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Death of a God

It is with a minimum of enthusiasm that Inspector Ben Jurnet agrees to attend a concert of the rock group Second Coming with his fiancee, Miriam, who has miraculously obtained tickets. If nothing else, he will find out what all the fuss is about. But to the inspector's surpise, he is caught...Read more

Fate Worse Than Death

Chief Inspector Douglas Quantrill, investigates the disappearance of Sandra Websdell, whose mother assumes that she has jilted her fiance and run off--but who, in fact, has been kidnappedRead more

Dead Shot

As war looms on the horizon. the country suffers in a depression, and the temperance movement takes hold in New Zealand, Sergeant Frank Hardy and his wife Mette are struggling financially on their stud farm. To help, Frank takes on a compromised horse from a town near the front. When a body...Read more

Dying To Write

Sophie Rivers is attending a writing course when a fellow student is found dead. Although glamorous Nyree hadn't done a lot to endear herself to Sophie, nevertheless she didn't deserve to meet such a squalid end. A course tutor then goes missing and it is clear that one of Sophie's fellow...Read more

Bruno, Chief of Police

The first installment in a wonderful new series that follows the exploits of Benoît Courrèges, a policeman in a small French village where the rituals of the café still rule. Bruno -- as he is affectionately nicknamed -- may be the town's only municipal policeman, but in the hearts and...Read more

Wimmera

In the long, hot summer of 1989, Ben and Fab are best friends.

Growing up in a small country town, they spend their days playing cricket, yabbying in local dams, wanting a pair of Nike Air Maxes and not talking about how Fab's dad hits him or how the sudden death of Ben's next-...Read more

Where the River Goes

A champion of regenerative farming is brutally murdered. An intensive dairying advocate has shot himself. What is going on in this peaceful rural community?

Lauren Fraser, visiting South Canterbury, puts herself in danger as she begins to unravel the tangle of criminal activity...Read more

Crooked

Money couldn’t buy a better police force . . .Corruption, prostitution, gambling, bent coppers, crooked politicians, honest crims. It's all in a day's work.Set against the backdrop of the Askin government with events revolving around notorious crime identities Dick Reilly, Lennie McPherson...Read more

Angkor Tears

Cambodia, a country with so many shadows in its past. Now there are new shadows. Someone is killing children and leaving no clues. It’s enough to draw journalist Dave Bell back to Cambodia after a plea from an old friend. Bell puts together an unlikely team of allies and together they begin...Read more