Books from Australia and New Zealand and associated territories

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

Death Leaves the Station

The book cover of Death of a Countess by Jenny Harrison is set in a tube station in muted colours with a woman with her back to the viewer. She's in shadow but you can see the outline of an oldish fashioned hairstyle, coat and a handbag over her arm. The platform in front of her is deserted and there's a way out sign to her right with the arrow pointing away from where she is looking. There is a tagline on the bottom right - 'Post-war London should have been safe. It wasn't.'

Death of a Countess

The image of the book cover for Devil's Breath by Jill Johnson includes the tagline ' Revenge is the sweetest poison' and a quote 'Fascinating and eerily compelling. Jessica Fellowes'

The cover is a riot of brightly coloured plants, flowers, leaves intertwined in front of a high set of windows, with a starlit sky beyond. There's a silhouette of somebody bent slightly forward, hands in front of them in the centre bottom.

The book cover of Dice by Claire Baylis has the tagline 'Can the jury deliver justice?' and a quote 'A forensic depth that is compellling, that challenges and deeply moves the reader.' Christos Tsiolkas, bestselling author of The Slap

The image is of a young girl's face slightly side on, she's looking down towards the right and seems very sad. There's a orange / red coloured background in front of her and a dice superimposed on her face, although it's transparent, the numbered dots lit up to show them clearly.

The book cover for Double Jeopardy by Stef Harris includes the quotation 'Fast-paced, brimming with surprising twists and maneuvers' Paddy Richardson

The image is the view through the wet windscreen of a car with just a hint of a blurred wiper going past. You can see the instrument panel, and the surrounding cars with lights on, stoplights glowing.

Double Jeopardy

The image of the book cover for Dragon's Back by A.C. Edwards includes the tagline ' A Galahad Jones Thriller'.

The image is of the back of a woman with long hair flying, her arms are out from her body and it looks like she might have a gun slung across her back. Superimposed across her back is the image of a brightly lit city street with signs in Chinese characters, and a man walking away from the viewer. He's dressed in dark clothes, his arms also out from his body.

The image of the book cover for Dragon's Claw by A.C. Edwards includes the tagline ' A Galahad Jones Thriller'.

The image is of the silhouette of a person in a heavy jacket, standing facing the viewer but his face is obscured. In the background is a brightly lit street with street signs in Chinese characters. Superimposed on the man's image is a woman jogging down a path lined by green ferns, she's moving away from the viewer.

The image of the book cover for Dragon's Claw by A.C. Edwards includes the tagline ' A Galahad Jones Thriller'.

The image is of the image of a young girl with long hair, she's looking towards the right, back to the viewer, in heavy shadow with trees and light sky in the background. Superimposed over her is the shot of a man walking away from the viewer, he's heading into bright sunlight, on a city laneway surrounded by buildings.

The book cover of El Flamingo is a beach scene with a bright yellow / pink sky and a setting sun over water reflecting the same colours and a sandy beach. There are palm trees, a bar with bottles sitting on the left, and leaning, with his arm on the bar, a man is sitting, looking out to sea.

The book cover for Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson is a slightly blurry white background with an elaborate overlay in the style of a family tree with connectors between the various words in the book title:

Everyone - blue with the o shaped like a coffin
In My Family - blue with the L shaped like a handgun pointing upwards
Has - two different shades of blue with a pigeon standing to the left of it, feet balanced on the next work
Killed - in red with the i shaped like a downward pointing knife
Someone - back to the different shades of blue

All of those then connect to the two words of the author's name just above the quotation:

'Utterly original, hugely entertaining. A must-read for every fan of the mystery genre.' Jane Harper

Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone

The book cover for Everyone on this Train is a Suspect by Benjamin Stevenson is a white background with a greyed out train line joining the words of the title:

Everyone - grey with a poison bottle with an orange label as the o
On this - grey with a wedgetail eagle in flight to the left, holding a burning twig in its talons
Train - large orange lettering with go fast echoes
Is A - grey letter slightly smaller
Suspect - grey lettering with the U showing signs of fire on the inside lines.

The Author's name is at the top of the book directly under the line 'The International Bestseller'

Everyone on this Train Is A Suspect

The book cover for Everyone this Christmas Has A Secret by Benjamin Stevenson is a white background with a greyed out dotted line joining the words of the title:

Everyone - green with a Christmas light forming the o
This - slightly angled in two shades of green
Christmas - red with a Christmas tree with white lights on it forming the a
Has A - slightly angled two shades of green with a white dove to the left standing on top of the S in the next word down
Secret - Green lettering, slightly angled, with a top hat in front of / slightly under the T with a red explosion coming out of the top, pushing the T slightly upwards

The Author's name is at the top of the book directly under the line 'The International Bestseller' with a quote at the very bottom 'An ingenious and hilarious meta-murder mystery.' Sunday Times

Everyone This Christmas Has A Secret

The book cover for Every Where We Look by Martine Kropkowski is a view of still water through a tree. There's a young figure standing in the water at the bottom, where the water is reflecting a green sky above. There's a yellow glow in the distance, past a row of trees that is reflected in the rest of the water body.

Everywhere We Look

The book cover for Expectant by Vanda Symon has the notation 'A Sam Shephard Thriller' and the tagline 'A pregnant woman murdered The killer ready to strike again And the lead detective is expecting her first baby ...'. There's also a red "sticker" at the bottom which contains the words 'New Zealand's modern Queen of Crime' Val McDermid

The image is looking across a shoreline with water right up to the edge. There's a walk way along the top which has brightly lit lighting all the way along, reflecting red down into the water's edge. There's a small hill in the distance with buildings on it, and a blue, heavy looking sky above.

Image of the book cover for Faculty of Murder. This time the nun is, again in full habit, with the cross around her neck and glasses on. She is standing in front of a building with a tower, and the sky is greenish whilst the building is brown. There's the stylised image of a girl with closed eyes and flowing hair in a greenish background at the bottom, looking for all the world like somebody who is floating.

Faculty of Murder

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Book cover of Flawed Hero by Chris Masters with the tagline 'The definitive story of the case against Ben Roberts-Smith VC', the subtitle 'Truth, Lies and War Crimes' and the note after the author's name 'Australia's most respected investigative journalist'

The image is of Ben Roberts-Smith in full uniform holding a slouch hat that he's looking down towards, the background is white.

The book cover of For Reasons of Their Own by Chris Stuart is made up of the image of an Australian passport towards the bottom, slightly tilted, with a large goldish coloured immigration stamp dated 2 May over the top of it. The backgrouind is blurred orange, with a couple of lines of faded crime scene tape across it.

For Reasons of their Own

The image of the book cover for Going Zero by Anthony McCarten includes the tagline 'Two Hours to Vanish. One Chance to Escape.'

The cover has a red background with a large black outline of an eye in the centre, with a robotic style iris made of circular lines and panels surrounding a small red dot. The outside, heavier lines of the eye shape join up with title of the book. The author's name is at the top, and the tagline down the bottom.

Image of the book cover of Gunnawah by Ronni Salt with the multi line tagline of:

It's 1974 in the Riverina.
The weather is hot.
But the body in the Murray River is stone cold ...'

The image is a wide flat river with blue green water reflecting the cloudy sky above. There is a line of Mallee gums on the far bank, and a large bird standing no top of a tree stump in the water.

The image of the book cover for Humidity by Dan Kaufman has a drawing of a town pub, The Iron Castle. It's a two story wooden building with a verandah and balcony. There's a Hotel sign on the side, and it's a combination of green posts, white and tan coloured walls. There's an electricity line running in front, a TV aerial on the roof, and a white dog walking down a red dirt road. The I in the title of the book is a cricket bat.

The image of the book cover for It Takes a Town ... to Solve a Murder by Aoife Clifford is a white background with a red border, the main title in large red lettering, and the subtitle (... to Solve a Murder) in smaller black lettering, followed by the author's name at the bottom. Spread around the outside edges are green "blobs" for want of a better word that contain small tableau's - a woman standing at the top of the stairs, a figure seen through a caravan window, a shot of a tower and and trees, a woman standing in front of a window, her hand on a Venetian blind cord, and a man in a hat, with his dog, standing beside water.

It Takes a Town

The book cover for Kill Yours, Kill Mine by Katherine Kovacic includes the tagline 'Men Get Away with Murder all the time. Now it's our turn.'

The image is black with an outline of a woman highlighted by reddish / pink lighting around the contours of her shoulder's, hand, face and hair. She has a finger held up to her lips in a classic "shoosh" pose. The title of the novel is in bright yellow lettering over the woman's image and there are little puffs of yellow what looks like smoke coming off some of the lettering.

Kill Yours, Kill Mine

Last One To Leave

The image of the book cover for Last Seen Leaving by Catherine Lea includes the tagline ' A Thriller'.

The image is of somebody walking away from the viewer, who is seeing them through spatters of rain. Most of the image is dark, but the figure is walking down a roadway / walkway that is slightly better lit.

Last Seen Leaving

The book cover of Leave the Girls Behind by Jacqueline Bublitz includes the taglines 'a novel' and 'International Bestselling author of Bewfore You Knew My Name'

The image is of a girl's face, turned to the right looking over her shoulder. She's obscured by rain on probably glass / window in front of her. Her face is light by red and blue lighting

Leave the Girls Behind

The book cover of Lenny Marks Gets Away with Murder by Kerryn Mayne with the tagline 'Can she trust her memories?'. There's a quote at the top 'A book you will devour.' Sally Hepworth.

The book cover is red, with the caricature of a female figure with her head forwards, hands over her eyes. She has a lot of wavy black hair and is wearing a yellow top and shoes, and black skirt. The title of the book is very large below that figure in white lettering.

Lenny Marks Gets Away with Murder

The book cover for Liars by James O'Loghlin includes the tagline 'Speak your truth. Or at least the truth you want others to believe.'. The image is looking out across a small beach to a small cluster of buildings. There are green trees amongst the buildings and grass rolling down a small hill to the sand. The sea is yellow green in colour with small waves. The sky above is blue green, cloudy with a shelf of cloud above the buildings. The title of the book is in large white lettering in the middle of the sky and there are seagulls flying around.

The image of the book cover for Lies and Deception by Laraine Stephens includes the tagline ' a reggie da costa mystery '. The image is a wide red textured background with a tarot card in the centre - its got the title the Ten of Swords. There are ten gold and black and white swords sticking out of the back of a figure lying face down.

Lies and Deception

The book cover for Life & Crimes by Andrew Rule with the tagline 'True stories from Australia's underbelly', with a quote at the top: '...one of the most compelling storytellers in Australian journalism' Australian Media Hall of Fame.

The cover is mostly black, with the title of the book in large yellow solid lettering, and the quote / tagline in white. There is the figure of a man in a suit and tie on the right, with a blackout line across his eyes.

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