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Opportunity

"You could look back after a long time and ask, who wanted what from whom?" A man confronts death after an operation, a devout Christian encounters a man who hurt her long ago, a secretary uncovers her boss's secret shame. And in a house in Auckland an elderly woman is writing the last book...Read more

An Ordinary Lunacy

When David Byfield sees Isobel for the first time at a party, he decides that he has fallen in love with her. An attractive and successful lawyer, David is being groomed for a political career; his experience with love and intimacy, however, is limited.

Months after the party,...Read more

Original Face

The drama begins with a body dumped in south-western Sydney - skinned, with no face.

Lewis Lin, taxi driver, photographer, recent arrival from Beijing, happens to be at the scene. With detectives Ginger Rogers and Shelley Swert in pursuit, Lin finds himself drawn into a deadly...Read more

Our Man K

Nicholas Hasluck revisits and revives the infamous and incredible case of Egon Kisch. Kisch, an investigative journalist by trade, came to Australia in 1934 as an activist against war and fascism. He was proficient in ten European languages, so when he arrived in Australia, the Government...Read more

Our Sunshine

Ned Kelly's reputation as an outlaw is growing. To the masses he's a folk hero, but to the Establishment he's the most wanted man in the British Empire - by Royal decree the only person that everyone is permitted to kill. When the authorities bring in an army of police to catch him, Ned...Read more

Out of Alice

'I want you to come back to Kings Canyon . . . If you see it again, the memories of what happened might return.'

A Journey to Redhill Station

When Sara Blake takes up a position as governess on Redhill Station in Central Australia, she isn't expecting to...Read more

Out of Sight

A vicious terrorist group is operating deep within the wild reaches of Australia. Using every ruse in the book, Denise infiltrates the terrorist training camp, knowing that if she is found out, her "comrades" will torture her to death.Read more

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Out of the Fire and Into the Pan

Shannon O'Leary (a pseudonym) is a prolific writer and performer. Her first book The Blood on My Hands told the story of her traumatic and violent childhood in the 1960s and 70s Australia. This sequel, Out of the Fire and into the Pan, explains to the reader how she...Read more

Outlaw Bikers in Australia

The Gripping Inside Story of Australia's Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs.

Australia has a unique place in the history of outlaw motorcycle gangs, boasting the highest per capita membership in the world, and a biker culture where bombings, drive-by shootings, arson, beatings and murder...Read more

Overdue Item

Julia Schmidt reckons the suburban library where she works is the most boring place on earth. Then an old hobo dies in an armchair. Everyone thinks he died of natural causes. But they are wrong, and Julia is soon playing cat-and-mouse with a killer while trying to recover a priceless...Read more

Paint Me A Murder

Senior Sergeant Kristina Peterson of Adelaide is not convinced that the murder of a leading member of the art world is straightforward. She works to uncover a web of rivalry, jealousy, forgery and dubious business practice.Read more

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Parallel Lies

Parallel Lies is a fast-paced and fiendishly plotted novel about a menage a trois that becomes a menage a deux when one of the trio is murdered. Which one of the two survivors was the murderer, and what have they got to hide? Things are never quite what they seem, and people are never quite...Read more

Past Due

Dr Brian Halstead, a leading specialist in fertility treatment, heads a clinic at the cutting edge of genetic research. A scandal threatens to paint a very different picture of a dangerous fanatic playing with his patient's lives - and with the laws of nature.Read more

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Pathway to Treason

Australia in 2020 has become a republic with a Prime Minister and an elected President. A crisis looms. The US wants Australia to send troops to the Middle East. The Prime Minister says 'yes', the President 'no'. The Australian Defence Force faces a dilemma: Who to obey?

Ken...Read more

Patriot Act

Lachlan Fox heard his name over the PA system at JFK. At the airline service counter, a typed note was waiting for him.

'Go to the the third payphone near the first set of toilets ahead of you. It will ring at 9.45 pm. Answer it.'

September 11 changed everything. The...Read more

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Payback!!

Ruth Cogan’s amazing life on the Atherton Tablelands of Far North Queensland is filled with tragedy after her husband is killed and her son dies from a drug overdose. From stolen gold to the murder of young aboriginals, this dramatic story climaxes with Ruth and her two friends pursuing...Read more

Peace Crimes

Savva Golitsyn . . . the wolf is back . . .

The Prema Foundation is an organisation devoted to one cause - reinstating fascism in Croatia. One man, Ivan Isakovic, stands in its way, keeper of devastating evidence that will expose Prema and its horrific activities.

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Pig Boy

On Damon Styles's eighteenth birthday, he is expelled from school. But it's what happens afterwards that changes everything.

Now Damon must come up with a plan. It's the only way he can think straight. First, get his firearms licence. Then, see if the Pigman will give him a job...Read more

The Pink Cockatoo

Ruth Cogan feels she has found peace at last working at the Stockman’s Hotel in sleepy Townsville, far North Queensland . This new life is a welcome change of pace for Ruth after her exhilarating adventures pursuing drug dealers to Sydney and the heartbreaking tragedy of losing her husband...Read more

Place of Exile

Sheriff's detective Jude Devine thought she'd left her past in Washington, D.C. When the reclusive millionaire Fabian is found murdered in Paradox Valley, a photograph of Jude's missing brother Ben is found among his possessions. Finally, Jude has the chance to solve the mystery that has...Read more

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The Platypus Ploy

Stone the crows—Aussie Kylie Kendall returns!

Kylie’s relationship with paramour Ariana Creeling has reached a new level—until she disappears. There’s no sign of violence, no ransom demand—she simply vanishes. Kylie is distraught, not knowing whether she’s alive or dead....Read more

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Playing Dead

Pretending to be dead is one of the more bizarre ways to opt out of society. Despite the obvious risks, a surprising number of people attempt to leave their old life behind by faking suicide. And the results can be unbelievably madcap.

High fliers facing financial ruin,...Read more

A Plot to Die For

When ghostwriter Roxy Parker accepts a job at a tropical island resort, she expects little more than a good story and a touch of sunstroke. Instead she stumbles upon her hotelier client, murdered and buried in a plot of sand, her head protruding ghoulishly for the crabs to devour. And...Read more

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Point of Departure, Point of Return

Marshall Brown tells these quirky stories about Australians in transit on life's highways and back roads. By turns exciting, humorous, bazarre and nostalgic, Brown's characters offer bites of their complicated lives.Read more

Of Poisoned Minds

Andrea Griffith seemed to have it together. She was very attractive, extremely popular and held a successful career as a journalist. So why did someone want her dead?

The body of a Chinese boy is then found in the early hours. He was murdered before being callously dumped in a...Read more

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Poor Boy

Micah and her enigmatic brother, Granite, are both manufactured people, grown in a lab, and a lot of people think that means they're not real, that they can't think or feel. Micah knows better, and she knows that her brother had feelings that run deep, which is why she's willing to help her...Read more

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The Power Game

When a boatman is murdered on a remote island off Van Dieman’s Land, the authorities want to blame a famous, and very inconvenient, political prisoner. But the victim’s history of blackmail prompts Monsarrat to look further afield – and not everyone is happy . . ....Read more

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Pressure Point

It's the 1980s and the stronghold of apartheid in South Africa is crumbling. Forced from their positions of supremacy, members of the old 'elite' are looking for new territories to dominate... From his office in the heart of Australia's capital, ONA operative Tony Martin receives a call one...Read more

Private Dicks and Fiesty Chicks

Written in the first person through the eyes of a crime writer, this is a fresh exploration of the ideas and theories that underpin crime fiction. Cole uses many of the conventions of crime writing to examine the influence of politics and feminism on the development of crime fiction, with a...Read more

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