The New Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Millennium, Book 7 By: Karin Smirnoff Series: Millennium Series, Book 7 Length: 10 hrs Unabridged Audiobook Release date: 31-08-23 Language: English
Fatal Isles Doggerland, Book 1 By: Maria Adolfsson Narrated by: Hattie Ladbury Series: Doggerland, Book 1 Length: 15 hrs and 18 mins Unabridged Audiobook Release date: 18-02-21 Language: English Publisher: Zaffre
Summary Sunday Times Book of the Month
A remote island. A brutal murder. A secret hidden in the past....
In the middle of the North Sea, between the UK and Denmark, lies the beautiful and rugged island nation of Doggerland.
Detective Inspector Karen Eiken Hornby has returned to the main island, Heimö, after many years in London and has worked hard to become one of the few female police officers in Doggerland.
So, when she wakes up in a hotel room next to her boss, Jounas Smeed, she knows she's made a big mistake. But things are about to get worse: later that day, Jounas's ex-wife is found brutally murdered. And Karen is the only one who can give him an alibi.
The news sends shockwaves through the tight-knit island community, and with no leads and no obvious motive for the murder, Karen struggles to find the killer in a race against time.
Soon she starts to suspect that the truth might lie in Doggerland's history. And the deeper she digs, the clearer it becomes that even small islands can hide deadly secrets . . .
The Truth A DC Smith Investigation, Book 9 By: Peter Grainger Narrated by: Gildart Jackson Series: DC Smith, Book 9 Length: 8 hrs and 56 mins Unabridged Audiobook Release date: 26-10-21 Language: English
Summary "He said if he hadn't heard from you by high noon today, he was going to strap on his six-guns and ride back into town. So I think you should call him, Charlie. Call him before you come home."
Charlie Hills, former desk sergeant at Kings Lake Central, is in trouble. He hasn't told Smith, his old friend and sparring partner, but someone has, and now the two former policemen are about to embark on a difficult and potentially dangerous search for the truth. For one of them, it could be life-changing.
The Dark Remains By: William McIlvanney, Ian Rankin Narrated by: Brian Cox, William McIlvanney Series: Jack Laidlaw, Book 4 Length: 6 hrs and 55 mins Unabridged Audiobook Release date: 02-09-21 Language: English
Summary In this scorching crime hook-up, number one best seller Ian Rankin and Scottish crime-writing legend William McIlvanney join forces for the first ever case of DI Laidlaw, Glasgow’s original gritty detective.
Lawyer Bobby Carter did a lot of work for the wrong type of people. Now he’s dead, and it was no accident. Besides a distraught family and a heap of powerful friends, Carter’s left behind his share of enemies. So, who dealt the fatal blow?
DC Jack Laidlaw’s reputation precedes him. He’s not a team player, but he’s got a sixth sense for what’s happening on the streets. His boss chalks the violence up to the usual rivalries, but is it that simple? As two Glasgow gangs go to war, Laidlaw needs to find out who got Carter before the whole city explodes.
William McIlvanney’s Laidlaw books changed the face of crime fiction. When he died in 2015, he left half a handwritten manuscript of Laidlaw’s first case. Now, Ian Rankin is back to finish what McIlvanney started. In The Dark Remains, these two iconic authors bring to life the criminal world of 1970s Glasgow and Laidlaw’s relentless quest for truth.
Force of Nature By: Jane Harper Narrated by: Stephen Shanahan Series: Aaron Falk, Book 2 Length: 8 hrs and 57 mins Unabridged Audiobook Release date: 01-02-18 Language: English
Summary The gripping new novel from the author of the Sunday Times top 10 best seller, Waterstones Thriller of the Month, Sunday Times Crime Book of the Month, and Simon Mayo Radio 2 Book Club Choice The Dry.
Five went out. Four came back....
Is Alice here? Did she make it? Is she safe? In the chaos, in the night, it was impossible to say which of the four had asked after Alice's welfare. Later, when everything got worse, each would insist it had been them.
Five women reluctantly pick up their backpacks and start walking along the muddy track. Only four come out the other side.
The hike through the rugged landscape is meant to take the office colleagues out of their air-conditioned comfort zone and teach resilience and team building. At least that is what the corporate retreat website advertises.
Federal Police Agent Aaron Falk has a particularly keen interest in the whereabouts of the missing bushwalker. Alice Russell is the whistle-blower in his latest case - and Alice knew secrets. About the company she worked for and the people she worked with.
Far from the hike encouraging teamwork, the women tell Falk a tale of suspicion, violence and disintegrating trust. And as he delves into the disappearance, it seems some dangers may run far deeper than anyone knew.
Trust By: Chris Hammer Narrated by: Nicholas Osmond Series: A Martin Scarsden Thriller, Book 3 Length: 14 hrs and 2 mins Unabridged Audiobook Release date: 18-11-20 Language: English
Summary The stunning new novel from the number one international best-selling author of Scrublands and 'master of Australian noir' Chris Hammer.
On a bright sunny day in Port Silver, ex-Journalist Martin Scarsden misses a call from his girlfriend, Mandy. Checking his voicemail later, all he hears is her terrified scream before the phone cuts off.
Back at the house, he finds a policeman unconscious on the floor and Mandy gone.
So starts a twisting tale of intrigue and danger, as Martin probes the past of the woman he loves, a woman who has buried her former life deep.
And for the first time, Mandy finds denial impossible, now that the body of a man has been discovered - a man to whom she was engaged to marry. It's time to face her demons once and for all; it's time she learned how to trust.
Set in a Sydney riven with corruption and nepotism, privilege and power, Trust is the third riveting novel from award-winning and internationally acclaimed writer Chris Hammer.
The Dark Room By: Lisa Gray Length: Not Yet Known Unabridged Audiobook Release date: 25-10-22 Language: English
Summary All’s fair in love and revenge in this taut thriller from bestselling author Lisa Gray.
Ex-crime reporter Leonard Blaylock spends his days on an unusual hobby, developing strangers’ forgotten and discarded rolls of film. He loves the small mysteries the photographs reveal to him. Then Leonard finds something no one would ever expect, or want, to see captured on film - the murder of a young woman.
But that’s impossible, because the woman is already dead. Leonard was there when it happened five years earlier.
He has never been able to shake his guilt from that terrible night. It cost Leonard everything: his career, his fiancée, his future. But if the woman didn’t really die, then what actually happened?
Forsaken Country By: Allen Eskens Narrated by: Brian Troxell Length: Not Yet Known Unabridged Audiobook Release date: 20-09-22 Language: English
Summary Three fathers collide far beyond the reach or safety of the law in this breathtaking new thriller from the bestselling and beloved author of The Stolen Hours and The Life We Bury.
Max Rupert has left his position as a Minneapolis homicide detective to live in solitude. Mourning the tragic death of his wife, he's also racked by guilt—he alone knows what happened to her killer. But then the former local sheriff, Lyle, arrives with a desperate plea: Lyle’s daughter Sandy and his six-year-old grandson Pip have disappeared. Lyle’s certain Sandy's ex-husband Reed is behind it, but the new sheriff is refusing to investigate.
When Max reluctantly looks into their disappearance, he too becomes convinced something has gone very wrong. But the closer Max and Lyle get to finding proof, the more slippery Reed becomes, until he makes a break for the vast Boundary Waters wilderness with vulnerable Pip in tow.
On the heels of the most dangerous kind of criminal—a desperate father—Max and Lyle race to find out what has happened to Sandy, and to bring Pip home alive.
Critic reviews “In Forsaken Country, Allen Eskens’ expert storytelling is on full display. Eerie and beautifully told, it had me mesmerized from the very first page. . . . The suspense never flags in this chilling and layered portrait of a man’s desperate search for a missing child and his own redemption. Heart-pounding and heartfelt, Forsaken Country should be at the top of your to-be-read list."—Heather Gudenkauf, New York Times bestselling author of The Weight of Silence and The Overnight Guest “In Forsaken Country, Allen Eskens delivers in all the ways that matter. Story, character, suspense—I loved it all. This author deserves a round of applause, and this book a massive audience.”—John Hart, New York Times bestselling author of The Unwilling
The Distant Echo By: Val McDermid Narrated by: Tom Cotcher Series: Karen Pirie, Book 1 Length: 14 hrs and 11 mins Unabridged Audiobook Release date: 13-08-15 Summary On a freezing morning four drunken students stumble upon the body of a woman in the snow. Rosie has been raped, stabbed and left for dead in a cemetery. The only suspects are the four young men now stained with her blood.
Twenty-five years later the police mount a cold-case review of Rosie’s unsolved murder, and the four are still suspects. But when two of them die in suspicious circumstances, it seems that someone is pursuing their own brand of justice....
Critic reviews "A classic.… McDermid pulls out all the stops. Impeccable." ( Guardian) "A few more sly, old-fashioned whodunits like this and she’ll join the sturdy ranks of the queens of crime, on course to become Dame Val or Baroness McDermid." ( Sunday Times)
Wild Shores Doggerland, Book 2 By: Maria Adolfsson Narrated by: Hattie Ladbury Series: Doggerland, Book 2 Length: 14 hrs and 31 mins Unabridged Audiobook Summary The highly anticipated follow-up to Sunday Times Book of the Month, Fatal Isles.
One terrible truth will create a perfect storm.
While her colleagues enjoy the seasonal festivities, DI Karen Hornby is called to investigate a suspicious death on the northernmost island of Doggerland. But how close to home is the truth of the case....
Detective Inspector Karen Hornby returns in this second thrilling novel from international best-selling author Maria Adolfsson.
Wild Shores is a brilliant read Really enjoyed this book. Very tense storyline, even better than the 1st book! Can’t wait for the next.
Peter Papathanasiou Mystery, Thriller & Suspense Peter Papathanasiou was born in northern Greece in 1974 and adopted as a baby to an Australian family. His debut book, a memoir, was published in 2019 as "Son of Mine" by Salt Publishing (UK) and "Little One" by Allen & Unwin (Australia). His debut novel, a work of crime fiction, was published in 2021 as "The Stoning" by MacLehose Press (UK) and Transit Lounge (Australia), and in 2022 by Polar Verlag (Germany). Peter’s writing has otherwise been published by The New York Times, Chicago Tribune, The Seattle Times, The Guardian UK, The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, Good Weekend, ABC and SBS. He holds a Master of Arts in Creative Writing from City, University of London; a Doctor of Philosophy in Biomedical Sciences from The Australian National University (ANU); and a Bachelor of Laws from ANU specialising in criminal law.
The Invisible By: Peter Papathanasiou Narrated by: Daniel Fletcher Length: 9 hrs and 55 mins Unabridged Audiobook Release date: 01-09-22
Summary Burnt-out from policework, Detective Sergeant George Manolis flies from Australia to Greece for a holiday. Recently divorced and mourning the death of his father, who emigrated from the turbulent Prespes region which straddles the borders of Greece, Albania and North Macedonia, Manolis hopes to reconnect with his roots and heritage.
On arrival, Manolis learns of the disappearance of an 'invisible'—a local man who lives without a scrap of paperwork. The police and some locals believe the man's disappearance was pre-planned, while others suspect foul play. Reluctantly, Manolis agrees to work undercover to find the invisible, and must navigate the complicated relationships of a tiny village where grudges run deep.
It soon becomes clear to Manolis that he may never locate a man who, for all intents and purposes, doesn't exist. And with the clock ticking, the ghosts of the past continue to haunt the events of today as Manolis' investigation leads him to uncover a dark and long-forgotten practise.
Critic reviews "A brilliant new name in Australian crime." (Weekend Australian)
"Outback noir has a new star." (The Times)
"Papathanasiou writes unsparingly, confidently and compellingly." (The Quietus)
The Stoning By: Peter Papathanasiou Narrated by: Todd Boyce Length: 10 hrs and 47 mins Unabridged Audiobook Release date: 07-10-21
Summary A small town in outback Australia wakes to an appalling crime.
A local schoolteacher is found taped to a tree and stoned to death. Suspicion instantly falls on the refugees at the new detention centre on Cobb's northern outskirts. Tensions are high, between whites and the local Indigenous community, between immigrants and the townies.
Still mourning the recent death of his father, Detective Sergeant George Manolis returns to his childhood hometown to investigate. Within minutes of his arrival, it's clear that Cobb is not the same place he left. Once it thrived, but now it's a poor and derelict dusthole, with the local police chief it deserves. And as Manolis negotiates his new colleagues' antagonism, and the simmering anger of a community destroyed by alcohol and drugs, the ghosts of his past begin to flicker to life.
Vivid, pacy and almost dangerously atmospheric, The Stoning is the first in a new series of outback noir featuring DS Manolis, himself an outsider, and a good man in a world gone to ****. Critic reviews "Outback noir with the noir dialled right up. I loved it." (Chris Hammer)
"It's hard to believe this is Peter Papathanasiou's first novel.... Outback noir has a new star." (Mark Sanderson, The Times)
"Outback noir has a new star." (Mark Sanderson, The Times)
"Political crime fiction of the highest order." (Joan Smith, The Sunday Times)
Garry Disher has published over 50 highly praised, prize-winning and widely translated books in a range of genres: crime thrillers, literary/general novels, short-story collections, YA/children’s fiction, and writers’ handbooks. His growing international reputation has seen him tour Germany and the United States, where his crime and YA novels have appeared on best-books-of-the-year lists and won various awards. His latest titles include a literary novel, Her, the ninth Wyatt thriller, Kill Shot, the stand-alone crime novel, The Way it is Now, and Day’s End, the fourth in his best-selling and prize-winning Hirsch series.
AWARDS
Award-Ned_Kelly-icon Winner, Ned Kelly Award for Crime Fiction, 2021
Award-Ned_Kelly-icon Winner, Crime Novel of the Year, Germany 2020
Award-Ned_Kelly-icon Ned Kelly Lifetime Achievement Award, 2018
Award-Ned_Kelly-icon Winner, German Crime Fiction Award, 2016
Award-Ned_Kelly-icon Winner, Ned Kelly Award for Crime Fiction, 2010
Award-Ned_Kelly-icon Winner, Ned Kelly Award for Crime Fiction, 2007
Award-Ned_Kelly-icon Winner, German Crime Fiction Award, 2002
Award-Ned_Kelly-icon Winner, German Crime Fiction Award, 2002
Award-Ned_Kelly-icon Winner, NSW Premiers Award, 1999
Under the Cold Bright Lights By: Garry Disher Narrated by: Douglas Hansell Length: 8 hrs and 25 mins Unabridged Audiobook
‘Disher has been giving us highly intelligent literary thrillers for decades and he gets better and better.’ Australian
Award-Ned_Kelly-icon Shortlisted, Ned Kelly Awards, Best Crime Novel, 2018
The young detectives call Detective Alan Auhl a retread, but that doesn’t faze him. He’s always done things his own way and gets results—even if his cases are colder now. Like the skeleton discovered under a concrete slab. Or the old farmer, dead five years, whose death his daughters don’t believe was an accident. Or the doctor who’s murdered two wives and a girlfriend and left no evidence at all. Auhl will stick with these cases until justice is done. One way or another.
Geneva By: Richard Armitage Narrated by: Richard Armitage, Nicola Walker Length: Not Yet Known Unabridged Audiobook Release date: 20-10-22
Summary Nobel prize winning scientist Sarah Collier heads to an important conference in Geneva with her husband Daniel. But while there being lobbied by corporations for their support she begins to experience confusing contradictions and lapses of memory...
A dark psychological thriller for fans of Before I Go to Sleep and The Woman in the Window, written and performed by Richard Armitage.
Killing Moon Harry Hole, Book 13 By: Jo Nesbo Series: Harry Hole, Book 13 Length: Not Yet Known Unabridged Audiobook Release date: 25-05-23
Summary Brought to you by Penguin.
The hunt is on and the police are running out of time.
Two young women are missing, their only connection being that they attended the same party, hosted by a notorious businessman. When one of the women is found murdered, the police discover an unusual signature left by the killer, giving them reason to suspect he will strike again.
They're facing a killer unlike any other.
And catching him calls for a detective like no other. But the legendary Harry Hole is gone. Struck off the force, down and out in Los Angeles, it seems that nothing can entice him back to Oslo. Until the woman who saved Harry's life is put in grave danger, and he is forced to join the hunt for the murderer.
To catch him will push harry to the limit.
He'll need to bring together a misfit team of former operatives to do what he can't do alone: stop an unstoppable killer. But as the evidence mounts, it becomes clear that there is more to this case than meets the eye.
Open Season Bob Skinner, Book 34 By: Quintin Jardine Narrated by: James Bryce Series: Bob Skinner, Book 34 Length: Not Yet Known Unabridged Audiobook Release date: 10-11-22
Summary From acclaimed author Quintin Jardine comes the latest gripping mystery in his bestselling Bob Skinner series.
Amidst a family celebration, a cataclysmic storm uncovers long-buried horrors—and a team of detectives struggle to solve a thirty-year-old double murder.
The police are also searching two countries for traces of a mysterious crime novelist who appears to have vanished. Has the faking of his own death been his masterpiece?
Alongside each inquiry as it evolves is former Chief Constable Sir Robert Skinner, relishing his new role as a media magnate, but drawn into reluctant action and towards a chilling discovery of his own.
With evil on one hand and intrigue on the other, will Skinner escape with either his integrity or career intact...or is it open season on him?
Cold Reckoning By: Russ Thomas Narrated by: Jamie Parker Length: 11 hrs and 7 mins Unabridged Audiobook Release date: 26-05-22
Summary The darkness from his past will finally come to light.
For sixteen years, DS Adam Tyler has been searching for answers to his father, Richard’s, death. Convinced it wasn’t suicide, he has been investigating the case in secret.
When a body is found in a frozen lake, linked to a cold case from 2002, it doesn’t seem to have anything to do with the death of his father—except Tyler knows Richard was investigating the same case shortly before he died. And Tyler doesn’t believe in coincidences.
As he throws himself into finding out what really happened that day, Tyler uncovers a string of botched investigations, mysterious disappearances and, ultimately, deep-seated police corruption. There are dangerous people who don’t want Tyler asking questions—and the truth always comes at a price.
This time, it could cost him everything.
From the bestselling author of Firewatching and Nighthawking.
Critic reviews "A rollercoaster ride of a thriller...will keep you hanging on by your fingertips until the tense final moments." (Peter Robinson)
"Compelling and totally immersive. It’s a brilliant read for anyone with a love of tense intelligent thrillers, with pitch-perfect dialogue." (Kate Rhodes, author of Devil's Table)
"I was hooked on DS Adam Tyler from the first page.... Spot on." (Sam Holland, author of The Echo Man)
PRAISE FOR GARRY DISHER AND DAY’S END ‘Hirsch is one of my favourite characters. Day’s End is unmissable.’
Hayley Scrivenor, author of Dirt Town ‘Once again, Disher nails place, the atmosphere of a changing area and the tension and frustration of continuing a private investigation without resources. This book confirms just what a rare writer Disher is.’
Herald Sun on The Way It Is Now ‘A new crime novel from the prolific old master is always a treat, and this one is no different. The past intrudes into the present as Charlie Deravin, banished from his job in the police sex-crimes unit, still puzzles over his mother’s disappearance 20 years earlier that had his father fingered as a possible murderer. You will be intrigued, very intrigued.’
Jason Steger, Age on The Way It Is Now ‘Disher is, as always, a deft and compelling crime novelist, and he has crafted a provocative whodunnit that is grounded firmly in the current moment.’
Guardian on The Way It Is Now ‘Lyrical and haunting…Read the The Way It Is Now for its big heart and the way in which it lyrically captures a moment in time.’
Sydney Morning Herald on The Way It Is Now ‘The best of Australian crime was definitely Garry Disher’s The Way It Is Now (Text), cleverly combining a tragic cold case with social commentary.’
Canberra Times on The Way It Is Now ‘Examining the insular culture of the police force has been another staple of Disher’s fiction, and it is deployed here to great effect…Each summer I see people lying by public swimming pools, or in the sand on beaches, sometimes along the Mornington Peninsula, reading crime fiction. Readers often tell me they enjoy the genre as “light relief”, a puzzling response considering the endlessly macabre ways that crime fiction writers concoct new ways to torture, murder, and dismember characters. A Garry Disher novel is never an exercise in light reading. He respects the genre and his readers. His novels can also disturb a reader, for his characters are quite ordinary people, in the best sense. They are men and women like you and me – characters capable of good and bad, courage and murder.’
Tony Birch, ABR on The Way It Is Now ‘The prolific master of Australian rural noir returns to his home turf…a subtle, slow-burning standalone mystery.’
West Australian on The Way It Is Now ‘Disher’s output is soaked in quality: crisp prose, fascinating characters, rich settings. Maybe his quiet, unflashy nature and consistent excellence mean he gets a little overlooked in some quarters, but those cognisant of the global boom of Australian crime writing know he is a giant on whose shoulders many of the hottest new stars are standing.’
NZ Listener on The Way It Is Now ‘This is storytelling at its best…Another sophisticated and compelling offer from an author at the peak of his powers.’
Good Reading on The Way It Is Now ‘Disher is one the foremost proponents of rural noir.’
Sunday Times on Consolation ‘Consolation is a very impressive piece of crime fiction. It holds attention, impresses with its depth and raises important issues, while being very entertaining. It once more confirms Disher’s place as the master of outback noir.’
Murder, Mayhem and Long Dogs on Consolation ‘Well written and very entertaining, Consolation cements Disher’s place as the master of outback noir.’
Canberra Weekly on Consolation ‘Garry Disher may not have quite the same level of name recognition as fellow bestselling Australian rural noir writers such as Jane Harper and Chris Hammer, but he has long been one of the genre’s best.’
Weekend West on Consolation ‘Sheer class.’
Age on Consolation ‘This is a book that cannot be praised enough… Read it.’
Herald Sun on Consolation ‘The outback noir master returns to Tiverton and it’s only cop Paul ‘Hirsch’ Hirschhausen.’
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The New Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Millennium, Book 7
By: Karin Smirnoff
Series: Millennium Series, Book 7
Length: 10 hrs
Unabridged Audiobook
Release date: 31-08-23
Language: English
Summary
Lisbeth Salander returns.
Karen Smirnoff continues the Millennium series.
Fatal Isles
Doggerland, Book 1
By: Maria Adolfsson
Narrated by: Hattie Ladbury
Series: Doggerland, Book 1
Length: 15 hrs and 18 mins
Unabridged Audiobook
Release date: 18-02-21
Language: English
Publisher: Zaffre
Summary
Sunday Times Book of the Month
A remote island. A brutal murder. A secret hidden in the past....
In the middle of the North Sea, between the UK and Denmark, lies the beautiful and rugged island nation of Doggerland.
Detective Inspector Karen Eiken Hornby has returned to the main island, Heimö, after many years in London and has worked hard to become one of the few female police officers in Doggerland.
So, when she wakes up in a hotel room next to her boss, Jounas Smeed, she knows she's made a big mistake. But things are about to get worse: later that day, Jounas's ex-wife is found brutally murdered. And Karen is the only one who can give him an alibi.
The news sends shockwaves through the tight-knit island community, and with no leads and no obvious motive for the murder, Karen struggles to find the killer in a race against time.
Soon she starts to suspect that the truth might lie in Doggerland's history. And the deeper she digs, the clearer it becomes that even small islands can hide deadly secrets . . .
The Truth
A DC Smith Investigation, Book 9
By: Peter Grainger
Narrated by: Gildart Jackson
Series: DC Smith, Book 9
Length: 8 hrs and 56 mins
Unabridged Audiobook
Release date: 26-10-21
Language: English
Summary
"He said if he hadn't heard from you by high noon today, he was going to strap on his six-guns and ride back into town. So I think you should call him, Charlie. Call him before you come home."
Charlie Hills, former desk sergeant at Kings Lake Central, is in trouble. He hasn't told Smith, his old friend and sparring partner, but someone has, and now the two former policemen are about to embark on a difficult and potentially dangerous search for the truth. For one of them, it could be life-changing.
The Dark Remains
By: William McIlvanney, Ian Rankin
Narrated by: Brian Cox, William McIlvanney
Series: Jack Laidlaw, Book 4
Length: 6 hrs and 55 mins
Unabridged Audiobook
Release date: 02-09-21
Language: English
Summary
In this scorching crime hook-up, number one best seller Ian Rankin and Scottish crime-writing legend William McIlvanney join forces for the first ever case of DI Laidlaw, Glasgow’s original gritty detective.
Lawyer Bobby Carter did a lot of work for the wrong type of people. Now he’s dead, and it was no accident. Besides a distraught family and a heap of powerful friends, Carter’s left behind his share of enemies. So, who dealt the fatal blow?
DC Jack Laidlaw’s reputation precedes him. He’s not a team player, but he’s got a sixth sense for what’s happening on the streets. His boss chalks the violence up to the usual rivalries, but is it that simple? As two Glasgow gangs go to war, Laidlaw needs to find out who got Carter before the whole city explodes.
William McIlvanney’s Laidlaw books changed the face of crime fiction. When he died in 2015, he left half a handwritten manuscript of Laidlaw’s first case. Now, Ian Rankin is back to finish what McIlvanney started. In The Dark Remains, these two iconic authors bring to life the criminal world of 1970s Glasgow and Laidlaw’s relentless quest for truth.
Force of Nature
By: Jane Harper
Narrated by: Stephen Shanahan
Series: Aaron Falk, Book 2
Length: 8 hrs and 57 mins
Unabridged Audiobook
Release date: 01-02-18
Language: English
Summary
The gripping new novel from the author of the Sunday Times top 10 best seller, Waterstones Thriller of the Month, Sunday Times Crime Book of the Month, and Simon Mayo Radio 2 Book Club Choice The Dry.
Five went out. Four came back....
Is Alice here? Did she make it? Is she safe? In the chaos, in the night, it was impossible to say which of the four had asked after Alice's welfare. Later, when everything got worse, each would insist it had been them.
Five women reluctantly pick up their backpacks and start walking along the muddy track. Only four come out the other side.
The hike through the rugged landscape is meant to take the office colleagues out of their air-conditioned comfort zone and teach resilience and team building. At least that is what the corporate retreat website advertises.
Federal Police Agent Aaron Falk has a particularly keen interest in the whereabouts of the missing bushwalker. Alice Russell is the whistle-blower in his latest case - and Alice knew secrets. About the company she worked for and the people she worked with.
Far from the hike encouraging teamwork, the women tell Falk a tale of suspicion, violence and disintegrating trust. And as he delves into the disappearance, it seems some dangers may run far deeper than anyone knew.
Trust
By: Chris Hammer
Narrated by: Nicholas Osmond
Series: A Martin Scarsden Thriller, Book 3
Length: 14 hrs and 2 mins
Unabridged Audiobook
Release date: 18-11-20
Language: English
Summary
The stunning new novel from the number one international best-selling author of Scrublands and 'master of Australian noir' Chris Hammer.
On a bright sunny day in Port Silver, ex-Journalist Martin Scarsden misses a call from his girlfriend, Mandy. Checking his voicemail later, all he hears is her terrified scream before the phone cuts off.
Back at the house, he finds a policeman unconscious on the floor and Mandy gone.
So starts a twisting tale of intrigue and danger, as Martin probes the past of the woman he loves, a woman who has buried her former life deep.
And for the first time, Mandy finds denial impossible, now that the body of a man has been discovered - a man to whom she was engaged to marry. It's time to face her demons once and for all; it's time she learned how to trust.
Set in a Sydney riven with corruption and nepotism, privilege and power, Trust is the third riveting novel from award-winning and internationally acclaimed writer Chris Hammer.
The Dark Room
By: Lisa Gray
Length: Not Yet Known
Unabridged Audiobook
Release date: 25-10-22
Language: English
Summary
All’s fair in love and revenge in this taut thriller from bestselling author Lisa Gray.
Ex-crime reporter Leonard Blaylock spends his days on an unusual hobby, developing strangers’ forgotten and discarded rolls of film. He loves the small mysteries the photographs reveal to him. Then Leonard finds something no one would ever expect, or want, to see captured on film - the murder of a young woman.
But that’s impossible, because the woman is already dead. Leonard was there when it happened five years earlier.
He has never been able to shake his guilt from that terrible night. It cost Leonard everything: his career, his fiancée, his future. But if the woman didn’t really die, then what actually happened?
Forsaken Country
By: Allen Eskens
Narrated by: Brian Troxell
Length: Not Yet Known
Unabridged Audiobook
Release date: 20-09-22
Language: English
Summary
Three fathers collide far beyond the reach or safety of the law in this breathtaking new thriller from the bestselling and beloved author of The Stolen Hours and The Life We Bury.
Max Rupert has left his position as a Minneapolis homicide detective to live in solitude. Mourning the tragic death of his wife, he's also racked by guilt—he alone knows what happened to her killer. But then the former local sheriff, Lyle, arrives with a desperate plea: Lyle’s daughter Sandy and his six-year-old grandson Pip have disappeared. Lyle’s certain Sandy's ex-husband Reed is behind it, but the new sheriff is refusing to investigate.
When Max reluctantly looks into their disappearance, he too becomes convinced something has gone very wrong. But the closer Max and Lyle get to finding proof, the more slippery Reed becomes, until he makes a break for the vast Boundary Waters wilderness with vulnerable Pip in tow.
On the heels of the most dangerous kind of criminal—a desperate father—Max and Lyle race to find out what has happened to Sandy, and to bring Pip home alive.
Critic reviews
“In Forsaken Country, Allen Eskens’ expert storytelling is on full display. Eerie and beautifully told, it had me mesmerized from the very first page. . . . The suspense never flags in this chilling and layered portrait of a man’s desperate search for a missing child and his own redemption. Heart-pounding and heartfelt, Forsaken Country should be at the top of your to-be-read list."—Heather Gudenkauf, New York Times bestselling author of The Weight of Silence and The Overnight Guest
“In Forsaken Country, Allen Eskens delivers in all the ways that matter. Story, character, suspense—I loved it all. This author deserves a round of applause, and this book a massive audience.”—John Hart, New York Times bestselling author of The Unwilling
The Distant Echo
By: Val McDermid
Narrated by: Tom Cotcher
Series: Karen Pirie, Book 1
Length: 14 hrs and 11 mins
Unabridged Audiobook
Release date: 13-08-15
Summary
On a freezing morning four drunken students stumble upon the body of a woman in the snow. Rosie has been raped, stabbed and left for dead in a cemetery. The only suspects are the four young men now stained with her blood.
Twenty-five years later the police mount a cold-case review of Rosie’s unsolved murder, and the four are still suspects. But when two of them die in suspicious circumstances, it seems that someone is pursuing their own brand of justice....
Critic reviews
"A classic.… McDermid pulls out all the stops. Impeccable." ( Guardian)
"A few more sly, old-fashioned whodunits like this and she’ll join the sturdy ranks of the queens of crime, on course to become Dame Val or Baroness McDermid." ( Sunday Times)
Wild Shores
Doggerland, Book 2
By: Maria Adolfsson
Narrated by: Hattie Ladbury
Series: Doggerland, Book 2
Length: 14 hrs and 31 mins
Unabridged Audiobook
Summary
The highly anticipated follow-up to Sunday Times Book of the Month, Fatal Isles.
One terrible truth will create a perfect storm.
While her colleagues enjoy the seasonal festivities, DI Karen Hornby is called to investigate a suspicious death on the northernmost island of Doggerland. But how close to home is the truth of the case....
Detective Inspector Karen Hornby returns in this second thrilling novel from international best-selling author Maria Adolfsson.
Wild Shores is a brilliant read
Really enjoyed this book. Very tense storyline, even better than the 1st book! Can’t wait for the next.
Peter Papathanasiou
Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
Peter Papathanasiou was born in northern Greece in 1974 and adopted as a baby to an Australian family. His debut book, a memoir, was published in 2019 as "Son of Mine" by Salt Publishing (UK) and "Little One" by Allen & Unwin (Australia). His debut novel, a work of crime fiction, was published in 2021 as "The Stoning" by MacLehose Press (UK) and Transit Lounge (Australia), and in 2022 by Polar Verlag (Germany). Peter’s writing has otherwise been published by The New York Times, Chicago Tribune, The Seattle Times, The Guardian UK, The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, Good Weekend, ABC and SBS. He holds a Master of Arts in Creative Writing from City, University of London; a Doctor of Philosophy in Biomedical Sciences from The Australian National University (ANU); and a Bachelor of Laws from ANU specialising in criminal law.
The Invisible
By: Peter Papathanasiou
Narrated by: Daniel Fletcher
Length: 9 hrs and 55 mins
Unabridged Audiobook
Release date: 01-09-22
Summary
Burnt-out from policework, Detective Sergeant George Manolis flies from Australia to Greece for a holiday. Recently divorced and mourning the death of his father, who emigrated from the turbulent Prespes region which straddles the borders of Greece, Albania and North Macedonia, Manolis hopes to reconnect with his roots and heritage.
On arrival, Manolis learns of the disappearance of an 'invisible'—a local man who lives without a scrap of paperwork. The police and some locals believe the man's disappearance was pre-planned, while others suspect foul play. Reluctantly, Manolis agrees to work undercover to find the invisible, and must navigate the complicated relationships of a tiny village where grudges run deep.
It soon becomes clear to Manolis that he may never locate a man who, for all intents and purposes, doesn't exist. And with the clock ticking, the ghosts of the past continue to haunt the events of today as Manolis' investigation leads him to uncover a dark and long-forgotten practise.
Critic reviews
"A brilliant new name in Australian crime." (Weekend Australian)
"Outback noir has a new star." (The Times)
"Papathanasiou writes unsparingly, confidently and compellingly." (The Quietus)
The Stoning
By: Peter Papathanasiou
Narrated by: Todd Boyce
Length: 10 hrs and 47 mins
Unabridged Audiobook
Release date: 07-10-21
Summary
A small town in outback Australia wakes to an appalling crime.
A local schoolteacher is found taped to a tree and stoned to death. Suspicion instantly falls on the refugees at the new detention centre on Cobb's northern outskirts. Tensions are high, between whites and the local Indigenous community, between immigrants and the townies.
Still mourning the recent death of his father, Detective Sergeant George Manolis returns to his childhood hometown to investigate. Within minutes of his arrival, it's clear that Cobb is not the same place he left. Once it thrived, but now it's a poor and derelict dusthole, with the local police chief it deserves. And as Manolis negotiates his new colleagues' antagonism, and the simmering anger of a community destroyed by alcohol and drugs, the ghosts of his past begin to flicker to life.
Vivid, pacy and almost dangerously atmospheric, The Stoning is the first in a new series of outback noir featuring DS Manolis, himself an outsider, and a good man in a world gone to ****.
Critic reviews
"Outback noir with the noir dialled right up. I loved it." (Chris Hammer)
"It's hard to believe this is Peter Papathanasiou's first novel.... Outback noir has a new star." (Mark Sanderson, The Times)
"Outback noir has a new star." (Mark Sanderson, The Times)
"Political crime fiction of the highest order." (Joan Smith, The Sunday Times)
About Garry
BIOGRAPHY
Garry Disher has published over 50 highly praised, prize-winning and widely translated books in a range of genres: crime thrillers, literary/general novels, short-story collections, YA/children’s fiction, and writers’ handbooks. His growing international reputation has seen him tour Germany and the United States, where his crime and YA novels have appeared on best-books-of-the-year lists and won various awards. His latest titles include a literary novel, Her, the ninth Wyatt thriller, Kill Shot, the stand-alone crime novel, The Way it is Now, and Day’s End, the fourth in his best-selling and prize-winning Hirsch series.
AWARDS
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Winner, Ned Kelly Award for Crime Fiction, 2021
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Winner, Crime Novel of the Year, Germany 2020
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Ned Kelly Lifetime Achievement Award, 2018
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Winner, German Crime Fiction Award, 2016
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Winner, Ned Kelly Award for Crime Fiction, 2010
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Winner, Ned Kelly Award for Crime Fiction, 2007
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Winner, German Crime Fiction Award, 2002
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Winner, German Crime Fiction Award, 2002
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Winner, NSW Premiers Award, 1999
Under the Cold Bright Lights
By: Garry Disher
Narrated by: Douglas Hansell
Length: 8 hrs and 25 mins
Unabridged Audiobook
‘Disher has been giving us highly intelligent literary thrillers for decades and he gets better and better.’ Australian
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Shortlisted, Ned Kelly Awards, Best Crime Novel, 2018
The young detectives call Detective Alan Auhl a retread, but that doesn’t faze him. He’s always done things his own way and gets results—even if his cases are colder now. Like the skeleton discovered under a concrete slab. Or the old farmer, dead five years, whose death his daughters don’t believe was an accident. Or the doctor who’s murdered two wives and a girlfriend and left no evidence at all. Auhl will stick with these cases until justice is done. One way or another.
Geneva
By: Richard Armitage
Narrated by: Richard Armitage, Nicola Walker
Length: Not Yet Known
Unabridged Audiobook
Release date: 20-10-22
Summary
Nobel prize winning scientist Sarah Collier heads to an important conference in Geneva with her husband Daniel. But while there being lobbied by corporations for their support she begins to experience confusing contradictions and lapses of memory...
A dark psychological thriller for fans of Before I Go to Sleep and The Woman in the Window, written and performed by Richard Armitage.
Killing Moon
Harry Hole, Book 13
By: Jo Nesbo
Series: Harry Hole, Book 13
Length: Not Yet Known
Unabridged Audiobook
Release date: 25-05-23
Summary
Brought to you by Penguin.
The hunt is on and the police are running out of time.
Two young women are missing, their only connection being that they attended the same party, hosted by a notorious businessman. When one of the women is found murdered, the police discover an unusual signature left by the killer, giving them reason to suspect he will strike again.
They're facing a killer unlike any other.
And catching him calls for a detective like no other. But the legendary Harry Hole is gone. Struck off the force, down and out in Los Angeles, it seems that nothing can entice him back to Oslo. Until the woman who saved Harry's life is put in grave danger, and he is forced to join the hunt for the murderer.
To catch him will push harry to the limit.
He'll need to bring together a misfit team of former operatives to do what he can't do alone: stop an unstoppable killer. But as the evidence mounts, it becomes clear that there is more to this case than meets the eye.
Open Season
Bob Skinner, Book 34
By: Quintin Jardine
Narrated by: James Bryce
Series: Bob Skinner, Book 34
Length: Not Yet Known
Unabridged Audiobook
Release date: 10-11-22
Summary
From acclaimed author Quintin Jardine comes the latest gripping mystery in his bestselling Bob Skinner series.
Amidst a family celebration, a cataclysmic storm uncovers long-buried horrors—and a team of detectives struggle to solve a thirty-year-old double murder.
The police are also searching two countries for traces of a mysterious crime novelist who appears to have vanished. Has the faking of his own death been his masterpiece?
Alongside each inquiry as it evolves is former Chief Constable Sir Robert Skinner, relishing his new role as a media magnate, but drawn into reluctant action and towards a chilling discovery of his own.
With evil on one hand and intrigue on the other, will Skinner escape with either his integrity or career intact...or is it open season on him?
Cold Reckoning
By: Russ Thomas
Narrated by: Jamie Parker
Length: 11 hrs and 7 mins
Unabridged Audiobook
Release date: 26-05-22
Summary
The darkness from his past will finally come to light.
For sixteen years, DS Adam Tyler has been searching for answers to his father, Richard’s, death. Convinced it wasn’t suicide, he has been investigating the case in secret.
When a body is found in a frozen lake, linked to a cold case from 2002, it doesn’t seem to have anything to do with the death of his father—except Tyler knows Richard was investigating the same case shortly before he died. And Tyler doesn’t believe in coincidences.
As he throws himself into finding out what really happened that day, Tyler uncovers a string of botched investigations, mysterious disappearances and, ultimately, deep-seated police corruption. There are dangerous people who don’t want Tyler asking questions—and the truth always comes at a price.
This time, it could cost him everything.
From the bestselling author of Firewatching and Nighthawking.
Critic reviews
"A rollercoaster ride of a thriller...will keep you hanging on by your fingertips until the tense final moments." (Peter Robinson)
"Compelling and totally immersive. It’s a brilliant read for anyone with a love of tense intelligent thrillers, with pitch-perfect dialogue." (Kate Rhodes, author of Devil's Table)
"I was hooked on DS Adam Tyler from the first page.... Spot on." (Sam Holland, author of The Echo Man)
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PRAISE FOR GARRY DISHER
AND DAY’S END
‘Hirsch is one of my favourite characters. Day’s End is unmissable.’
Hayley Scrivenor, author of Dirt Town
‘Once again, Disher nails place, the atmosphere of a changing area and the tension and frustration of continuing a private investigation without resources. This book confirms just what a rare writer Disher is.’
Herald Sun on The Way It Is Now
‘A new crime novel from the prolific old master is always a treat, and this one is no different. The past intrudes into the present as Charlie Deravin, banished from his job in the police sex-crimes unit, still puzzles over his mother’s disappearance 20 years earlier that had his father fingered as a possible murderer. You will be intrigued, very intrigued.’
Jason Steger, Age on The Way It Is Now
‘Disher is, as always, a deft and compelling crime novelist, and he has crafted a provocative whodunnit that is grounded firmly in the current moment.’
Guardian on The Way It Is Now
‘Lyrical and haunting…Read the The Way It Is Now for its big heart and the way in which it lyrically captures a moment in time.’
Sydney Morning Herald on The Way It Is Now
‘The best of Australian crime was definitely Garry Disher’s The Way It Is Now (Text), cleverly combining a tragic cold case with social commentary.’
Canberra Times on The Way It Is Now
‘Examining the insular culture of the police force has been another staple of Disher’s fiction, and it is deployed here to great effect…Each summer I see people lying by public swimming pools, or in the sand on beaches, sometimes along the Mornington Peninsula, reading crime fiction. Readers often tell me they enjoy the genre as “light relief”, a puzzling response considering the endlessly macabre ways that crime fiction writers concoct new ways to torture, murder, and dismember characters. A Garry Disher novel is never an exercise in light reading. He respects the genre and his readers. His novels can also disturb a reader, for his characters are quite ordinary people, in the best sense. They are men and women like you and me – characters capable of good and bad, courage and murder.’
Tony Birch, ABR on The Way It Is Now
‘The prolific master of Australian rural noir returns to his home turf…a subtle, slow-burning standalone mystery.’
West Australian on The Way It Is Now
‘Disher’s output is soaked in quality: crisp prose, fascinating characters, rich settings. Maybe his quiet, unflashy nature and consistent excellence mean he gets a little overlooked in some quarters, but those cognisant of the global boom of Australian crime writing know he is a giant on whose shoulders many of the hottest new stars are standing.’
NZ Listener on The Way It Is Now
‘This is storytelling at its best…Another sophisticated and compelling offer from an author at the peak of his powers.’
Good Reading on The Way It Is Now
‘Disher is one the foremost proponents of rural noir.’
Sunday Times on Consolation
‘Consolation is a very impressive piece of crime fiction. It holds attention, impresses with its depth and raises important issues, while being very entertaining. It once more confirms Disher’s place as the master of outback noir.’
Murder, Mayhem and Long Dogs on Consolation
‘Well written and very entertaining, Consolation cements Disher’s place as the master of outback noir.’
Canberra Weekly on Consolation
‘Garry Disher may not have quite the same level of name recognition as fellow bestselling Australian rural noir writers such as Jane Harper and Chris Hammer, but he has long been one of the genre’s best.’
Weekend West on Consolation
‘Sheer class.’
Age on Consolation
‘This is a book that cannot be praised enough… Read it.’
Herald Sun on Consolation
‘The outback noir master returns to Tiverton and it’s only cop Paul ‘Hirsch’ Hirschhausen.’
NZ Listener on Consolation