Ruth Wykes
New Year’s Eve, Loloma Island, Fiji. At one of the most exclusive island resorts in the Pacific Ocean, the champagne is poured, the fireworks are ready, and the countdown to New Year is just beginning. It’s set to be a night that no one will forget.
Especially when a body washes up on the shore…
Former housemates Mac and Erika are homeless until Mac discovers an abandoned resort. A perfect place to hide, but is Barren Cape a refuge or a trap? This spine-tingling thriller is about what happens when people are pushed to the edge and forced to make unthinkable choices.
A group of old friends. A grieving mother. A lying bride.
Adele and Jason are childhood sweethearts. Their wedding day on the sunny Australian coast is a chance to reunite and celebrate with friends and family.
But Adele isn’t telling the truth about her relationship. And some of the wedding party – still reeling from a tragic death in the group a decade before – hold secrets of their own.
This wonderful YA novel was discovered on Steph Bowe’s computer after her tragic death in 2020 at the age of 25. Steph was a gifted storyteller, and this – her third and final novel – will immerse you.
A beautifully sinister, propulsive page-turning adult debut that explores themes of obsession, identity, and privilege, about a woman who takes a job as a cleaner – but what she’s really after is revenge…
It’s not dust she’s looking for.
It’s dirt.
On a private island off the west coast of Scotland, the Agarwals gather for a much-awaited family reunion.
Raj, the patriarch and business tycoon, who has six weeks to decide how to split his petrochemicals empire between his three children. Everyone has a secret – but only one would kill to protect it…
Fleck Parker is a mum, a crafter and amateur detective. She meets a new friend who is accused of theft, and Fleck decides to put her skills to work in this delightful cosy crime novel.
Non Fiction. The disappearance and murder of Russell Hill and Carol Clay in Victoria’s high country captured the imagination of the Australian public. Renowned true crime writer, Robin Bowles, set out to discover what really happened behind the headlines.
This book offers an account of how the global popularity of the Nordic Noir wave of television crime drama such as The Killing/Forbrydelsen and The Bridge/Broen/Bron had a profound impact on the production of television crime drama in Australia.
A man on the run who is trying to save himself meets up with a woman who is determined to save the planet. It’s hatred at first sight. This is not just a brilliant cat-and-mouse chase, it is a love song for our world.