Sorted on book title (not in series order)
At the beginning of summer, a young Lotto millionaire is found dead in the clay pit of a renowned pottery retreat. The body is laid out in the shape of an X, with markings in the earth that resemble an angel-deliberate, unsettling, and inexplicable.
As the investigation begins,...Read more
SECRETS ARE THE DEADLIEST POISON
Eustacia Rose is done with murder cases. She's ready to settle down with her partner, Matilde, and focus on her work at the university. To live a normal life.
But then along comes a case she can...Read more
A politically-charged thriller set against the background of the "Umbrella Movement" protests in Hong Kong over democracy and human rights issues in 2014 to 2019. Harry Trimble Jr. from New Zealand, arrives in Hong Kong amidst the protests to meet with his love-interest Sue White from his...Read more
In the harbour city of New Plymouth in the 1960s there’s a fizz of seedy sexuality beneath a veneer of respectability. Godfrey’s world is the Balmoral Hotel his parents own, where visiting sailors drink and local fringe-dwellers congregate.
When Reggie, the openly gay barman,...Read more
Step into a world where secrets smoulder between the lines and truth hides behind the curtain.
When Mikael, a half-Finnish New Zealander, returns to his father’s homeland after decades away, he isn’t looking for trouble—just answers. His father, Mikael Långberg, once a...Read more
The second captivating novel featuring intrepid heroine Tatty Crowe and the fascinating world of Sydney's Victorian funeral business, from bestselling historical fiction author Deborah Challinor.
Sydney, 1871. Twenty-five-year-old widow Tatty Crowe is the owner of busy...Read more
Blue Money is hardboiled New Zealand crime noir, set in the dirty back streets of Wellington and the rich estates of the Wairarapa.
Dave Beck is a reporter languishing on the property desk of the city’s newspaper after being demoted from the crime beat, when he is asked to find...Read more
An unidentified young girl is found dead in suspicious circumstances in an abandoned boat shed on Rangitoto Island. Detective Frank Smythe of the Maritime Police teams up with Detective Anahera Raupara of CIB to investigate. There is more to this than first thought after a second body is...Read more
Venice. Winter, 1539.
When Cesare Aldo learns of a conspiracy to assassinate Duke Cosimo de’ Medici, he is hired to protect the ruler of Florence – with his life, if necessary. The deadly attack that follows leads to bodies, bloodshed . . . and something far more...Read more
When Detective Inspector Jaye Hamilton stops at an Auckland liquor store for a bottle of champagne, it is supposed to be his daughter Addison has just gotten engaged. Instead, he is suddenly gunned down at the register by a balaclava-clad assailant in what appears at first to be a random...Read more
Be careful who you cross.
Evin leads a quiet, orderly life as a classic motorcycle restorer in a small seaside town. Until she witnesses a gang-affiliate’s nasty little secret. A body washes up on the coast several days later, dragging her further into a...Read more
In the comfort of their secluded farmhouse, a local housekeeper serves her employers and their extended family a delicious Sunday roast. While the family enjoys the mouth-watering dish, however, foul developments are afoot. The moment they lay down their cutlery, they are informed that the...Read more
Being special can make you a target
In a world ravaged by pandemics and poisoned by acid rain, experimental pharmaceuticals are used to genetically engineer the population to adapt to the toxic atmosphere. However, unexpected results have created drug-dependent...Read more
The past was meant to stay buried. But someone is digging it up - one body at a time.
Six years ago, the Melbourne Spotlight current affairs team covered a shocking crime spree - a series of brutal, seemingly random attacks. As the body count rose, the police and journalists...Read more
Murder and Mayhem on the waterfront.
It’s time for the Tea Ladies!
1967: Hazel’s new job at the docks quickly turns perilous when she stumbles into the criminal underworld that lurks beneath the surface. A million in...Read more
On the morning of her granddaughter’s first day of school, DI Nyree Bradshaw receives a chilling call: there’s been a double homicide on a private island in the Far North. One victim is the woman who inherited the island over her two brothers. The other victim is unknown.
As...Read more
It’s opening night at the theatre and Addison Harper has front-row seats with Sergeant Jake Murphy. This might just be his perfect date.
The variety show promises spooky Halloween fun, ghoulish drag queens, frightening musical numbers, and the...Read more
Gordon and Sarah Rutherford are normal, happy people with rich, fulfilling lives. They have a son they adore, a house on the beach and a safe, friendly community in a picture-postcard town.
Until, one day, Bonnie the labrador comes in from the beach alone. Their son, Rory, has...Read more
Courage, first love, and a secret worth fighting for.
Spring in suburban Finland. Tuomas Ylivire is on the verge of growing up—and trouble.
With a judo kit, a sharp tongue, and the rule-bending instincts of his legendary detective father, he thinks he’...Read more
Mark Goodenough’s just made the biggest blunder in New Zealand sports broadcasting history. He’s been fired from his job in radio and humiliated on air. His girlfriend has dumped him for his ex-best friend, and he’s about to go viral in the worst possible way.
But there is a...Read more
A heart-pounding, high-stakes, high-adrenalin relentless blast of an action-packed thriller, from Gabriel Bergmoser. the bestselling author of The Hunted and The Caretaker.
After a year of searching, rogue ex-cop Jack Carlin has finally found his estranged...Read more
Two sadistic serial killers. One city. A deadly game of cat and mouse has just begun.
In the shadows of New York, a meticulous predator perfects his art. His methods are clean, his purpose to capture the final, fleeting moments of life in his signature Polaroid...Read more
It is late in the evening when a fully-loaded Dreamliner begins its final approach to Auckland airport after a long flight from Hong Kong.
Passengers are getting ready to land, air traffic controllers are about to hand the plane over to the local tower, when suddenly the plane...Read more
In a tangled web of betrayal and revenge, Lucy's life comes to a brutal end, and four women emerge, each claiming to be her killer.
Lucy, in her thirties, lives with her nine-year-old daughter, Paige, from a previous marriage. Over the years, Lucy has wreaked...Read more
Private investigator and former spy Veronica “Ronnie” Tracey knows trouble when she sees it, like the stranger lurking around her friend Emily’s house. Detaining the intruder only makes things worse. The woman is not a petty criminal. She is Kerrin Costa, an...Read more
An international mystery spanning decades and continents, triggered by a death in Chile's Atacama Desert.
Cliff West, a retired professor from New Zealand, hauls the body of renowned anthropologist Antoine Lepan from a steam-shrouded hot pool at the El Tatio...Read more
Someone knows her secrets. Someone is watching.
Maggie’s life is predictable. Days spent in the office, nights at the bridge table. But when a stranger enters her world, unsettling things begin to happen. Cryptic messages appear. Pranks that cross a line. Someone...Read more
“The nights aren’t too cold yet, lucky thing. Otherwise we’d be having a different conversation.”
Jessica Mowbrie, beaten and dumped in the bush like a sack of garbage and lying comatose in a hospital bed: lucky to be alive.
Lorraine Henry doesn’t think Jess is so...Read more
Sam thought the worst part of living alone was the loneliness. She was wrong.
When a hunted man arrives on her doorstep late one night and asks for sanctuary, she agrees to hide him and to not call the police. The mention of a cabal of corruption is enough to convince her to do...Read more
A timeless deadly conspiracy, a faceless enemy—can they stop Minerva before democracy falls?
CIA veteran Tony Mancini and ambitious MI6 officer Caroline Sinclair navigate a deadly clandestine world, tracking Minerva— a shadowy force manipulating global events...Read more