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 home when Mia unexpectedly falls pregnant. But just when they think the house is ready, Mia discovers a shocking message scored into a skirting board: I WILL SAVE THEM FROM ..read more

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 are somehow linked, and a good bad girl may be the key to discovering the truth. Edith may have been tricked into a nursing home, but at eighty-years-young ..read more

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 norm, punishing those who choose to remain single. But four couples are about to discover just how impossible relationships can be when the government is ..read more

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 in the business. But after a routine assignment goes horribly wrong, Jack arrives home to find her husband dead. It soon becomes clear that the police ..read more

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. No matter how much you give, there’s always someone giving more. Eventually you have to give your soul … Suspected serial killer Terence Bailey is a ..read more

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 murder. Before the storm stranded us at the mountain resort, snow and bodies piling up. The thing is, us ..read more

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 his community. He’s the kind of man who always lends a hand and has a good word for everyone. He’s also a kidnapper and serial killer who has murdered eight wome ..read more

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 divorce, Dave has no choice but to let his ex-wife and her father Mark call the shots: supervised, one-hou ..read more

Title: None of This is True Author: Lisa Jewell Published: July 18th 2023 Publisher: Penguin Books Australia Pages: 400 Genres: Fiction, Contemporary, Crime, Mystery, Suspense, Thriller RRP: $32.99 Rating: 5 stars Prepare to be hooked: nail-biting suspense from the addictive number one million-copy bestselling author. Celebrating her 45th birthday at her local pub, popular podcaster Alix Summers crosses paths with an unassuming woman called Josie Fair. Josie, it turns out, is also celebrating her 45th birthday. They are, in fact, birthday twins. A ..read more

Title: The Drowning Woman Author: Robyn Harding Published: June 7th 2023 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pages: 336 Genres: Fiction, Contemporary, Mystery, Suspense, Thriller RRP: $32.99 Rating: 5 stars The bestselling author of The Party returns with a deliciously twisted story of friendship, retribution and betrayal about a homeless woman fleeing a dangerous past – and the wealthy society wife she saves from drowning, who pulls her into a dark web of secrets and lies. Lee Gulliver never thought she’d find herself living on the streets – no o ..read more