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2008
Monstrous Regiment
Author
Terry Pratchett
Publisher
Audible
Book Number (in series)
31
The Last Hero
Author
Terry Pratchett
Publisher
ISIS Audio Books
Book Number (in series)
27
The Thief of Time
Author
Terry Pratchett
Publisher
ISIS Audio Books
Book Number (in series)
26
The Semantics of Murder
Author
Aifric Campbell
ISBN
9781846686580
Publisher
Serpent's Tail
Sawbones
Author
Stuart MacBride
ISBN
9781842995297
Publisher
Barrington Stoke
A Beautiful Place to Die
Author
Malla Nunn
ISBN
9781405038775
Publisher
Pan MacMillan Australia
Siren of the Waters
Author
Michael Genelin
ISBN
9781569474846
Publisher
Soho Crime
Book Number (in series)
1
The Secret Scripture
Author
Sebastian Barry
ISBN
9780571215287
Publisher
Faber Faber
Hold Tight
Author
Harlan Coben
ISBN
9780752891156
Publisher
Orion UK
August Heat
Author
Andrea Camilleri
Book Number (in series)
10
The Preacher
Author
Camilla Läckberg
ISBN
9780007253951
Publisher
Harper Collins
Book Number (in series)
2
The Paper Moon
Author
Andrea Camilleri
ISBN
9780143113003
Publisher
Penguin Books
Book Number (in series)
9
The Spare Room
Author
Helen Garner
ISBN
9781847672650
Publisher
Canongate Books
Unseen
Author
Mari Jungstedt
ISBN
9780552155090
Publisher
Corgi
Book Number (in series)
1
The Inner Circle
Author
Mari Jungstedt
ISBN
9780312363789
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Book Number (in series)
3
Chain of Evidence
Author
Garry Disher
ISBN
9781921145414
Publisher
Text Publishing
Link to Publisher
https://www.textpublishing.com.au/books/chain-of-evidence
Book Number (in series)
4
A Killing Frost
Author
R.D. Wingfield
ISBN
9780593060476
Publisher
Bantam Press
The Last Exile
Author
E.V. Seymour
ISBN
9780778302414
Publisher
MIRA
Book Number (in series)
1
The Montmartre Investigation
Author
Claude Izner
ISBN
9781906040055
Publisher
Gallic Books
Book Number (in series)
3
The Darkest Room
Author
Johan Theorin
ISBN
9780552774611
Publisher
Black Swan
Book Number (in series)
2
A Carrion Death
Author
Michael Stanley
ISBN
9780755344055
Publisher
Harper Collins
Book Number (in series)
1
Voodoo Doll
Author
Leah Giarratano
ISBN
9781863256148
Publisher
Random House Australia
Book Number (in series)
2
Death Among the Vines
Author
Richard Young
ISBN
978-1-921240-87-4
Publisher
Zeus Publications
Dreamland
Author
Tom Gilling
ISBN
978-1-921145-79-7
Publisher
Text Publishing
Den of Wolves
Author
Luke Devenish
ISBN
9781863256216
Publisher
Random House Australia
Book Number (in series)
1
The Darkest Hour
Author
Katherine Howell
ISBN
9781405037976
Publisher
Pan MacMillan Australia
Book Number (in series)
2
The Ringmaster
Author
Vanda Symon
ISBN
9780143008347
Publisher
Penguin New Zealand
Book Number (in series)
2
Splinter
Author
Michael MacConnell
ISBN
9780733621987
Publisher
Hachette Livre
Book Number (in series)
2
Still Waters
Author
Camilla Noli
ISBN
9780733622502
Publisher
Hachette Livre
Shatter
Author
Michael Robotham
ISBN
9781847441775
Publisher
Hachette Australia
As Darkness Falls
Author
Bronwyn Parry
ISBN
9780733623226
Publisher
Hachette Australia
Fan Mail
Author
P D Martin
ISBN
9781405038263
Publisher
Pan MacMillan Australia
Book Number (in series)
3
Blood Oil
Author
James Phelan
ISBN
9780733622601
Publisher
Hachette Australia
Book Number (in series)
3
Murder on a Midsummer Night
Author
Kerry Greenwood
ISBN
9781741149999
Publisher
Allen & Unwin
Book Number (in series)
17
Killer in the Family
Author
Lindy Cameron
ISBN
9781742115214
Publisher
Five Mile Press
A Question of Power
Author
Michelle Schwarz
ISBN
9781863952477
Publisher
Black Ink
Calumny While Reading Irvine Welsh
Author
Simone Bailey
ISBN
9781921406539
Publisher
Zeus Publications
Deep Night
Author
Caroline Petit
ISBN
9781569475300
Publisher
Soho Press
Book Number (in series)
2
And Many Happy Returns
Author
Helen Denkha
ISBN
9781921240836
Publisher
Zeus Publications
Book Number (in series)
3
Disco for the Departed
Author
Colin Cotterill
ISBN
9781921351419
Publisher
Text Publishing
Book Number (in series)
3
The Tattooed Man
Author
Alex Palmer
ISBN
9780732285722
Publisher
Harper Collins
Book Number (in series)
2
The Shadow Maker
Author
Robert Sims
ISBN
9781741751734
Publisher
Allen & Unwin
Curse of the Pogo Stick
Author
Colin Cotterill
ISBN
9781569474853
Publisher
Soho Press
Book Number (in series)
5
The Seduction of Power
Author
Sergio Scasioli
ISBN
9781921221767
Publisher
Brolga Publishing
Crooked
Author
Camilla Nelson
ISBN
9781863256056
Publisher
Random House Australia
Witch Doctor's Vengeance
Author
Andy L Semple
ISBN
9781921406201
Publisher
Zeus Publications
The Mystery of the Missing Masterpiece
Author
Robin Bowles
ISBN
9781741786613
Publisher
Five Mile Press
Book Number (in series)
2
Dead and Kicking
Author
Geoffrey McGeachin
ISBN
9780718105044
Publisher
Penguin Australia
Book Number (in series)
3
Sensitive New Age Spy
Author
Geoffrey McGeachin
ISBN
9780670029594
Publisher
Penguin Australia
Book Number (in series)
2
What the Mother Knew
Author
Edmund Tadros
ISBN
9781921486104
Red Centre, Dark Heart
Author
Evan McHugh
ISBN
9780670070787
Publisher
Penguin Australia
Inside Their Minds
Author
Rochelle Jackson
ISBN
9781741751185
Publisher
Allen & Unwin
Ghostlines
Author
Nick Gadd
ISBN
9781921372049
Publisher
Scribe Publications
Scattered : The Inside Story of Ice in Australia
Author
Malcolm Knox
Publisher
Allen & Unwin
The Build Up
Author
Phillip Gwynne
ISBN
9781405038492
Publisher
Pan MacMillan Australia
Book Number (in series)
1
Dead Man Running
Author
Duncan McNab
Ross Coulthart
ISBN
9781741754636
Publisher
Allen & Unwin
Lives of Crime
Author
Gary Tippett
Ian Munro
ISBN
9780732286095
Publisher
Harper Collins
Broken Swallow
Author
J J Burn
ISBN
0977564444
Book Number (in series)
1
Underbelly - The Gangland War
Author
John Silvester
Andrew Rule
ISBN
0977544060
Publisher
Sly Ink
Book Number (in series)
10
An Irresistible Temptation: The true story of Jane New and a colonial scandal
Author
Carol Baxter
ISBN
9781741149241
Publisher
Allen & Unwin
Breaking the Bank: An extraordinary colonial robbery
Author
Carol Baxter
ISBN
9781741754490
Publisher
Allen & Unwin
The Butcherbird
Author
Geoffrey Cousins
ISBN
9781741750393
Publisher
Allen & Unwin
Broken
Author
Ilsa Evans
The Night Has a Thousand Eyes
Author
Mandy Sayer
ISBN
9780732286019
Publisher
Harper Collins
The Medici Secret
Author
Michael White
ISBN
1863256164
Publisher
Bantam
Willows for Weeping
Author
Felicity Pulman
ISBN
9781741662504
Publisher
Random House Australia
Book Number (in series)
4
Murder on the Apricot Coast
Author
Marion Halligan
ISBN
9781741753844
Publisher
Allen & Unwin
The Six Sacred Stones
Author
Matthew Reilly
ISBN
9781405038164
Publisher
Pan MacMillan Australia
Connie's Secret
Author
Anne Lovell
ISBN
9781741755381
Publisher
Allen & Unwin
Pitcairn Paradise Lost
Author
Kathy Marks
ISBN
9780732282547
Publisher
Harper Collins
The Devil's Hand
Author
Mignon Warner
ISBN
9780709085058
Book Number (in series)
9
A Fraction of the Whole
Author
Steve Toltz
ISBN
9780385521727
Blood Sunset
Author
Jarad Henry
ISBN
9781741754209
Publisher
Allen & Unwin
Book Number (in series)
2
A Deadly Business
Author
Lenny Bartulin
ISBN
9781921372025
Publisher
Scribe Publications
Book Number (in series)
1
The Tall Man
Author
Chloe Hooper
ISBN
9780241015377
Publisher
Michael Joseph
The Anthology of Colonial Australian Crime Fiction
Author
Ken Gelder
Rachael Weaver
ISBN
9780522855616
Publisher
Melbourne University Press
Bright Air
Author
Barry Maitland
ISBN
9781741148176
Publisher
Allen & Unwin
A Decent Ransom
Author
Ivana Hruba
ISBN
9781601641625
Publisher
Kunati
A Year to Learn a Woman
Author
Paddy Richardson
ISBN
9780143010029
Publisher
Penguin
Open File
Author
Peter Corris
ISBN
9781741754179
Publisher
Allen & Unwin
Book Number (in series)
33
Cemetery Lake
Author
Paul Cleave
ISBN
978-1-86325-598-1
Publisher
Bantam
Second Strike
Author
Mark Abernethy
ISBN
978-1-74175-561-9
Publisher
Allen & Unwin
Still Waters
Author
Judith Cutler
ISBN
9780749080587
Publisher
Allison & Busby
Book Number (in series)
3
A Death in Tuscany
Author
Michele Giuttari
ISBN
9780349120072
Publisher
Abacus
Book Number (in series)
2
Black Butterfly
Author
Mark Gatiss
ISBN
9780743257121
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Book Number (in series)
3
We Know
Author
Gregg Hurwitz
ISBN
9781847441201
Publisher
Sphere
In the Dark
Author
Mark Billingham
ISBN
9781408700693
Publisher
Little Brown
Blood in the Cotswold
Author
Rebecca Tope
ISBN
9780749079116
Publisher
Allison & Busby
Book Number (in series)
5
Maxwell's Chain
Author
M.J. Trow
ISBN
9780749080440
Publisher
Allison & Busby
Book Number (in series)
13
Beneath the Bleeding
Author
Val McDermid
ISBN
9780007243280
Publisher
Harper Collins
Book Number (in series)
5
Last Nocturne
Author
Marjorie Eccles
ISBN
9780749080792
Publisher
Allison & Busby
The Likeness
Author
Tana French
ISBN
9780340924785
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Book Number (in series)
2
The Twilight Time
Author
Karen Campbell
ISBN
9780340935606
Publisher
Hodder
Book Number (in series)
1
The Slap
Author
Christos Tsiolkas
ISBN
9781741753592
Publisher
Allen & Unwin
Gentle Satan My Father Abe Saffron
Author
Alan Saffron
ISBN
9780718104962
Publisher
Penguin Australia
Bait
Author
Nick Brownlee
ISBN
9780749928841
Publisher
Piatkus
Book Number (in series)
1
The Bloomsday Dead
Author
Adrian McKinty
ISBN
9781846686313
Publisher
Allen & Unwin
Book Number (in series)
3
Echoes from the Dead
Author
Johan Theorin
ISBN
9780385613620
Publisher
Doubleday
Book Number (in series)
1
The Outcast
Author
Michael Walters
ISBN
9781847244192
Publisher
Quercus
Book Number (in series)
3
Bleeding Heart Square
Author
Andrew Taylor
ISBN
9780718147501
Publisher
Michael Joseph
Death Wore White
Author
Jim Kelly
ISBN
9780141027517
Publisher
Penguin Books
Book Number (in series)
1
Once Were Cops
Author
Ken Bruen
ISBN
9780312384401
Publisher
St Martin's Minotaur
Moscow Rules
Author
Daniel Silva
ISBN
9780718154271
Publisher
Penguin
Book Number (in series)
8
The Water's Edge
Author
Karin Fossum
ISBN
9781846551703
Publisher
Harvill Secker
Book Number (in series)
8
Closer Still
Author
Jo Bannister
ISBN
9780749079260
Publisher
Allison & Busby
Book Number (in series)
8
Dead-End Road
Author
Richard Kunzmann
ISBN
9780330446488
Publisher
Pan MacMillan Australia
Book Number (in series)
3
Wonderful Today
Author
Pattie Boyd
ISBN
9780755316434
Publisher
Headline
Blood in the Water
Author
Gillian Galbraith
ISBN
9781846970740
Publisher
Polygon
Book Number (in series)
1
The Art Thief
Author
Noah Charney
ISBN
9781847391414
Publisher
Pocket Books
Off Track
Author
Clare Curzon
ISBN
9780749079468
Publisher
Allison & Busby
Book Number (in series)
22
The Abyssinian Proof
Author
Jenny White
ISBN
9780297851844
Publisher
Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Angels Unaware
Author
Mike Ripley
ISBN
9780749080839
Publisher
Allison & Busby
Black Monday
Author
R Scott Reiss
ISBN
9780731813483
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
By Death Divided
Author
Patricia Hall
ISBN
9780749080082
Publisher
Allison & Busby
Book Number (in series)
14
Speak of the Devil
Author
Richard Hawke
ISBN
9781921215858
Publisher
Scribe Publications
Book Number (in series)
1
Web of Evil
Author
J.A. Jance
ISBN
9781416544272
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Book Number (in series)
2
Child 44
Author
Tom Rob Smith
ISBN
9781847371270
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Now You See Him
Author
Eli Gottlieb
ISBN
9781921351600
Publisher
Text Publishing
Double Shot
Author
Anna Blundy
ISBN
9780751538960
Publisher
Sphere
Book Number (in series)
4
The Reunion
Author
Simone van der Vlugt
ISBN
9781921351327
Publisher
Text Publishing
The Price of Darkness
Author
Graham Hurley
ISBN
9780575080553
Publisher
Orion
Book Number (in series)
8
What Burns Within
Author
Sandra Ruttan
ISBN
9780843960747
Publisher
Leisure Books
The Death Chamber
Author
Sarah Rayne
ISBN
9780743285841
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
The Miernik Dossier
Author
Charles McCarry
ISBN
9781921215605
Publisher
Scribe Publications
Book Number (in series)
1
The Roar of the Butterflies
Author
Reginald Hill
ISBN
9780061451980
Publisher
Harper Collins
Book Number (in series)
5
The Blood Detective
Author
Dan Waddell
ISBN
9780718154165
Publisher
Penguin Australia
Book Number (in series)
1
Soldier of Fortune
Author
Edward Marston
ISBN
9780749080525
Publisher
Allison & Busby
Book Number (in series)
1
Blood from Stone
Author
Frances Fyfield
ISBN
9781847440754
Publisher
Sphere
The Ice Princess
Author
Camilla Läckberg
ISBN
9780007253937
Publisher
Harper Collins
Book Number (in series)
1
The Final Murder
Author
Anne Holt
ISBN
9781847449394
Publisher
Sphere
Book Number (in series)
2
The Secret Friend
Author
Chris Mooney
ISBN
9780718152987
Publisher
Penguin Australia
Book Number (in series)
2
Hell's Fire
Author
Chris Simms
ISBN
9780752789320
Publisher
Orion Books
Book Number (in series)
4
Little White Lies
Author
Ian McFadyen
ISBN
9781846242458
Publisher
Book Guild
Book Number (in series)
1
The Ninth Circle
Author
Alex Bell
ISBN
9780575080270
Publisher
Orion
The Secret Lovers
Author
Charles McCarry
ISBN
9781921372001
Publisher
Scribe Publications
Book Number (in series)
3
Stratton's War
Author
Laura Wilson
ISBN
9780752876245
Publisher
Orion Books
Book Number (in series)
1
Life, Law and not enough shoes
Author
Judith Fordham
ISBN
9781741105391
Publisher
New Holland
Switch
Author
Grant McKenzie
ISBN
9781940610559
Publisher
Bantam
The Final Bet
Author
Abdelilah Hamdouchi
ISBN
9781906697068
Publisher
Arabia Books
The Murder Farm
Author
Andrea Maria Schenkel
ISBN
9781847243669
Publisher
Quercus
Pulp Fiction - The Dames
Author
Otto Penzler
Laura Lippman
Cornell Woolrich
Leslie T. White
Eric Taylor
Raymond Chandler
Adolphe Barreaux
C.S. Montanye
C.B. Yorke
Randolph Barr
D.B. McCandless
P.T. Luman
Robert Reeves
Dashiell Hammett
Perry Paul
Whitman Chambers
Roger Torrey
Carlos Martinez
Lars Anderson
Richard Sale
Eugene Thomas
T.T. Flynn
Stewart Sterling
ISBN
9781847242310
Publisher
Quercus
Arctic Chill
Author
Arnaldur Indridason
ISBN
9781846550652
Publisher
Harvill Secker
Book Number (in series)
7
Done Deal
Author
Tony Berry
Link to Publisher
http://www.lulu.com/content/2167756
Book Number (in series)
1
The Rose Labyrinth
Author
Titania Hardie
ISBN
9780755344567
Publisher
Hachette Livre
Assassin
Author
Ted Bell
ISBN
9781416522461
Publisher
Pocket Books
Book Number (in series)
2
A Greater Evil
Author
Natasha Cooper
ISBN
9781509825660
Publisher
Policy Press
Flesh House
Author
Stuart MacBride
ISBN
9780007244560
Publisher
Harper Collins
The Affair of the Mutilated Mink
Author
James Anderson
ISBN
9780749080709
Publisher
Allison & Busby
Last Rituals
Author
Yrsa Sigurdardottir
ISBN
9780340920619
Publisher
Hodder
A Quiet Belief in Angels
Author
R.J. Ellory
ISBN
9780752873695
Publisher
Orion UK
The Watchful Eye
Author
Priscilla Masters
ISBN
9780749079958
Publisher
Allison & Busby
The Feng Shui Detective
Author
Nury Vittachi
ISBN
9781741755374
Publisher
Allen & Unwin
Book Number (in series)
1
The Finder
Author
Colin Harrison
ISBN
9780747595434
Publisher
Allen & Unwin
The Good Guy
Author
Dean Koontz
Publisher
Harper Collins
Strangers in Death
Author
J.D. Robb
ISBN
9780749938833
Publisher
Piatkus
Book Number (in series)
26
Somebody's Crying
Author
Maureen McCarthy
ISBN
9781741755190
Publisher
Allen & Unwin
Promise Not to Tell
Author
Jennifer McMahon
ISBN
9780752882987
Publisher
Orion
Orpheus Rising
Author
Colin Bateman
ISBN
9780755334698
Publisher
Headline
Good Omens
Author
Terry Pratchett
Neil Gaiman
ISBN
9780575080485
Publisher
Orion Books
Flawed
Author
Jo Bannister
ISBN
9780749079000
Publisher
Allison & Busby
Book Number (in series)
7
Fearless Fourteen
Author
Janet Evanovich
ISBN
9780755337613
Publisher
Hachette Livre
Book Number (in series)
14
The Dying Breed
Author
Declan Hughes
ISBN
9780719568428
Publisher
John Murray
Book Number (in series)
3
Befriend and Betray
Author
Alex Caine
ISBN
9780307355942
Publisher
Random House
A Cure For All Diseases
Author
Reginald Hill
ISBN
9780007313235
Publisher
Harper Collins
Book Number (in series)
23
The Calling
Author
Inger Ash Wolfe
ISBN
9780771088964
Book Number (in series)
1
Paper Butterfly
Author
Diane Wei Liang
ISBN
9780330423564
Publisher
Pan MacMillan Australia
Book Number (in series)
2
Murder on the Brighton Express
Author
Edward Marston
ISBN
9780749079451
Publisher
Allison & Busby
Book Number (in series)
5
A Thousand Bones
Author
P.J. Parrish
ISBN
9781416525875
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Book Number (in series)
8
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