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17 Years Later

By: J.P. Pomare
Narrated by: Eva Seymour, Gareth Reeves, Tyrone Ngatai
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SHORTLISTED FOR THE NED KELLY AWARD FOR BEST CRIME FICTION 2025
SHORTLISTED FOR THE NGAIO MARSH AWARD FOR BEST NOVEL 2025

The violent slaughter of the Primrose family while they slept shocked the nation.

The family's young live-in chef, Bill Kareama, was swiftly charged with murder and brought to justice. But the brutal crime scarred the idyllic town of Cambridge forever.

Seventeen years later, true-crime podcaster Sloane Abbott tracks down prison psychologist TK Phillips. Once a fierce campaigner for an appeal, TK now lives a quiet life with Bill's case firmly in his past.

As Sloane lures a reluctant TK back into the fight, evidence emerges that casts new light on the Primroses - and who might have wanted them dead.

While the list of suspects grows, Bill's innocence is still far from assured. What will it cost Sloane and TK to uncover the truth?


©2024 J.P. Pomare (P)2024 Hachette Australia Audio Crime Fiction Crime Thrillers Mystery Private Investigators Thriller & Suspense Crime Exciting

Critic Reviews

'Seriously good' DERVLA McTIERNAN

'There's no better storyteller in the thriller game than Pomare' HERALD SUN

'Shocking, twisty and impossible to put down' CHRISTIAN WHITE

'Pomare's gift for complex plots and drum-tight tension shines' BENJAMIN STEVENSON

'A raging river of twists and turns' WEEKEND AUSTRALIAN

'I love Pomare's sense of place and his unremittingly darkling imagination' THE AUSTRALIAN

'A plot well worthy of a Ngaio Marsh mystery' SYDNEY MORNING HERALD

'Pomare builds a cocktail of lies and unexpected turns of events that remain a mystery until the hectic climax' COURIER MAIL

'A politically charged story that delves into social media and the failings of the justice system . . . [Pomare's] twistiest yet' SUN-HERALD

'Flawlessly plotted . . . breathless suspense' ANNA DOWNES
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It’s really nice to find a thriller from Australia/NZ that is honestly amazing! I read a lot of Michael Robotham (I appreciated the mentions of him in this novel haha) and Freida McFadden and I really enjoyed this book!

Extra points for the phone passcode - IYKYK! 😂🩷

Love the twists and turns, the pop culture references and the locality!

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Absolute genius! First J.P Pomare book I have read and I will read all of them after this. So complex and clever. Love the NZ setting and the character of Bill! Buy it immediately

You will not stop listening to this until you finish it

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loved this so many surprises. intriguing story.Performance was so natural and easy to listen

couldn't stop listening

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this is an amzing performed and written book. twists and turns right up to the end

amazing

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This was amazeballs. Definitely read it. I don’t see the end coming! It’s a great murder mystery and excellent story telling.

Loved it! So many twists!

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Had me guessing all the way through the book. Really hard to put down. A must read if you love murder mystery.

Thriller

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Definitely a five star book…very well written and performed, I loved it. Lots of twists and turns, an ending I didn’t see coming.

Wow! Loved it..

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Great story, lots of twists. The narrators performances in first person were fantastic too! Highly recommended.

Loved it!

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I’m an Aussie who tends to like spooky/horror, so to find a thriller / mystery which held my attention is amazing! Nothing is as it seems. EVERY character has a story, a background, a motive. Every character is relatable, realistic and suspect. Awesome read.

Best read in a while

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Took a while to get into it, but twists upon twists turned into a dramatic finish. Great story .

best JP Pomare

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