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This book is a bit of a departure for Fleur McDonald. While her Detective Dave Burrows books are excellent, they can be of a slightly more gentle nature than The Prospect. This book is an all-out, gritty crime novel. It is Outback Noir at its finest.
A biting domestic noir, The Pool examines the enduring shrapnel of tragedy: if you witness the worst thing imaginable, how does it change you? Could it make you a murderer?
Set in 1912, mounted trooper Gus Hawkins arrives in a small NSW town. Ambushed by a hidden gunman, he escapes back to town to find the police station on fire. And this is his first day at work.
A group of friends gather on WA’s Rottnest Island to celebrate a milestone birthday. The well-heeled and influential adults, some of whom loathe each other, party hard and ignore their children. Until one of the kids goes missing.
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…