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Bruising classroom dynamics, manipulative parents and carers and horrendous small-town politics form the backdrop to a nail-biting thriller in which the tensions of ten years ago start to play themselves out, building to a violent climax in the present day.
Robyn escaped the past once. Now it’s back—and this time there’s no way out.
A compelling portrait of mental illness, memory, and the ways that the years when we ‘come of age’ can be twisted into trauma.
It isn’t strangers you need to worry about here. Blood lines run deep and in unexpected places. Every victim, every accused, we’ll know. The past runs alongside us all the time. Some days it spills into the open.
A remote island
An isolated community
A killer picking them off one by one
When a sniper starts terrorising the isolated community, the brothers must rely on each other like never before.
Widow turns vigilante in Jane Caro’s unsettling crime novel.
It’s not just the young who have had enough of toxic masculinity.
You don’t have to be a legal nerd to be sucked into the vortex of this series. I was furious with Ana. Her behaviour was almost too much. Her injuries were not pretty. And I was on the edge of the seat. No spoilers, but the ending is terrific.
I wish I could tell you how the blood pooling around your head looks like a halo.
But you’re past listening.
Is the truth worth telling if it will destroy everything?
When Noah Carruso goes on a getaway holiday to Thailand, he has no idea he will meet the woman of his dreams. Alice Pryce bears a striking resemblance to someone close to Noah’s heart. But can they overcome the difficulties they face in order to pursue a relationship?
Butchered bodies and their questionable use; a murdered man in a skip; a brazen multi-million-dollar haul from a safety deposit facility; thefts from a high-end jewellers and art galleries…
All in day’s work for Eve and her team.
