The Ones You Trust by Caroline Overington

$29.99 AUD

Category: Crime and Thrillers

From the bestselling author of The One Who Got Away comes a gripping new psychological thriller that will have you thinking twice about who in your life you can really trust ... 'Absolutely loved The Ones You Trust! #winner' Rachael Johns Emma Cardwell, celebrity mum and host of top-rating morning TV sh ow Cuppa, seems to have it all: fame, money and a gorgeous family. But when her little girl disappears from day-care - captured on CCTV footage at a nearby shopping centre leaving with someone Emma has never seen before - her world is turned upside down. As the minutes tick by, and pressure mounts, every part of Emma's life comes under examination. Is this a kidnapping, the work of a crazed stalker, or an obsessed fan? Is somebody out for revenge or is this something closer to home? And there is the aching question: how much do we really know about those who care for our children . . . and about the people we love? 'WARNING: Do not buy if you work in morning TV. Everyone else will love it ... Great read on a rainy weekend.' Edwina Bartholomew, Sunrise presenter Praise for Caroline Overington: 'Overington keeps you guessing until the last' Daily Telegraph 'Caroline Overington has an ability to home in on the darker, unsettling sides of life, seizing upon topics you might see headlining the news and spinning them into gripping page-turners' Australian Women's Weekly. ...Show more

The Three Secret Cities (Jack West Jr #5) by Matthew Reilly

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Category: Crime and Thrillers | Series: Jack West Jr Ser.

The thrilling new novel featuring Jack West Jr. from international bestselling author Matthew Reilly A shadow world behind the real world. When Jack West Jr. won the Great Games, he threw the four legendary kingdoms into turmoil. A world with its own history, rules and prisons. Now these dark forces a re coming after Jack-in ruthless fashion. That is reaching into our world-explosively. With the end of all things rapidly approaching, Jack must find the Three Secret Cities, three incredible lost cities of legend. It's an impossible task by any reckoning, but Jack must do it-while he is being hunted by the greatest hunters in history. ...Show more

Vox by Christina Dalcher

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Category: Crime and Thrillers

NATIONAL BESTSELLER ONE OF ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY'S AND SHEREADS' BOOKS TO READ AFTER THE HANDMAID'S TALE "[An] electrifying debut."--O, The Oprah Magazine * "The real-life parallels will make you shiver."--Cosmopolitan Set in a United States in which half the population has been silenced, Vox is the har rowing, unforgettable story of what one woman will do to protect herself and her daughter. On the day the government decrees that women are no longer allowed more than one hundred words per day, Dr. Jean McClellan is in denial. This can't happen here. Not in America. Not to her. Soon women are not permitted to hold jobs. Girls are not taught to read or write. Females no longer have a voice. Before, the average person spoke sixteen thousand words each day, but now women have only one hundred to make themselves heard. For herself, her daughter, and every woman silenced, Jean will reclaim her voice. This is just the beginning...not the end. One of Good Morning America's "Best Books to Bring to the Beach This Summer" One of PopSugar, Refinery29, Entertainment Weekly, Bustle, Real Simple, i09, and Amazon's Best Books to Read in August 2018 ...Show more

Dead at First Sight (#15 Roy Grace) by Peter James

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Category: Crime and Thrillers | Series: Roy Grace Ser. | Reading Level: very good

Roy Grace, creation of the CWA Diamond Dagger award winning author Peter James, exposes the dark side of the internet in the fifteenth book in this bestselling series. A man waits at a London airport for Ingrid Ostermann, the love of his life, to arrive. Across the Atlantic, a retired NYPD cop waits in a bar in Florida's Key West for his first date with the lady who is, without question, his soulmate. The two men are about to discover they've been scammed out of almost every penny they have in the world - and that neither women exist. Meanwhile, a wealthy divorcée plunges, in suspicious circumstances, from an apartment block in Munich. In the same week, Detective Superintendent Roy Grace is called to investigate the suicide of a woman in Brighton, that is clearly not what it seems. As his investigations continue, a handsome Brighton motivational speaker comes forward. He's discovered his identity is being used to scam eleven different women online, after receiving a phone call from one of the women, saying, You don't know me, but I thought I knew you. That woman is now dead. Roy Grace realizes he is looking at the tip of an iceberg. A global empire built on clever, cruel internet scams and the murder of anyone who threatens to expose them. ...Show more

The Bitterroots by C. J. Box

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$32.99 (69% off)

Category: Crime and Thrillers

Former police officer Cassie Dewell is trying to start overwith her own private investigation firm. Guilty about not seeing her son and exhausted by the nights on stakeout, Cassie is nonetheless managing... until an old friend calls in a favor: she wants Cassie to help exonerate a man accused of assault ing a young girlfrom an influential family. Against her own better judgment, Cassie agrees. But out in the Big Sky Country of Montana, twisted family loyalty runs as deep as the ties to the land, and there's always something more to the story. As Cassie attempts to uncover the truth, she must fight against the ghosts of her own past that threaten to pull her back under. 'Timeless, gripping. An Agatha Christie whodunnit but with horses, bears, wolves and hunting rifles' SUNDAY TIMES. 'A violent, tension-packed, well-written thriller spiced with Box's vivid portrayal of the Western landscape that he loves' ASSOCIATED PRESS. ...Show more

The Unmourned (Monsarrat #2) by Meg Keneally and Tom Keneally

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Category: Crime and Thrillers | Series: MONSARRAT SERIES

For Robert Church, superintendent of the Parramatta Female Factory, the most enjoyable part of his job is access to young convict women. Inmate Grace O'Leary has made it her mission to protect the women from his nocturnal visits and when Church is murdered with an awl thrust through his right eye, she b ecomes the chief suspect. Recently arrived from Port Macquarie, ticket-of-leave gentleman convict Hugh Monsarrat now lives in Parramatta with his ever-loyal housekeeper Mrs Mulrooney. Monsarrat, as an unofficial advisor on criminal and legal matters to the governor's secretary, is charged with uncovering the truth of Church's murder. Mrs Mulrooney accompanies him to the Female Factory, where he is taking depositions from prisoners, including Grace, and there the housekeeper strikes up friendships with certain women, which prove most intriguing. Monsarrat and Mrs Mulrooney both believe that Grace is innocent, but in this they are alone, so to exonerate her they must find the murderer. Many hated Church and are relieved by his death, but who would go as far as killing him? ...Show more

The Atlantis Gene (Origin Mystery #1) by A. G. Riddle

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Category: Crime and Thrillers | Series: Origin Mystery

THE BATTLE TO SAVE HUMANITY HAS BEGUN. Off the coast of Antarctica, a research vessel discovers a mysterious structure buried deep within an iceberg. Entombed for thousands of years, it can't possibly be man-made. But a secretive and ruthless cabal think they know what it is...and what it means. The Imm ari have spent millennia preparing for the return of humanity's ancient enemy. Faced with an extinction-level threat, they believe mankind's only chance of survival will mean sacrificing 99.9% of the planet's population. It's a price the Immari are prepared to pay. Geneticist Kate Warner and intelligence agent David Vale may have a chance to avert the looming catastrophe, but only if they can decode the secrets of the Atlantis Gene and unlock the truth about humanity's origins. ...Show more

Fair Warning (Jack McEvoy) by Michael Connelly

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Category: Crime and Thrillers | Series: Jack Mcevoy Ser. | Reading Level: very good

The hero of The Poet and The Scarecrow is back in the new thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Michael Connelly. Jack McEvoy, the journalist who never backs down, tracks a serial killer who has been operating completely under the radar--until now. Veteran reporter Jack McEvoy has taken dow n killers before, but when a woman he had a one-night stand with is murdered in a particularly brutal way, McEvoy realizes he might be facing a criminal mind unlike any he's ever encountered. McEvoy investigates--against the warnings of the police and his own editor--and makes a shocking discovery that connects the crime to other mysterious deaths across the country. But his inquiry hits a snag when he himself becomes a suspect. As he races to clear his name, McEvoy's findings point to a serial killer working under the radar of law enforcement for years, and using personal data shared by the victims themselves to select and hunt his targets. Called "the Raymond Chandler of this generation" (Associated Press), Michael Connelly once again delivers an unputdownable thriller that reveals a predator operating from the darkest corners of human nature--and one man courageous and determined enough to stand in his way. ...Show more

Redemption (#5 Amos Decker) by David Baldacci

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Category: Crime and Thrillers | Series: Amos Decker Ser. | Reading Level: very good

FBI Special Agent Amos Decker discovers that a mistake he made as a rookie detective may have led to deadly consequences in the latest Memory Man thriller in David Baldacci's number one New York Times bestselling series. Amos Decker and his FBI partner Alex Jamison are visiting his hometown of Burlingto n, Ohio, when he's approached by an unfamiliar man. But he instantly recognizes the man's name: Meryl Hawkins. He's the first person Decker ever arrested for murder back when he was a young detective. Though a dozen years in prison have left Hawkins unrecognizably aged and terminally ill, one thing hasn't changed: He maintains he never committed the murders. Could it be possible that Decker made a mistake all those years ago? As he starts digging into the old case, Decker finds a startling connection to a new crime that he may be able to prevent, if only he can put the pieces together quickly enough... ...Show more

Broken Angels by Graham Masterton

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$19.99 (50% off)

Category: Crime and Thrillers | Series: Katie Maguire

As they came nearer, the black-clad body came into view, lying on its side in the shallows...One cold spring morning in County Cork, two fishermen find a body floating in the Blackwater River: the mutilated corpse of a retired music teacher. His hands and feet are bound, and his neck bears the mark of a garrotting wire. The Garda want to wrap this case up before the press get hold of it. But when a second man is found murdered, the body bears all the same marks as the first. And Detective Superintendent Katie Maguire fears this case carries the hallmark of a serial murderer... ...Show more

Term Limits by Vince Flynn

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Category: Crime and Thrillers

Taking politics into their own hands a group of highly-trained killers embark on a mission of shattering brutality. It is time the people made the politicians pay for their unfulfilled promises. The next day, America awakens to the devastating news that three of their most powerful and unscrupulous poli ticians have been violently murdered. And the assassins are not finished.In the media frenzy that follows, the killers release their demands. The country's leaders must restore power to the people, or they will all meet the same fate as their colleagues. Not even the President is safe… ...Show more

The Third Option (Mitch Rapp #4) by Vince Flynn

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Category: Crime and Thrillers | Series: The Mitch Rapp Series | Reading Level: General Adult

Mitch Rapp, the CIA's top counterterrorism operative, is sent on his final mission, to eliminate a European industrialist who has been selling sensitive equipment to one of terrorism's most notorious sponsors. But he doesn't know that the ultimate target of this mission is himself. Set up by forces with in the US who do not want the next Director-elect of the CIA to take over, and therefore need a disaster for the present regime, Mitch refuses to die ...the conspirators have made an awful miscalculation. They have enraged one of the most lethal and efficient killers the CIA has ever produced. Now they will pay. ...Show more