Showing results by publisher "Hachette Australia" in Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

THE DEFINITIVE ACCOUNT OF ERIN PATTERSON AND THE MUSHROOM MURDER TRIAL THAT ENTHRALLED THE WORLD It is the case that has fascinated many. On 29 July 2023 in Leongatha, a small town in rural Victoria, family and friends of local woman Erin Patterson sit down for Saturday lunch. On the menu, Beef...

Let's get the story of Abraham Gilbert Saffron down. Just the facts, Your Honour. Wherever you find entertainers performing in neon-lit pubs and clubs, chances are you will find a wannabe gangster or two hanging around. Selling sex and drugs has always been a way to make a fast buck - and...

Ever have the feeling you're being watched? A smart, unsettling, unputdownable literary thriller from the award-winning, critically acclaimed writer Lina and Cain are doing their best to stay afloat. Money has been tight since Cain returned from active duty, and starting a family is proving...

Darwin, Summer, 1963. The humidity sat heavy and thick over the town as Senior Constable Ned Potter looked down at a body that had been dragged from the shallow marshland. He didn't need a coroner to tell him this was a bad death. He didn't know then that this was only the first. Or that he was...

Christopher Wilder was about as bad as they get. A predator and serial killer, he first came to the attention of police in Sydney, when as a teenager in 1963 he was charged with rape. A good behaviour bond was not a deterrent and over the years his crimes escalated. After moving to the USA in...

IT WAS A TRAGIC ACCIDENT. WASN'T IT? A private investigator returning to the hometown he fled years ago becomes entangled in the disappearance of two teenage girls in this stunning literary crime thriller. Reid left the small town of Manson a decade ago, promising his former Chief of Police boss...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2025 DAVITT AWARD FOR NON-FICTION This powerful memoir gives extraordinary insight into a secretive sect, and the horror Dassi Erlich had to survive. Dassi's resilience and fight for justice is inspiring. As a young girl growing up in a strict ultra-Orthodox family, Dassi's...

'A masterpiece' SARAH JONES 'Another soon-to-be classic' Woman's Day 'Riveting and moving' The Australian Women's Weekly Twenty-five years after the end of the war, ageing British SOE operative Noah Ainsworth can't stop thinking about the secret agent who saved his life in occupied France. He...

The irresistibly charming and cosy first novel in the bestselling Petticoat Police Mystery series, inspired by the true story of Australia's pioneering policewoman, Kate Cocks 'An outstanding debut - funny, poignant, historically fascinating, and an absorbingly good crime read - The Death of...

SHORTLISTED FOR BEST CRIME FICTION, 2024 NED KELLY AWARDS SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2024 DANGER AWARD FOR FICTION 'Tantalising . . . A glimpse into a small town that cannot shake the ghosts of its past' Weekend Australian 'Exceptional . . . An amazing and addictive plot loaded with numerous brilliant...

'A sure-fire page-turner that keeps readers guessing' DAILY TELEGRAPH 'Shelley Burr does not take prisoners. Crime fiction at its effortless best - beautifully drawn characters, rich relationships, fast and fascinating plot, and twists that make you go "ah"' LAINIE ANDERSON 'VANISH delivers a...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE AUREALIS AWARD FOR BEST HORROR NOVEL 2025 'An electrifying and well-crafted Gothic thriller' THE AUSTRALIAN From a startling new Australian talent, The Farm ripples with the Gothic undertones of Rebecca and enthrals from the very first page. The radio sputters out and the...

Evelyn simply vanished. The small town of Nannine lies in the harsh red interior of New South Wales. Once a thriving outback centre, years of punishing drought have whittled it down to no more than a couple of pubs and a police station. And its one sinister claim to fame: the still-unsolved...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE NED KELLY AWARD FOR BEST CRIME FICTION 2025 SHORTLISTED FOR THE NGAIO MARSH AWARD FOR BEST NOVEL 2025 '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...

The indomitable Miss Cocks and Ethel Bromley return for Book Two in the bestselling and charmingly cosy Petticoat Police Mystery Series, inspired by one of Australia's first policewomen. Adelaide, September 1917. Six months after solving the Dora Black case, Kate Cocks and Ethel Bromley are back...

In 2017, Tracy Hall's life went from fact to fiction overnight when she discovered the man she'd been dating for nearly two years, Max, was actually one of Australia's most prolific con men - Hamish McLaren. Also known as Hamish Watson. Also known as Hamish Maxwell. Suddenly 'Max' was gone...

A sinister group – code-named Zodiac – has launched devastating global attacks. Twelve targets across the world, twelve code-named missions. Operating distinct sleeper cells, they are the ultimate terrorist organisation, watching and waiting for a precise attack to activate the next group...

FINALIST IN THE 2020 NGAIO MARSH AWARDS FOR BEST NOVEL 'another breathtaking page-turner from the author of CALL ME EVIE' - Christian White, bestselling author of The Nowhere Child HOW FAR WOULD YOU GO TO PROTECT YOUR FAMILY? Amy has only ever known life in the Clearing. She knows what's...

**WINNER OF THE 2020 DANGER PRIZE** From the acclaimed author of THE SUITCASE BABY and THE SUICIDE BRIDE, the fascinating story of a series of horrific murders that began in 1930s Sydney - and a killer who remained at large for over two decades. In December 1932, as the Depression tightened its...

THE LIFE AND CRIMES OF AUSTRALIA'S MOST CORRUPT COP Roger Rogerson was a serial killer with a badge. Australia's most notorious corrupt cop was serving a life sentence for murdering student Jamie Gao in cold blood over 2.78 kg of ice, when he was found unresponsive in his cell. The man they...