Australian Books

Wild Place by Christian White

Title: Wild PlaceAuthor: Christian WhitePages: 384Published Date: 26 October 2021Publisher: Affirm PressSeries Details: Stand AloneBuy A HardcopyBuy eBookPublisher’s SynopsisIn the summer of 1989, a local teen goes missing from the idyllic Australian suburb of Camp Hill. As rumours of Satanic rituals swirl, schoolteacher Tom Witter becomes convinced he holds the key to the disappearance. When the police won’t …

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Chain of Evidence by Garry Disher

Title: Chain of EvidenceAuthor: Garry DisherPages: 375Published Date: 2007Publisher: Text PublishingSeries Details: 4th book in the Hal Challis / Peninsula seriesBuy A HardcopyBuy eBookPublisher’s SynopsisTen-year-old Katie Blasko is missing.Detective Sergeant Ellen Destry, alert to rumours of a paedophile ring operating on the Peninsula, is thinking abduction. Her colleagues are thinking bad family, truancy. Her boss …

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Snapshot by Garry Disher

Title: SnapshotAuthor: Garry DisherPages: 337Published Date: 2005Publisher: Text PublishingSeries Details: 3rd book in the Hal Challis / Peninsula seriesBuy A HardcopyBuy eBookPublisher’s SynopsisThe neat suburban homes of the peninsula seem like an improbable setting for sex parties, blackmail and murder. Winter is closing in on the coastal community of Waterloo, and behind the closed doors …

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Kittyhawk Down by Garry Disher

Title: Kittyhawk DownAuthor: Garry DisherPages: 288Published Date: January 2003Publisher: Allen & UnwinSeries Details: 2nd book in the Hal Challis Peninsula seriesBuy A HardcopyBuy eBookPublisher’s SynopsisAn unidentified man is fished out of the sea with an anchor strapped to his waist. And for Detective Inspector Hal Challis, this sparks the beginning of a chilling series of shotgun killings.As …

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Before It Breaks by Dave Warner

Title: Before It BreaksAuthor: Dave WarnerPages: 430Published Date: June 2015Publisher: Fremantle PressSeries Details: 2nd book in the Snowy Lane / Dan Clement seriesBuy A HardcopyBuy eBookPublisher’s SynopsisDetective Daniel Clement is back in Broome, licking his wounds from a busted marriage and struggling to be impressed by his new team of small-town cops. Here, in the …

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Exxxpresso by Dave Warner

Title: ExxxpressoAuthor: Dave WarnerPages: 376Published Date: January 2000Publisher: PicadorSeries Details: Stand aloneBuy A HardcopyBuy eBookPublisher’s SynopsisJust out of the big house, Rick is a good natured ex-crim with a plan to franchise a chain of cafés based on a prison theme. To finance his dream, he borrows from a low-life drug dealer and full-time paranoid, …

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City of Light by Dave Warner

Title: City of LightAuthor: Dave WarnerPages: 405Published Date: 1 March 1995Publisher: Fremantle PressSeries Details: 1st book in the Snowy Lane / Dan Clement seriesBuy A HardcopyBuy eBookPublisher’s Synopsis’Jesus Christ. I found one.’ These words are blurted over the phone to Constable Snowy Lane, who is preoccupied with no more than a ham sandwich and getting …

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The Dragon Man by Garry Disher

Title: The Dragon ManAuthor: Garry DisherPages: 239Published Date: 1 December 1999Publisher: Allen & UnwinSeries Details: 1st book in the Inspector Challis seriesBuy A HardcopyBuy eBookPublisher’s SynopsisIt’s December, and the police of sleepy Peninsula towns are preparing for the general summer madness – beach houses broken into; New Year’s Eve celebrations; joyriding kids…But this time there’s …

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Tell Me Lies by J.P. Pomare

Title: Tell Me LiesAuthor: J.P. PomarePages: 230Published Date: 6 March 2020Publisher: Hachette AustraliaSeries Details: Stand aloneBuy A HardcopyBuy eBookPublisher’s SynopsisPsychologist Margot Scott has a picture-perfect life: a nice house in the suburbs, a husband, two children and a successful career. On a warm spring morning Margot approaches one of her clients on a busy train platform. …

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The Fallout by Garry Disher

Title: The FalloutAuthor: Garry DisherPages: 209Published Date: 1 August 1997Publisher: Allen & UnwinSeries Details: 6th book in the Wyatt seriesBuy A HardcopyBuy eBookPublisher’s SynopsisThe Fallout is Wyatt’s sixth job, and it takes off where Port Vila Blues left him. On a boat with policewoman Liz Redding, and a fortune in stolen gems. He escapes, triggering …

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