THE GALLOWS BIRD
This debut novel draws on the true stories of female convicts who are sent to Australia as punishment for their crimes. We meet Hannah Bird in London in 1833 and follow her to Sydney in a story that is as sweeping as it is sobering.
Sisters in Crime
HANGMAN’S GAP
In small-town Hangman’s Gap in Queensland there is a John Doe in the local morgue. The suspicious death of a policeman has the town on edge. And then a third man dies. Plot twists will keep you guessing: who did it? And why?
THE LOST LIBRARY
A delightful story for the young and young at heart about a pop-up library which appears overnight. It is guarded by a cat, and a boy suddenly discovers there’s a mystery hidden in one of the books he borrows.
ALL YOU TOOK FROM ME
In this terrific debut, anaesthetist Clare Carpenter has just lost her husband and her memory in a single-vehicle accident. Her husband kept secrets, and someone is out for vengeance.
HIGHWAY 13
A gripping, haunting work about the reverberations of a serial killer’s crimes in the lives of everyday people. A must read!
GIRL FALLING
From the winner of the 2023 Davitt Award for Best Debut comes this gripping new story. Set in the Blue Mountains, three young women go rock climbing, and one falls to her death. Or does she?
WOMAN, MISSING
Former police officer PI Lou Alcott has an interesting family. Dad is a high ranking cop, her grandfather is Melbourne’s biggest crime boss. On her first day as a PI she draws two cases helping at-risk women and her world is plunged into danger.
THE SCHOOL RUN
An exclusive Sydney Boys’ School, parents who will stop at nothing to ensure their son’s success. When a boy is struck down in a hit and run, and mothers step in to protect their families, their perfect lives begin to unravel.
AFTER THE SMOKE CLEARS
A wonderful, gritty story about family and childhood trauma, and how parents and the significant others in a young person’s life can make choices that leave a lasting scar on young skin.
THE MURDER AFTER THE NIGHT BEFORE
I’ve woken up with the hangover from hell, a stranger in my bed, and I’ve gone viral for the worst reasons.
There’s only one thing stopping me from dying of shame. I need to find a killer.
But after last night, I can’t remember a thing…