Death in a Lonely Place

BOOK ADDED: Tue, 29/10/2024 - 1:25pm by Karen

The book cover for Death In A Lonely Place by Stig Abell includes the tagline 'In a quiet village, secrets stir ...' The image is of a body of still water, deep blue and mauve reflecting the sky above. There's a leafless tree in the middle of the water with birds flying around it, and across the other side there are a row of low purple coloured hills.

In a quiet village, a storm is brewing. Detective Jake Jackson left London for a quiet life in Caelum Parvum. The idyllic country village offers the peace he craves—tending to his chickens, swimming in his lake, and spending long, lazy evenings with his new love, Livia. It’s the perfect...Read more

Opal

BOOK ADDED: Thu, 03/10/2024 - 11:59am by Karen

The book cover of Opal by Patricia Wolf includes the tagline 'A small town. A brutal murder. A killer among them.' and the notation 'A DS Walker Thriller' The image is looking down onto a small town with houses and fences, dry red all around, and a few dirt roads throughout. There's a build up of grey / black clouds overhead with the glow of red sun off to the left.

A small mining town. A brutal double murder. A killer among them.

DS Lucas Walker is off duty. He's supposed to be showing his little sister Grace the Australian outback, on her visit from Boston, but instead they're headed out...Read more

Southern Aurora

BOOK ADDED: Thu, 19/09/2024 - 8:47pm by Karen

The book cover for Southern Aurora by Mark Brandi includes the tagline 'Bestselling author of Wimmera and the Rip' and the quotes 'Literary crime fiction at its best' Books+Publishing on Wimmera and 'Clarity amid the darkness ... a reminder of the novel's capacity to create empathy' Weekend Australian on The Rip The image is of a young boy in a singlet and jeans standing with his back to the viewer, and hands resting against his hips. He's looking out over dry brown grass towards a pale blue, cloudy sky. There is another tagline at the bottom 'small-town life is unforgiving when you're from the other side of the tracks'

The unforgettable new novel from the Dagger award-winning author of Wimmera. A novel that shows small-town life is unforgiving if you're from the other side of the tracks.

"We always listen out for the train when we're down in the cutting because sometimes...Read more

The Chasm

BOOK ADDED: Tue, 17/09/2024 - 1:09pm by Karen

The book cover for The Chasm by Bronwyn Hall includes the tagline 'Every town needs a place to hide its secrets ...' and the quote 'Take a breath and strap in, because you won't put this down until the final page. A stunning debut.' Sarah Barrie, author of Unforgiven on [sic] Gone to Ground' The image is of a swinging footbridge over a heavily treed area, with a figure standing in the middle of the bridge wearing a jacket with the hood up and pants. They are facing away from the viewer, with their head turned slightly. The boards on the bridge are glowing slightly, and the title of the book is imposed over the middle in large red lettering.

Atmospheric, thrilling and twisty - a white-knuckled mystery set among Victoria's most rugged mountains from an exciting new voice in Australian noir. Perfect for fans of Wake and Exiles .

Every town needs somewhere to hide their secrets. Andy King knew she should never return...Read more

Death Under A Little Sky

BOOK ADDED: Thu, 29/08/2024 - 1:21pm by Karen

The book cover for Death Under A Little Sky by Stig Abell includes the tagline 'Sometimes the quietest villages hide the darkest secrets ...' and the quote "Gloriously atmospheric" - Lucy Foley. The image is of a field with ripe grain in it, looking across it to a stand of leafless trees with birds flying around them, grey low hills in the background still and a blue / green cloudy sky above.

A detective ready for a new life…
For years, Jake Jackson has been a high-flying detective in London. But then one day he receives a letter from his reclusive uncle – he has left Jake his property in the middle of the countryside. For Jake, it is the perfect...Read more

Death Leaves the Station

BOOK ADDED: Wed, 26/06/2024 - 5:22pm by Karen

The image of the book cover for Death Leaves the Station by Alexander Thorpe is a textured layout with the left hand side being the textured outline of a woman's white face and black hair, her hair curling around onto her check, forming the shape of joined hands with a string of beads hanging from them. There's the outline of a male body sitting to the left of the book title which runs down the black side of her hair / face. The background to the rest of the cover is green, yellow and muted colours with the images of flowers and leaves on it. Where the white of her face swings down to the bottom of the image, there's a horse and cart with a single figure driving it

A nameless friar turns up at Halfwell Station at the same time that Ana, the adopted daughter of the station owners, discovers a body in the desert during her midnight walk. But when Ana returns to look for it, the body is gone.

Death Leaves the Station brings the cosy...Read more

Death Holds the Key

BOOK ADDED: Wed, 26/06/2024 - 3:33pm by Karen

The image of the book cover for Death Holds the Key by Alexander Thorpe is a textured layout with the left hand side being the textured black outline of a man holding a book, a rosary with cross dangling from the same hand. On the right, against a slightly off white background is the outline of an image of a man in a hat, the texture over that image is made up of vines and leaves. At the bottom, over the top of the textured black there's an outline of a handgun, textured in the same way as the man in the hat. The title has a keyhole in place of the O in Holds, and is all in white, except for the KEY, which has the same texture again as the gun / hatted man.

When loathed landholder Fred O' Donnell is found dead in a locked room with a bullet in his chest, rookie Detective Hartley must seek help from a mysterious wanderer to solve the case. And it' s one where everyone, including his family, has a motive and a secret to keep.Featuring the...Read more

Bitter Wash Road

BOOK ADDED: Mon, 18/02/2019 - 11:32am by Karen

The book cover of Bitter Wash Road by Garry Disher showing a dried out wheat field with two tyre tracks running through it, echoed by a hint of light against a dark cloudy sky. There's a quote 'Bitter Wash Road is superb.' The Australian.

When Hirsch heads up Bitter Wash Road to investigate the gunfire he finds himself cut off without back-up. A pair of thrill killers has been targeting isolated farmhouses on lonely backroads, but Hirsch’s first thought is that ‘back-up’ is nearby—and about to put a bullet in him. That’s...Read more