Title: Then She Was Gone Author: Lisa Jewell Published: July 27th 2017 Publisher: Penguin Books Australia Pages: 448 Genres: Fiction, Contemporary, Crime, Mystery, Suspense, Thriller RRP: $22.99 Rating: 5 stars She was fifteen, her mother’s golden girl.She had her whole life ahead of her.And then, in the blink of an eye, Ellie was gone. Ten years on, Laurel has never given up hope of… Continue reading Book Review: Then She Was Gone by Lisa Jewell
Title: Keep It in the Family Author: John Marrs Published: October 18th 2022 Publisher: Amazon Publishing Genres: Fiction, Suspense, Thriller RRP: $21.99 Rating: 5 stars In this thrilling novel from bestselling author John Marrs, a young couple’s house hides terrible secrets―and not all of them are confined to the past. Mia and Finn are busy turning a derelict house into their dream… Continue reading Book Review: Keep It in the Family by John Marrs
Title: Good Bad Girl Author: Alice Feeney Published: August 8th 2023 Publisher: Pan Macmillan Pages: 400 Genres: Fiction, Contemporary, Crime, Mystery, Thriller, Suspense RRP: $34.99 Rating: 4.5 stars Sometimes bad things happen to good people, so good people have to do bad things. Twenty years after a baby is stolen from her push-chair, a woman is murdered in a care home. The two crimes… Continue reading New Release Book Review: Good Bad Girl by Alice Feeney
Title: The Marriage Act Author: John Marrs Published: January 31st 2023 Publisher: Pan Macmillan Genres: Fiction, Crime, Mystery, Suspense, Thriller, Science Fiction RRP: $34.99 Rating: 4 stars What if marriage was the law? Dare you disobey? Britain. The near-future. A right-wing government believes it has the answer to society’s ills – the Sanctity of Marriage Act, which actively encourages marriage as the… Continue reading Audio Book Review: The Marriage Act by John Marrs
Title: Zero Days Author: Ruth Ware Published: July 5th 2023 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pages: 352 Genres: Fiction, Contemporary, Thriller, Suspense, Crime, Mystery RRP: $32.99 Rating: 4 stars Her husband has been murdered and she’s the only suspect. What should she do? Hired by companies to break into buildings and hack security systems, Jack and her husband Gabe are the best penetration specialists… Continue reading New Release Book Review: Zero Days by Ruth Ware
Title: Dark Corners Author: Megan Goldin Published: August 8th 2023 Publisher: Penguin Books Australia Pages: 352 Genres: Fiction, Contemporary, Crime, Mystery, Thriller, Suspense RRP: $32.99 Rating: 4.5 stars True crime podcaster Rachel Krall is back, in search of a popular influencer who disappears after visiting a suspected serial killer. Being an influencer is like feeding a monster … nothing is ever enough.… Continue reading New Release Book Review: Dark Corners by Megan Goldin
Title: Everyone In My Family Has Killed Someone Author: Benjamin Stevenson Published: March 29th 2022 Publisher: Penguin Books Australia Genres: Fiction, Crime, Mystery, Suspense, Thriller RRP: $32.99 Rating: 3.5 stars Agatha Christie and Arthur Conan Doyle meet Knives Out and The Thursday Murder Club in this fiendishly clever blend of classic and modern murder mystery. I was dreading the Cunningham family reunion even before the first… Continue reading Audio Book Review: Everyone In My Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson
Title: The Quiet Tenant Author: Clémence Michallon Published: June 13th 2023 Publisher: Hachette Australia Pages: 320 Genres: Fiction, Contemporary, Thriller, Suspense RRP: $32.99 Rating: 4.5 stars He took you and you have been his for five years. But you have been careful. Waiting for him to mess up. It has to be now. Aidan Thomas is a hardworking family man and a respected member of… Continue reading New Release Book Review: The Quiet Tenant by Clémence Michallon
Title: No Trace Author: Michael Trant Published: May 16th 2023 Publisher: Penguin Books Australia Pages: 352 Genres: Fiction, Contemporary, Crime, Mystery, Suspense, Thriller RRP: $32.99 Rating: 4.5 stars The outback thriller meets the locked room mystery! From the author of WILD DOGS comes an electrifying combination of outback action thriller and the classic locked room mystery. ‘Did you have to kill them all?’It’s the… Continue reading New Release Book Review: No Trace by Michael Trant
Title: Into the Night Author: Fleur McDonald Published: March 4th 2023 Publisher: Allen & Unwin Pages: 352 Genres: Fiction, Contemporary, Suspense, Thriller RRP: $29.99 Rating: 4 stars Detective Dave Burrows returns in another breathtaking tale of rural suspense from the bestselling author of Rising Dust. ‘Nobody does rural fiction quite like Fleur McDonald.’ The Weekly Times Detective Dave Burrows is devastated. After an acrimonious… Continue reading New Release Book Review: Into the Night by Fleur McDonald
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