#3 Caleb Zelic) by Emma Viskic
$33.00 NZD
Category: Crime Writers From Down Under
The third thrilling instalment in the award-winning Caleb Zelic series. After a lifetime of bad decisions troubled PI Caleb Zelic is finally making good ones. He's in therapy, reconnecting with the Deaf community, and reconciling with his beloved wife.But he can't escape his past.A violent confrontation ...Show more
Blood River by Tony Cavanaugh
$35.00 NZD
Category: Crime Writers From Down Under | Reading Level: near fine
Three women. A city in fear. And a killer who will alter them all. If you love the atmosphere of SCRUBLANDS, the mystery of NOWHERE CHILD and the storytelling of THE BROKEN SHORE you will love BLOOD RIVER! Brisbane 1999. It's hot. Stormy. Dangerous. The waters of the Brisbane River are rising. The rains ...Show more
OOP The Portrait of Molly Dean (Alex Clayton #1) by Katherine Kovacic
$28.00 NZD
Category: Crime Writers From Down Under | Series: Alex Clayton Art Mystery
A swirl of history, art, intrigue and murder that brings 1930s Melbourne to life' Gideon Haigh An unsolved murder comes to light after almost seventy years In 1999, art dealer Alex Clayton stumbles across a lost portrait of Molly Dean, an artist's muse brutally slain in Melbourne in 1930. Alex buys the ...Show more
Into the Night by Sarah Bailey
$17.00 NZD
Category: Crime Writers From Down Under
The hotly anticipated sequel to The Dark Lake, this is perfect for fans of The Dry, police procedurals, and classy, clever crime fiction. Senior Detective Gemma Woodstock is a small-town policewoman working on the biggest homicide cases in Melbourne. When an up-and-coming movie star is stabbed to death ...Show more