Title: PanicAuthor: Catherine JinksPages: 343Published Date: 7 January 2025Publisher: Text PublishingSeries Details: stand aloneBuy A HardcopyBuy eBookPublisher’s SynopsisAfter posting a drunken rant that goes horrifically viral, Bronte needs a place to lie low. Jobless, friendless, broke, she volunteers as a carer on an isolated rural property. She won’t be paid for looking after dementia sufferer …
Title: One Dark NightAuthor: Hannah RichellPages: 419Published Date: 1 January 2025Publisher: Simon & Schuster AustraliaSeries Details: stand aloneBuy A HardcopyBuy eBookPublisher’s SynopsisOne night in the woods A party gone wrong A body discovered at sunriseHe murdered her at the folly on their wedding day, left her body for the crows. They say she haunts the woods now, …
Title: Prize CatchAuthor: Alan CarterPages: 307Published Date: 1 October 2024Publisher: Fremantle PressSeries Details: stand aloneBuy A HardcopyBuy eBookPublisher’s SynopsisWhen Roz Chen’s wife, Niamh, is killed in a hit-and-run on a lonely Tasmanian road, the grieving widow begins to wonder if Niamh’s death was an accident after all. Meanwhile, SAS veteran Sam Willard is hoping for …
Title: EndgameAuthor: Sarah BarriePages: 416Published Date: 30 October 2024Publisher: HQ FictionSeries Details: 4th book in the Lexi Winter seriesBuy A HardcopyBuy eBookPublisher’s SynopsisLexi Winter is studying for her detective exams but her nemesis Vaughn is out there somewhere and her concentration is fractured. Just as she’s wondering if her hypervigilance is tipping over into madness, …
Title: The Engraver’s SecretAuthor: Lisa MedvedPages: 432Published Date: 3 April 2024Publisher: HarperCollinsSeries Details: stand aloneBuy A HardcopyBuy eBookPublisher’s SynopsisSpanish Netherlands, 1620s: raised by her father Lucas to know her mind, Antonia Vorsterman sees everything that goes on in her world – all the rivalries and jealousies that course through the artists’ studios and workshops of …
Title: Her Covered BonesAuthor: Fiona TarrPages: 288Published Date: 29 March 2024Publisher: Amazon DigitalSeries Details: 6th book in the Opal Fields seriesBuy A HardcopyBuy eBookPublisher’s SynopsisWhen dark secrets come to light, a trail of murder and deceit will follow.Constable Jenny Williams spent the last decade obsessed with finding her missing cousin. She became a cop, moved to …
Title: CompanyAuthor: Max BarryPages: 336Published Date: 5 March 2007Publisher: Scribe PublicationsSeries Details: stand aloneBuy A HardcopyBuy eBookPublisher’s SynopsisAt Zephyr Holdings, no one has ever seen the CEO. The floors are numbered in reverse, the Mission Statement could mean almost anything, and the beautiful receptionist is paid twice as much as anybody else, but appears to …
Title: The ResurrectionistAuthor: James BradleyPages: 333Published Date: 1 January 2006Publisher: Picador Pan MacmillanSeries Details: stand aloneBuy A HardcopyBuy eBookPublisher’s SynopsisLondon, 1826. Leaving behind his father’s failures, Gabriel Swift arrives to study with Edwin Poll, the greatest of the city’s anatomists. It is his chance to find advancement by making a name for himself. But instead …
Title: OutriderAuthor: Mark WalesPages: 368Published Date: 25 June 2024Publisher: Macmillan AustraliaSeries Details: stand alone (debut)Buy A HardcopyBuy eBookPublisher’s SynopsisJack Dunne will do anything to save his son.A violent civil war. An unstoppable enemy. One road to freedom.In the wake of a global conflict, foreign forces occupy part of Australia, quashing all but a few pockets …
Paula writes mysteries and thrillers for all ages, usually with multiple twists and complicated females at the helm. She is an award-winning filmmaker, screenwriting finalist, and nominated non-fiction writer. She lives just outside of Melbourne, Australia Author Website Stand AloneOriginal Twin (2024)Boney Creek (2025)