Crime Fiction

Harry Bosch is up to his neck in a case that has transfixed all of celebrity-mad Los Angeles: a movie director is charged with murdering an actress during sex, and...

'A gripping, sinister - yet also wryly funny and realistic - crime thriller.' - Jane Caro 'A rollercoaster ride of peril and nail-biting tension.' - Vikki Petraitis 'Pheasants Nest is...

A man runs for his life in a forest. A woman plans sabotage. A body is unearthed. Newly-minted homicide detective Nell Buchanan returns to her home town, annoyed at being...

Fed up with the hypocrisy of the LAPD, Harry Boschhas resigned and is forced to find a new way of life.But retirement doesn't suit him. He has always devotedhimself to...

Harry Bosch is assigned a homicide call in South Los Angeles that takes him to Fortune Liquors, where the Chinese owner has been shot and killed behind the counter in...

Harry's life is a mess: his house has been condemned, his girlfriend has left him, he's drinking too much and he's hadto turn in his badge after attacking his commanding...

In tough times, crime is one of the few things that still pays, but even criminals are having to make cut-backs. So for defence lawyer Mickey Haller, most of his...

'A story of faith, courage, strength and future prospects ... a sizzling summer read.' Mrs B's Book Reviews on Once Burnt, Twice Shy When a drought dries up the contents...

Things are finally looking up for the Lincoln Lawyer, Mickey Haller. After two years of wrong turns, he is back in the courtroom. When Hollywood lawyer Jerry Vincent dies, Haller...

When a body is found in a hotel room, reporters are soon all over the case: it appears to be a missing LAPD narcotics detective, apparently gone to the bad....

LAPD detective Harry Bosch is a loner and a nighthawk. One Sunday he gets a call-out on his pager. A body has been found in a drainage tunnel off Mulholland...

Not many murder victims die a decade after the crime, so when Orlando Merced dies ten years after being shot, Bosch catches a case with a fresh body and virtually...

'Each new twist in the story skilfully balances bombshell revelations and believability, in a crime that feels achingly familiar, yet shocking at the same time. Much like Oli, I couldn't...

Amidst midnight chaos, LAPD Detective Rene Ballard shelters from the traditional New Year's Eve rain of lead as crowds of revellers shoot their guns into the air. Minutes later, she's...

When a physicist is murdered in Los Angeles on the overlook above the Mulholland Dam, a site with a stunning view over the city, it seems the killer has no...

An activist attorney is killed in a cute little LA trolley called Angels Flight, far from Harry Bosch's Hollywood turf. But the case is so explosive - and the dead...

WINNER OF THE ABIA AWARD FOR GENERAL FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR 'A murder mystery with a difference. Richly descriptive...a confident and courageous entry into the world of fiction and...

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'. . . there is no doubt Phryne is back at her best.' The Book Muse When a mysterious invitation arrives for Miss Phryne Fisher from an unknown Captain Herbert...

When defence attorney Mickey Haller is pulled over by police, the body of a client is discovered in the trunk of his Lincoln. Charged with murder and unable to make...

When Mickey Haller is invited by the Los Angeles County District Attorney to prosecute a case for him, he knows something strange is going on. Mickey's a defence lawyer, one...

Defence lawyer Mickey Haller has had some problems, but he's put all that behind him and is ready to resume his career. Then a lawyer called Vincent dies, and Haller...

You can run from your past, but not from the girls left behind. Nineteen years ago, Ruth-Ann Baker's childhood friend was murdered by convicted killer Ethan Oswald. Haunted by what...

'Superb crime writing from a master' - Stephen Loosley, The Australian

Jack McEvoy has taken down killers before, but when a woman he had a one-night stand with is murdered in a particularly brutal way, he realises he might be facing...

Jack McEvoy is at the end of the line as a crime reporter. With cuts being made, he's got 30 days left on the job. His last assignment? Training his...

Back when Harry Bosch was just a rookie homicide detective he had an inspiring mentor, John Jack Thompson, who taught him to take the work personally and light the fire...

Death is my beat . . . Jack McEvoy specialises in death. As a crime reporter for the Rocky Mountain News , he has seen every kind of murder. But...

'Every bit as addictive and suspenseful as The Dark Lake ... Sarah Bailey's writing is both keenly insightful and wholly engrossing, weaving intriguing and multi-layered plots combined with complicated and...

'Another engaging read that shines a light on rural Australia and captivated me from start to finish.' Beauty and Lace 'Nobody does rural fiction quite like Fleur McDonald.' The Weekly...

'Blood Work' - that's what Terry McCaleb used to call his job at the FBI. Eight weeks ago he was a dead man, but now someone else's heart is keeping...

Harry is back, assigned to the LAPD's Open-Unsolved Unit with his former cop ally and partner, Kizmin Rider. These detectives are the Closers. They are thrown into a politically sensitive...

Former FBI agent Rachel Walling is working a dead-end stint in South Dakota when she gets the call she's been dreading for four years. The Poet is back. And he...

Winner of the 2019 CWA Dagger New Blood Award for Best First Crime Novel In an isolated country town brought to its knees by endless drought, a charismatic and dedicated...

DS Lucas Walker is off duty. His young half-sister Grace is visiting from Boston, and he's supposed to be spending time with her at his home in Caloodie in outback...

On a stunningly beautiful stretch of coastline, a young mother is brutally murdered. The only witness to the crime, her daughter Gabby, is left in a coma, fighting for her...

TWO MISSING BACKPACKERS. ONE VAST OUTBACK. DS Lucas Walker is on leave in his hometown, Caloodie, taking care of his dying grandmother. When two young German backpackers, Berndt and Rita,...

A REMOTE ISLAND AN ISOLATED COMMUNITY A KILLER PICKING THEM OFF ONE BY ONE ... 'You should be careful, Mr Zelic. Because the person who killed Peter Taylor will almost...

'A mazey delight of a mystery ...' - Ian Rankin When deaf PI Caleb Zelic finds one of his clients murdered, it's a bad day; when he discovers the man...

' The Late Show introduces a terrific female character: Detective Rene Ballard ... this new star is a beauty ... Ballard is complicated and driven enough to sustain the series...

Soon to be a major TV series from the team behind Boy Swallows Universe ' The Dark Lake i s a stunning debut that gripped me from page one and...

Fiona Forrest is devastated when her husband Charlie commits suicide after the accidental shooting of his mate Eddie. Though Fiona decides to keep farming their successful property, rumours that she...

'Bailey's writing is stronger than ever, and the prickliness of her characters a natural fit for the jarring confines of Melbourne's central business district...a bristling police procedural for fans of...

Henry Pierce has a whole new life - new apartment, new telephone, new telephone number. But the first time he checks his messages, he discovers that someone had the number...

Caleb Zelic may be deaf, but he knows how to read people better than anyone. When his childhood friend is brutally murdered while helping him on an insurance case, Caleb...

'Scorching, self-scouring: a young woman finds her steel and learns to wield it' - Helen Garner 'Brutal, brave and utterly compelling . . . I can't remember a book I...

Six months ago, Harry Bosch left the LAPD before they could fire him, and then hired his half-brother, the maverick Defence Attorney Mickey Haller to sue the department for forcing...

May 1992, and after four LAPD officers were acquitted after the savage beating of Rodney King, Los Angeles is ablaze. As looting and burning take over the city, law and...