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Just Finished Reading

UPDATE ADDED: Fri, 11/09/2026 - 1:50pm by Karen Chisholm

Finished off:

The Mysterious Affair of Judith Potts by Robert Thorogood (audio)

The Man Comes Around by Caimh McDonnell (audio)

Shot by Shelley Burr

Started on:

Something He Did by SK Lynch

Choppy Water by Jack Heath

Cold River by Margaret Hickey

We Chase Shadows by Richard Osman (audio)

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Man Comes Around

BOOK ADDED: Wed, 02/09/2026 - 3:29pm by Karen Chisholm

Sometimes the dead will not stay dead.

It’s Halloween, and a killer long thought dead has suddenly reappeared, setting both the Dublin criminal underworld and the Gardaí on edge. Smiling Johnny Gildea–the textbook definition of a charming monster–is back and intent on settling old scores, chief amongst them the death of his baby brother.

Bunny McGarry has to find him, and fast, before Gildea takes out the person he holds Bunny’s partner and best friend, Pamela Cassidy.

With all that’s happening, the last thing Bunny needs is having to deal with a certain young fella of his acquaintance whose bonfire has been nicked.

Expect fireworks.

Join Bunny on his latest adventure in the increasingly inaccurately titled, yet nevertheless million-selling Dublin Trilogy.

PUBLISHER INFORMATION
Author: 
Caimh McDonnell
Publication Date: 
Fri, 28/08/2026
Narrator: 
Morgan C. Jones
Publisher: 
McFori Ink
Book Type: 
Audio (Online)
Genre: 
Crime Fiction
Sub-Genres: 
Humour
Private Investigator
Series Name: 
Dublin Trilogy
No in Series: 
Chronological Order 9
AUSTCRIME INFORMATION
Book Setting: 
Ireland
Status: 
Am Listening
Book Source: 
Audible
Stored : 
Audible
Region: 
Ireland

Shot

BOOK ADDED: Mon, 03/08/2026 - 11:59am by Karen Chisholm

A murder is witnessed by thousands, but who pulled the trigger?

Dahlia and Duncan Crews are rich, famous, glamorous - they share their lifestyle and picture-perfect family with hundreds of thousands of online subscribers. The Crews have it all - until they don't. Shot dead in the middle of a livestream, the couple's teenage daughter, Karma, is the sole survivor. And the prime suspect.

Years later, disgraced true-crime vlogger Jennifer Benedetta is hired to film a cold-case documentary on the unsolved Crews family murders. It's the chance she needs to salvage her reputation, but there's a catch: prove Karma Crews innocent. But something - or someone - is lurking just off camera, and the closer Jennifer gets to the truth, the further she is from safety. Who is watching? And how far will they go to remain unseen?

Newtown Review of Books
PUBLISHER INFORMATION
Author: 
Shelley Burr
Publication Date: 
Tue, 27/10/2026
40 days remaining to event.
ISBN: 
9780733652189
Book Type: 
eBook
Genre: 
Crime Fiction
AUSTCRIME INFORMATION
Book Setting: 
Australia
Status: 
Read
Waiting for Review
Book Source: 
NetGalley
Read by Date: 
Monday, 19 October, 2026
32 days remaining to event.
Region: 
Australia

Something He Did

BOOK ADDED: Wed, 29/04/2026 - 1:16pm by Karen Chisholm

In the gridlocked heart of Melbourne, a split-second of road rage changes everything. For one driver, the crash is a bizarre stroke of luck that sets their life on an upward trajectory they never thought possible. For the other, it is the first domino to fall in a terrifying downward spiral.

Detective Sergeant Claudia Russo doesn't care about the insurance claims—she’s focussed on the search for a missing eighteen-year-old girl. But the girl’s father, a man defined by entitlement and influence, is playing a dangerous game. He’s more afraid of his own double life being exposed than he is of his daughter never coming home. Claudia has secrets too: she’s grieving a tragic loss of her own and losing control of an on-the-job romance that threatens to unravel everything she has worked so hard for.

As all their fates become more entwined, the lesson must be learned: Be kind. Or suffer the consequences.

PUBLISHER INFORMATION
Author: 
SK Lynch
Publication Date: 
Tue, 29/09/2026
12 days remaining to event.
ISBN: 
9781761154850
Publisher: 
Ultimo Press
No of Pages: 
352
Book Type: 
Paperback
Genre: 
Crime Fiction
AUSTCRIME INFORMATION
Book Setting: 
Melbourne
Victoria
Australia
Status: 
Am Reading
Date Received: 
Tuesday, 18 August, 2026
Review By Date: 
Tuesday, 29 September, 2026
12 days remaining to event.
Region: 
Australia

Cold River

BOOK ADDED: Tue, 28/07/2026 - 11:36am by Karen Chisholm

Deep in the mountains, secrets grow deadly . . .

Detective Constable Sally White knows how easily hikers can go missing in Victoria’s high country. But there’s something about the disappearance of Louis Taylor, a young man lost up Mount Viking, that’s not sitting right with her.

Louis was an aspiring journalist, researching the illegal tobacco trade – also known as chop chop – that was once so prevalent in the area. And the last person he interviewed before his hike has just met a gruesome end . . .

But with no other leads, and with the search winding down, Sally is forced to accept the young man died in a tragic accident.

Until she learns of another missing person case that bears striking similarities. Astrid Marlowe, a young lawyer, vanished in the same mountains two years before.

Were Louis and Astrid simply unlucky hikers lost in the treacherous terrain? Or did they both stumble into something – or someone – they shouldn’t?

PUBLISHER INFORMATION
Author: 
Margaret Hickey
Publication Date: 
Tue, 28/07/2026
ISBN: 
9781761351136
Publisher: 
Penguin Books
Book Type: 
eBook
Genre: 
Crime Fiction
AUSTCRIME INFORMATION
Book Setting: 
Australia
Victoria
High Country
Regional
Status: 
To Be Read
Next Up
Book Source: 
Purchased
Stored : 
Kobo
Date Received: 
Tuesday, 28 July, 2026
Region: 
Australia

Choppy Water

BOOK ADDED: Fri, 07/08/2026 - 11:42am by Karen Chisholm

A woman's body is found in a laundry cart aboard the Silver Lady cruise ship. Management says it was a freak accident and her death is quickly covered up, so as not to spoil the voyage for the passengers.

Cesar Cain doesn't want to get involved. He boarded the Silver Lady to disappear. If the cops find him, he's in a cell. If the Hell's Hounds catch him, he's in a grave.

But it's March 2020, and the borders are slamming shut. Cesar soon discovers that the woman wasn't the first victim - and with the ship suddenly quarantined and unable to dock anywhere, she won't be the last ...

PUBLISHER INFORMATION
Author: 
Jack Heath
Publication Date: 
Tue, 03/11/2026
47 days remaining to event.
ISBN: 
9781761471247
Publisher: 
Allen & Unwin
Book Type: 
eBook
Genre: 
Crime Fiction
AUSTCRIME INFORMATION
Status: 
To Be Read
Book Source: 
NetGalley
Stored : 
NetGalley
Read by Date: 
Wednesday, 30 September, 2026
13 days remaining to event.
Date Received: 
Monday, 10 August, 2026
Region: 
Australia

We Chase Shadows

BOOK ADDED: Wed, 27/05/2026 - 1:03pm by Karen Chisholm

At sunrise, high in the Italian hills, a body is found on the steps of a beautiful private villa. On the body is a threatening note, signed by a mystery man.

Back at We Solve Murders HQ, Amy, Rosie and Steve leap at the chance to take on their first proper case. So what if their new client seems to have his own reasons for avoiding the police? All they need to do is uncover who left the note, and then find them. Simple.

But once they start digging, the suspects keep piling up: there’s Sweden’s most-wanted criminal, a canny ex-wife and a fierce business rival – yet the murderer keeps evading them. And as the trio chase a villain through the shadows, danger travels closer to home . . .

Between Italy and Palm Springs, via Barcelona and Steve’s village pub, can the team catch an elusive killer who knows EXACTLY where to hide?

PUBLISHER INFORMATION
Author: 
Richard Osman
Publication Date: 
Tue, 01/09/2026
ISBN: 
9781405996273
Publisher: 
Penguin Books
Book Type: 
Audio (Online)
Paperback
Genre: 
Crime Fiction
Sub-Genres: 
Private Investigator
Series Name: 
We Solve Murders
No in Series: 
2
AUSTCRIME INFORMATION
Book Setting: 
Italy
England
Palm Springs
Spain
Barcelona
Status: 
To Be Read
Book Source: 
Purchased
Publisher (Physical)
Stored : 
Audible
Bedside Table
Date Received: 
Wednesday, 5 August, 2026
Region: 
England
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