Australian Books

An Empty Coast by Tony Park

Title: An Empty CoastAuthor: Tony ParkPages: 480Published Date: 1 November 2015Publisher: Macmillan AustraliaSeries Details: 2nd book in the Sonja Kurtz seriesBuy A HardcopyBuy eBookPublisher’s SynopsisA body. A cover-up. A buried secret.Sonja Kurtz – former soldier, supposedly retired mercenary – is in Vietnam carrying out a personal revenge mission when her daughter sends a call for …

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Darkness Runs Deep by Claire McNeel

Title: Darkness Runs DeepAuthor: Claire McNeelPages: 284Published Date: 30 January 2024Publisher: Macmillan AustraliaSeries Details: stand aloneBuy A HardcopyBuy eBookPublisher’s SynopsisIn the darkest hour, a blood-soaked teenager flees the rural Gerandaroo football oval.Eight months later, Bess, a young teacher, returns home to Gerandaroo. A childhood game of dare with her former best friend forces Bess to …

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The Delta by Tony Park

Title: The DeltaAuthor: Tony ParkPages: 480Published Date: 1 August 2010Publisher: Macmillan AustraliaSeries Details: 1st book in the Sonja Kurtz seriesBuy A HardcopyBuy eBookPublisher’s SynopsisAfter a failed assassination attempt on the president of Zimbabwe, ex-soldier turned mercenary Sonja Kurtz is on the run and heads for her only place of refuge, the Okavango Delta in the …

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Bone Lands by Pip Fioretti

Title: Bone LandsAuthor: Pip FiorettiPages: 375Published Date: 26 March 2024Publisher: Affirm PressSeries Details: stand alone (debut)Buy A HardcopyBuy eBookPublisher’s Synopsis1911, on a winter’s night in arid New South Wales wool country, mounted trooper Augustus Hawkins discovers the bodies of three young people. They are scions of the richest family in the district, savagely murdered on …

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Transgression by Roger Simpson

Title: TransgressionAuthor: Roger SimpsonPages: 345Published Date: 5 October 2022Publisher: Simon & Schuster AustraliaSeries Details: 1st book in the Jane Halifax seriesBuy A HardcopyBuy eBookPublisher’s SynopsisFour unsolved murders. A killer with no motive. Only one woman can stop them. Forensic psychiatrist Jane Halifax is about to embark on the most challenging – and chilling – case …

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Highway 13 by Fiona McFarlane

Title: Highway 13Author: Fiona McFarlanePages: 272Published Date: 30 July 2024Publisher: Allen & UnwinSeries Details: stand alone (short stories)Buy A HardcopyBuy eBookPublisher’s SynopsisIn 1998, an apparently ordinary Australian man is arrested and charged with a series of brutal murders. The news shocks the nation, bringing both horror and resolution to the victims’ families, but its impact …

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17 Years Later by J.P. Pomare

Title: 17 Years LaterAuthor: J.P. PomarePages: 336Published Date: 31 July 2024Publisher: Hachette AustraliaSeries Details: stand aloneBuy A HardcopyBuy eBookPublisher’s SynopsisThe violent slaughter of the wealthy Primrose family while they slept shocked the nation of New Zealand and scarred the small idyllic rural town of Cambridge forever.All of the evidence pointed to their young live-in chef, …

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