Publisher’s SynopsisFormer Australian army officer Mike Williams is trying to forget a troubled past – with a carefree existence as an overland tour guide in Africa. But then one day on the road, he receives word that the South African Police have some news for him.A bloody and tragic run-in with ivory hunters in Mozambique …
Title: The Wife and the WidowAuthor: Christian WhitePages: 352Published Date: 24 September 2019Publisher: Affirm PressSeries Details: Stand Alone novelBuy A HardcopyBuy eBookPublisher’s SynopsisSet against the backdrop of an eerie island town in the dead of winter, The Wife and The Widow is an unsettling thriller told from two perspectives: Kate, a widow whose grief is …
Publisher’s SynopsisIt’s 1942 and war is raging in Europe and in the Pacific. The Japanese army is on Australia’s doorstep, and the small coastal Queensland town of Maryborough is on full war footing. What they are not prepared for is the arrival in the town of a troupe of incompetent actors whose unjustifiably self-confident leader, …
Publisher’s SynopsisIt began as a routine investigation into a supposed drowning.But Cliff Hardy, private detective, soon found himself literally fighting for his life in the murky, violent underworld of Bondi.The truth about John Singer, black marketeer and poker machine king, is out there somewhere – amidst the drug addicts and prostitutes and alcoholics. Hardy’s job …
Publisher’s SynopsisCaleb Zelic can’t hear you. But he can see everything.The pulsating follow-up thriller to the acclaimed Resurrection Bay.Caleb Zelic used to meet life head-on. Now he’s struggling just to get through the day. His best mate is dead, his ex-wife, Kat, is avoiding him, and nightmares haunt his waking hours.But when a young woman …
Title: The Marvellous BoyAuthor: Peter CorrisPages: 176Published Date: 1982Publisher: Pan AustraliaSeries Details: 3rd book in the Cliff Hardy seriesBuy A HardcopyBuy eBookPublisher’s SynopsisFor Hardy, big money and big problems seem to go together. And Lady Catherine Chatterton has plenty of both.Widowed, Lady Catherine presides over the crumbling Chatterton fortunes. Blowzy, boozy Bettina is her only …
Title: True WestAuthor: David Whish-WilsonPages: 255Published Date: 2019Publisher: Fremantle PressSeries Details: 1st book in the Lee Southern seriesBuy A HardcopyBuy eBookPublisher’s SynopsisWestern Australia, 1988. After betraying the Knights bikie gang, 17-year-old Lee Southern flees to the city with nothing left to lose.Working as a rogue tow truck driver in Perth, he is captured by right-wing extremists …
Title: White MeatAuthor: Peter CorrisPages: 198Published Date: 1981Publisher: FawcettSeries Details: 2nd book in the Frank Swann seriesBuy A HardcopyBuy eBookPublisher’s SynopsisHe needs a nice smooth job, something to pay the bills – and keep his glass filled.But smooth this one isn’t. Ted Tarleton is a very rich bookie whose beautiful, spoiled daughter, Noni, is missing. …
Keep abreast of the newest crime book releases from your favourite best-selling authors and discover new and emerging authors. Listed below are the new Australian crime fiction novels that were released in 2020. Wherever possible the exact release date is included with the publisher details. We have also included the synopsis that was supplied by …
Publisher’s SynopsisIt’s the early 1980s: the heady days of excess, dirty secrets and personal favours. Former detective Frank Swann is still in disgrace, working as a low-rent PI. But when he’s offered a security job by the premier’s fixer, it soon becomes clear that someone is bugging the premier’s phone – and it may cost Swann more …