Sorted on book title (not in series order)
Two celebrated writers combine to offer the electrifying conclusion to a legendary mystery series…
Detective Inspector Carol Ashton’s promotion to Chief Inspector has immediately ensnared her in two assignments that hold no warning they will forever change her life....Read more
Who can you trust if you can’t trust your own mother? Through the clammy fog, Celie Francis hears the chilling message. “I know who you are, Celie. I know where you live.” And in the terrifying aftermath she reconnects with her dysfunctional family in ways she had never imagined....Read more
Jet Black has left her barmaid duties behind to run some valuable merchandise to the next city.
The merchandise? Drugs? Stolen Goods? Nope, something much much better. She's managed to get hold of the world's only copy of Julius Caesar's long-lost masterpiece, Dr Analogia. All...Read more
Nobody's Letterbox is Safe!
Ian Carew is a mild-mannered teacher at the primary school in Mirebury, a quiet town lost in the moors. Six years after leaving London, he's still considered a newcomer, but his elderly neighbour, Mary Hopkins, treats him like a son, and the local...Read more
MURDER SIXTIES STYLE It is 1968. The Vietnam War is raging and so is Women’s' Liberation. In Sydney, Australia, university lecturer, peace activist and women’s liberationist Charmaine Shaw is making enemies. Student and admirer Sue English is not one of them. As she listens to Charmaine her...Read more
A dead man alive at Melbourne's Festival Hall; a merino-shaped lake; a stolen copy of Thoreau's Walden; ASIO's wall of silence; Sandy Carmichael can pick up the pieces, but to fit the jigsaw together, he needs to risk his life. Ligny's Lake, is a thriller that weirdly echoes the...Read more
Lilies for Love, Book 3 in the highly acclaimed medieval crime series for teenagers, The Janna Mysteries. Lilies for Love was launched at the NSW Writers Centre on Saturday 23rd September by Linsay Knight, head of Children's Books at Random House Australia. Lilies for Love takes Janna to...Read more
The attempted murder in 1984 of undercover policeman Michael Drury - shot while in his kitchen feeding his baby daughter - has been labelled the 'lowest of low' in Australian criminal annals. The compelling ABC TV mini-series Blue Murder brings this dramatic crime back into the spotlight....Read more
Here is the criminal underground at work: gangland warriors, serial killers, drug dealers and thieves. Melbourne gangland figures Mick Gatto and Andrew 'Benji' Veniamin and their final, fatal encounter; Peter Dupas, the nerdish–looking serial killer who makes your skin crawl; as well as...Read more
When Denham decides to stay the night at the creepy Fen Inn, he is surprised to find his old friend Francis Briarfield a fellow-guest. He is even more surprised, upon waking the following day, to find the inn deserted and Briarfield murdered. The mystery deepens when Denham rushes to inform...Read more
During the long walk to visit an old friend in the cathedral town of Moncaster, Eric Baker passes through the deserted village of Old Dexleigh. Investigating the abandoned church, he overhears a plot to kidnap a man named Harding. Baker is determined to foil this villainous enterprise - but...Read more
Supersleuth Gilbert Larose has 'the ability to imagine exactly what the criminal would do under any given condition. And what is more exciting, Larose does not wait for slow justice, he tracks down the murderers and kills them himself.'Read more
Rich, successful Eddie Bevelacqua has it all, or so it seems to his poor second cousin and gardener, Romeo. But while Eddie is intent on a strange psychological odyssey to purge himself of 'the tapestry of sins' in his past, there is only one thing the romantic Romeo really covets: Eddie's...Read more
Marty's not happy. He's 28 years old, living in a Welsh town he hates, doing a job he's lost interest in, and so bored he can't even be bothered with sex. But emigration's round the corner and a new life beckons in Australia. It's also a chance to get away from the crappy Welsh weather and...Read more
Avalon Bolt is missing.
And her words suggest she doesn't particularly want to be found. But her wealthy father is prepared to send London detective Barry Donovan halfway around the world to bring her back. Donovan's not complaining. After all, who is he to stand in the way of...Read more
Ann Burton was born on a river bank the night her father tried to burn their house down. Six years later her sister Liza disappears while they are staying at their uncle's property. What Ann sees that day robs her of her memory and her speech. Ann escapes her anguished childhood, finding...Read more
In the lonely hours upon an unfrequented part of the Norfolk coast at retired Cambridge professor is living by himself. Gradually he becomes aware that his house, which is built on the site of an old church, is being watched. For help he turns to Gilbert Larose!Read more
When Cassandra gives Ryan a present for his 40th birthday, she prophesizes that by midnight, he will get his heart’s desire but before midnight Ryan is forced to walk out of his own party to investigate a murder.
Ryan’s investigations into the drowning of a butler reveal the...Read more
Alex Hanson is a respected Anglican vicar caught up in events surrounding the rape and murder of a small child. Joe Bailey is a career criminal with an interest in meditation and a gift for violence. Their lives, and the life of Tessa Bromley, a young girl who loves rabbits and dreams of...Read more
The Master Spy by Arthur Train is a captivating espionage thriller that immerses readers in a world of intrigue, danger, and betrayal. Set in the early 20th century, the story follows British intelligence agent John Hardy as he embarks on a perilous mission to uncover a notorious spy ring...Read more
'Eric', said Larry Davenport.'Come round to the flat, will you? As quickly as possible. It's Catia. She's been murdered. Here. In my flat.'
For Detective Sergeant Eric Walden, this phone call has serious repercussions. Not only is Larry a friend, he's also another cop, and the...Read more
An Inspector O'Rorke novel concerning the allegations of police brutality during the invasion and destruction of Te Whiti's community of Parihaka.Read more
DECEMBER 2012 – TIME IS RUNNING OUT . . .
Deep in the Guatemalan jungle lies the Maya Codex, an ancient document containing a terrible warning for civilisation. Archaeologist Dr Aleta Weizman and CIA agent Curtis O'Connor are desperately searching for the codex...Read more
Dr Elizabeth Pimms has a new puzzle.
What is the story behind the tiny skeletons discovered on a Guatemalan island? And how do they relate to an ancient Mayan queen?
The bones, along with other remains, are a gift for Elizabeth. But soon the giver reveals his true...Read more
In the crypt of the Medici Chapel in Florence, scientist Edie Granger, and her uncle, Carlin Mackenzie, are examining the mummified remains of one of the most powerful families in Renaissance Italy. The embalmers have done their work well in terms of outward appearance. But under the crisp...Read more
Les Norton's Hawaiian holiday should have been just like in the tourist brochures. Balmy days, blue seas, palm trees swaying in the moonlight. And it would have been if Les had have minded his own business. But what are you supposed to do when a cop you know and an old friend are in trouble...Read more
