HIGHWAY 13
A gripping, haunting work about the reverberations of a serial killer’s crimes in the lives of everyday people. A must read!
women’s crime writing
SOCIOPATH – A MEMOIR
An eye-opening insight into the life of a woman who is a wife, mother, therapist – and a sociopath. This memoir is a must read.
A Shadow at the Door
Former TV star, Remi Lucan, takes in tenants in her Hobart cottage to pay the bills. A series of “accidents”, and Remi is the target of someone who wants to destroy her.
Gone
A daughter doesn’t come home from school one day. Her grieving family will endure a forty-year struggle to find the truth.
The Professor
A gripping mystery. A story of obsession and the dark places to which this can take fractured people.
VANISHED: True Stories from Families of Australian Missing Persons
Nicole Morris founded the Australian Missing Persons Register. She is inspirational. Vanished is a glimpse of the families behind the headlines.
The Dinner Party
In 1979 a baby vanished from her cot in suburban Adelaide. Forty years later there’s a knock on the door. Is it her? Where has she been?
Maryrose Cuskelly: Confessions of an accidental crime writer
Maryrose Cuskelly didn’t set out to be a crime writer. She actively avoided it because she says,”I wasn’t sure I had the writing chops for it.” Time has proved her wrong!
Sharp and engaging storytelling: Veronica Gorrie
Veronica Gorrie drew on her lived experience as a Gunai/Kurnai woman and former police officer for her book Black and Blue: A Memoir of Racism and Resilience (Scribe Publications). Through her sharp wit and engaging storytelling, she takes us on her journey as an Aboriginal person who joined the white, male-dominated Queensland police.
The Missing Girl by Kerry McGinnis
Kerry McGinnis’s latest novel The Missing Girl is a terrific little read, laced with gothic elements: a mysterious disappearance, secret compartments, hidden identities, betrayals and lies. And, of course, there’s always McGinnis’s trademark lick of romance.