The book cover of Madame Brussels by Barbara Minchinton with Philip Bentley has the tagline 'The life and times of Melbourne's most notorious woman' The image is of a woman in an elaborate period dress, leaning against the bottom of a stairway.
Madame Brussels
 
Image of the book cover for Make-Up For Murder, in which the same nun as the earlier covers is standing in front of another elaborate building, this time it's mauvish with a pale orange sky. Underneath her is a panel with a big old TV camera and lights, with somebody standing behind the side on view of the camera, a lot of makeup brushes and makeup towards the bottom left, and a woman's face, half visible, looking distressed.
Make-Up For Murder
 
The book cover of Mami Suzuki Private Eye by Simon Rowe has the quote at the bottom 'I'd travel with Mami Suzuki anywhere in Japan' - Naomi Hirahara, Edgar Award winning author of the Mas Arai mysteries and Clark and Division.
Mami Suzuki: Private Eye
 
The image of the book cover for Man. Made. by Ian Austin includes the tagline ' From best selling author of The Agency '. The image is a solid black background with the letters of the title on alternating grey and pale green jigsaw puzzle pieces.
Man. Made.
 
The book cover for Mean Streak by Rick Morton has the tagline 'A moral vacuum & multi-billion dollar government fraud'. The image is made up of a series of blocks stacked on top of each other of decreasing height as they go upwards. There are ladders to go from one level to the next with the bottom being very high. There are people climbing the ladders or standing on the various levels. The book and author's name are shown on the side of the blocks. It includes the notation 'Bestselling author of One Hundred Years of Dirt'
Mean Streak
 
The image of the book cover for Miles off Course by Sulari Gentill includes the tagline 'A Rowland Sinclair Novel', with the quote '... a sparkling crime series. The Age'. The cover is made up of a shot of 4 people standing in a group, 3 holding walking sticks in their hands. One is female, she's wearing a dress and coat, and is holding an umbrella. The men in suits, vests and ties. They are standing on a grassed area. There is a paintbrush with a blood spatter at the brush end, and an insignia burnt into wood to the right of the title.
Miles Off Course
 
The book cover of Mirror Mirror who's The Killer? has a tagline of 'Wyld Enchantment Woods Cozy Mystery'. The image is a fantasy styled cartoonish layout of snow covered trees, a castle in the far distance with an archer in front of that, a woman in a purple and black outfit to the right with a broken wand in her house, a white cat in a pink striped bandana and pumpkins at the bottom, one with a wide mouth open. There's a mirror with an arrow through the middle of it in the centre of the book title.
Mirror Mirror, Who’s the Killer?
 
The book cover of Naked City by John Silvester is made up of a city street slightly in darkness because of a bright glowing sun in the background. There are two figures in the middle, both of them are standing in the middle of tram tracks, wearing coats, and they are looking towards each other, hands touching ? maybe a handshake. The tagline is 'True Stories of Crimes, Cock-ups, Crooks & Cops'. The title of the book is in large red letters at the bottom, with the author's name under that. There are two quotes 'No journalist has done more to explain the world of crime, the justice system and the politics of Law and order' Australian Media Hall of Fame and 'He brings to life the characters of the good guys, the villains and the victims.' Graham Perkins, Australian Journalist of the Year Award
Naked City
 
The book cover for No One Will Know (A Novel) by Rose Carlyle has the title down the page in large white lettering with the tagline's 'They're the Perfect Couple / They have the perfect plan / All they need is the perfect victim) interspersed. The background is predominately mauve in colouring with a small point jutting out into calm water, there's a woman standing on the point. There are two yachts moored on the water and a range of hills in the far background. At the bottom there's the line '#1 International Bestselling Author of The Girl in the Mirror'
No One Will Know
 
The image of the book cover for One of Us Is Missing by B.M. Carroll is an image of a typical stadium styled plastic seat in blue, with the sign of others around it. There's a set of bright orange headset on the seat. The title is in large white lettering and the author's name at the bottom in slightly smaller text. It's striking in its simplicity.
One of Us Is Missing
 
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.
Opal
 
The image of the book cover for Opus by Gareth Gore includes the tagline 'Dark Money, A Secretive Cult, and its missing to remake our world'. The image is of a hand drawn black cassock with white buttons, and the dog collar portion normally at the top in the middle of the neck band is a banknote.
Opus
 
The book cover of Perversion of Justice by Steve Matthews includes the taglines 'The Spencer Investigations', 'In the darkest shadows, the pursuit of truth is the only light.' and 'From the bestselling author of the Hitler's Trilogy' The image is of a corridor with barred walls (cells) either side of it. The lighting is subdued. The title of the book is in orange lettering in the middle, the author's name and taglines in white.
Perversion of Justice
 
The book cover of Poison at Penshaw Hall by G.B. Ralph has a mauve coloured map as the background with a pale green square in the middle and a sketch of a male goat with large horns at the right. There is a note at the bottom that says it's 'A Milverton Mystery'
Poison at Penshaw Hall
 
The book cover for Present Tense by Natalie Conyer includes the quote 'A truly remarkable book. South Africa comes to vivid life in these pages' Kerry Greenwood. There are two blue "stickers' with text that's very blurred in this image. The background is in black, greys and white. It's brooding and dark, with a body of water in the foreground leading towards a single hill in the background with a black, dark, cloudy sky above with a wash of whiter, lighter area just above the hill. There's a small piece of barbed wire sticking out from the right hand side.
Present Tense
 
The book cover for Prize Catch by Alan Carter includes the tag line 'From the Winner of the Ngaio Marsh Award for Best Crime Novel'. The image is a series of fish farm ponds in two lines out into a flat water bay with a small range of hills in the background and a cloudy, orange / red sky above. There's a small boat pulling away from the centre of the ponds.
Prize Catch
 
The book cover for Reservation for Murder by June Wright - Mother Paul Investigates is made up of a drawing of a nun in full habit, with a cross around her neck. She is wearing glasses and standing between the outline of a convent type building and a wrought iron fence. There's a skull showing behind the fence. The sky is orange, the building teal green and the fence (and the nun's face) are also slightly orange. It's a caricature.
Reservation for Murder
 
The book cover for Resurrection by Roger Simpson includes the tagline 'Who Do You Trust When You Can't Trust Yourself'. The image is of a woman, back to the viewer walking towards a male figure shrouded in a hoodie, hands in his pockets. It's foggy with the hint of streetlights turning the fog around him vaguely purple in colour, off to his left are the blue tones of a brightly lit forecourt. There's a note at the bottom 'A Jane Halifax Novel'
Resurrection
 
The image of the book cover for Ritual of Fire by D.V. Biship includes the tagline 'Florence, 1538. A fierce heat. A ruthless killer. A city burning in a ....' (immediately above the title). The background is textured yellow and orange, the title in a gothic style black font that takes up the majority of the space. There are two quotes, either side of a crest in the centre that say 'Aldo is a fascinating and charismatic protagonist' Antonia Hodgson and 'A series that's going from strength to strength' Phhilip Gwynne-Jones At the bottom there is a view of a city on a slight hill, with towers above a crowded line of buildings
Ritual of Fire
 
The book cover for Safe Haven by Shankari Chandran includes the taglines 'A Novel' and 'From the Miles Franklin Award-winning author of Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens' The image is a beautiful montage of layers of blue wavy water upwards on the image until the top which has a night, starry sky with a full moon in the centre. The outside edges have images of red, orange seaweed with various things hanging from pieces - handcuffs, swimming goggles. There's strands of barbed wire woven through that. In the centre, below the title which has the waves of the layers blended over the top of large white lettering, there is a small boat, with a bow wave around it. There are fish, flowers and a sea bed at the bottom.
Safe Haven
 
The image of the book cover for Sanctuary by Garry Disher includes the tagline 'Bestselling Author of Day's End' and the quote 'Disher is a master at controlling his material, taking his readers along the dusty, rutted roads that always pop up when we expect bitumen smoothness. But it's a journey worth taking, for the pure joy of the writing.' Herald Sun The image is of a long, dead straight red gravel road with scrubby bush either side of it, and paddocks with a touch of canola yellow behind. The road is heading towards a long, low stand of hills in the distance, with a cloudy purple / pinkish sky above.
Sanctuary
 
The book cover of Shadow City by Natalie Conyer includes, in a yellow "sticker" the quote 'Tense, gritty and insightful' Emma Viskic. The image is looking out from a dark space, probably under a bridge, towards a brightly lit night skyline with a couple of gulls flying across the sky. The title is at the top in white lettering, the author's name towards the bottom in yellow.
Shadow City
 
The book cover of She's a Killer by Kirsten McDougall has a textured red and black background and the words of the title and author's name spread out across the page with morse code symbols for them underneath.
She's A Killer
 
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'
Southern Aurora
 
The book cover for Stone Town by Margaret Hickey includes the tagline 'Where land is the new gold and people will die for it.' The image is looking out across a dry, ripe looking field of grain to a small stone building on the left and more open fields and trees to the right. The sky above is dusty brown and yellow. There's a quote at the top of the image 'Astonishingly assured crime .. A pitch perfect outback noir'. Weekend Australian on Cutters End
Stone Town
 
The image of the book cover for The Beacon by P.A. Thomas includes the quote 'Set in Byron Bay, this beachside mystery ... is the perfect summer read' Patricia Wolf. The image is of a lighthouse with its light shining brightly. It's standing on a spit of land, with a white fence in the foreground, there's a flat sea in the background.
The Beacon
 
The image of the book cover for The Beautiful Dead by Kim Hunt includes the taglines 'How far would you go to prove your innocence?' and 'A Nail Biting Crime Triller'. The image is of a big red, yellow sky over a single wide spread tree in a grass field.
The Beautiful Dead
 
The book cover of The Beijing Conspiracy has the tagline 'A long-lost daughter. An explosive secret. A lethal global conspiracy.' The background is a crowded forecourt with a large temple / government building in the background. There's a high flag pole with an indistinguishable flag flying on it and another high tower in the background. In the foreground, back to the viewer, there's the figure of a man with a hooded jacket on. He's standing legs apart arms out from his body.
The Beijing Conspiracy
 
The book cover for The Body at Back Beach has the author's name at the bottom, the title at the top. It's overlaying a red / orange cloudy dusky sky hanging over a bay with a pier that has a lot of lights along it, and a small boats tied up. There are hills in the background.
The Body at Back Beach
 
The book cover for The Bookshop Detectives: Dead Girl Gone by Gareth Ward and Louise Ward includes the quote 'A page-turning joy, bursting with intrigue, fun and humanity.' Charity Norman at the top beside the Penguin Logo. The cover looks like the front of a red shop with black windows / panelling and the title of the book in the main "window" and the author's names in another "window" directly above that. There are books in the window, flowers in a planter box at the front and the back half of a grey dog with a white tip on his tail to the right.
The Bookshop Detectives: Dead Girl Gone
 

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