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Detective Sergeant Mark Ariti has taken a few days’ holiday in Broken Bay. Renowned cave diver Mya Rennik has drowned while exploring a sinkhole on the land of wealthy farmer Frank Doyle. As the press descends, Mark’s boss orders him to stay put and assist the police operation.
A missing backpacker
A million-dollar reward
Ordinary people cracking under pressure
In fifteen-year-old Riva Holden’s bedroom, scrawled across the mirror in blood, are three words:
Make
Them
Stop.
Family law judge Kaye Bailey is found murdered in her chambers. Is this the work of a disgruntled complainant? Or an inside job by a jealous colleague? Or is there something even more insidious at the heart of this brutal act
What begins as a missing person case, soon becomes a murder investigation, and Rose is warned not to interfere.
But, when dogs start disappearing too, Monty and Rose have no choice and set out to solve it, in Louisa Bennet’s second Monty Dog Detective book, The Bone Ranger.
A trio of bizarre deaths, starting with that of a renowned surgeon, sends Sherlock Holmes, Dr. John Watson, and Inspector Lestrade of Scotland Yard deep into a maelstrom of murder and mayhem. Does a mysterious piece of paper that leads them to the British Museum hold the key to these killings?
Newly promoted Superintendent Jack Hawksworth’s investigation leads him to Adelaide where he identifies a cynical international crime consortium that preys on the anguish of childless couples and vulnerable women.
Emily Webb, co-host of the popular Australian True Crime podcast details chilling cases of murder and crime that have happened in the quiet streets of Australia’s suburbs.
Prison psychologist Dr Laura Fleming is assigned charismatic inmate Justin Jones to assess for parole. Alarm bells ring. She knows Jones is too dangerous to release, but he’s got everyone fooled . . .
They keep everyone’s secrets, until there’s a murder…
Sydney, 1965: After a chance encounter with a stranger, tea ladies Hazel, Betty and Irene become accidental sleuths, stumbling into a world of ruthless crooks and racketeers in search of a young woman believed to be in danger.
