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When young shipping company heir Jill Fisher is found dead in her apartment, Detective Charlie Cooper and his partner Joe Quinn don't believe she was killed by a random intruder. Corporate lawyer Beth Fisher struggles to cope with the grief following her sister's murder, but she decides there's one last thing she can do for Jill – finish the ancestry research she was so passionate about. Cooper and Quinn's investigation and Beth's research uncover truths about the Fisher family and their business dealings that raise more questions than answers. Cooper must act fast before more lives are lost.

This is the day my life changes forever. It started so normally. The alarm went at 7am. My husband made bacon and pancakes for me and our seven-year-old daughter, the kitchen full of chatter and laughter. He gave me a quick kiss, told me he loved me, grabbed his wallet, and rushed off to work. Just an ordinary day. Until I get the call from the school. It was Tom’s turn to pick up our daughter. He must be held up for some reason. I find Tom’s phone under our bed. Now I know there’s something seriously wrong. I scroll through his messages. A text sent late last night: I KNOW EVERYTHING.

For FBI Special Agent Eden Cross, returning to Adamstown isn't a homecoming – it's a reckoning. But now, human remains have surfaced in the abandoned Raven's Lake Mine, and Eden is done waiting for answers. Lurking in the shadows is a predator known as The Collector – meticulous, patient and always watching. As she follows the trail of a killer who has remained hidden for too long, the past begins to unravel in ways she never expected.

When Noah mysteriously disappears after the couple stops along a lonely roadside, the criminal inquiry becomes a white-hot, global media sensation. As the focus on the family intensifies, lies, rumour and innuendo spread, and Joanna and Alistair slowly begin to turn on each other. Someone is hiding the truth. But will knowing the truth bring Noah back? Filled with stunning twists and all-too-realistic scenes from a relationship in crisis, The Cry offers gripping suspense and emotional drama that will keep you guessing all the way to its shocking finish.

When Lucy's mother dies unexpectedly, a mysterious Viking tattoo points to Arcania. Desperate for answers, Lucy books a stay at the retreat. At first, the mansion's eerie charm and its enigmatic owner, Cora Medville, seem harmless. But as whispers of a sordid past emerge, Lucy realises Arcania hides a deadly secret – and she might be its next victim. Decades earlier. Runaway Cora finds refuge in Arcania and falls under the spell of its charismatic owner, Harlan.

Natalie is a girl who should be going somewhere. Beautiful, bright and ambitious, she's stuck in a dead-end job in the accounts department of Nu-Line Telecommunications, living her life through wild weekends and yearning for something more. When she sees a chance to change her life, she takes it. After all, it's only a minor crime. Nobody's going to get hurt. But other people do get hurt, because Natalie's actions do have consequences – tragic consequences.

A ruthless serial killer is hunting social media influencers across New York City, leaving behind a gruesome signature – their lips sewn shut and #shutup carved into their flesh. As the body count rises, Eden's relentless drive for the truth puts her at odds with her new team – and right into the crosshairs of a killer who thrives on attention. With every clue she uncovers, the case grows more dangerous, threatening not just Eden's place in the BAU, but also her life. The clock is ticking, and with every post, every hashtag, The Silencer moves closer.

Sydney, Australia. Charlie Cooper needs more time with his family. With his transfer out of homicide to a quieter station fast approaching, the weary detective's only regret is the decade-long serial killer case he couldn't crack. But when he's called to one last murder scene, Cooper can't believe the victim is the perp he's been chasing for years. Certain the sociopath's latest abductee still lives, the desperate cop races to find her before the clock runs out.

A poultry farmer is found strung up by his feet, electrocuted, his throat slashed – murdered in the same brutal fashion as the chickens on his farm every day. With their escape now on hold, Anna and her husband fear for her missing father-in-law. Has the animal-rights group taken its fight against cruelty to a murderous level? Or is this sleepy rural paradise hiding a darker secret?

Ford laid his fingertips gently on the cut in his shoulder where the bullet had clipped him. His best chance would be to hitch a ride south at the first opportunity, before the police started looking for him. He was alone, enveloped in the monstrous silence of the desert. Free and alone, without assistance and without excuse. Left for dead in the desert, framed as the inside man in a bullion robbery at the remote mine site where he works, and fearing that his daughter and ex-wife have been abducted from their home in Perth, Ford must cross a thousand miles of wilderness to find his family.

The delectable Phryne Fisher has been invited to the Last Best party of 1928. When three of the guests are kidnapped, Phryne finds she must puzzle her way through the scavenger hunt clues to retrieve the hostages. This is another sparkling mystery from Australia's Queen of Crime, Kerry Greenwood.

Two years ago, the murder of local policeman Darcy Comer shattered the peace of the isolated mountain town of Blarnie, with the crime sharing similarities to the sinister murder of another local two decades ago. Now, as the town reels from still more bloodshed, the new murders also seem to echo this dark legacy. The old town rumours of a devil-cult, long dismissed as folklore, are now revived. A new and enigmatic cult has recently arrived in Blarnie, promising enlightenment but bringing fear.

Detective Lola Harris is called to a local park where the body of a woman has been pulled out of the river. On the victim’s wrist is a tattoo. A dolphin and a heart. Lola knows who she is instantly – the woman half the Glasgow force have been searching for: missing juror, Kathryn Main. Kathryn was on the jury that convicted reality TV star Carter Craig of a double murder. Just weeks later, the verdict was overturned. Carter walked free. Three jurors were arrested for misconduct. A fourth, Kathryn Main, disappeared. Then, a witness comes forward with shocking new information.

When 17-year-old Belle Smith is reported missing, the Darfield police are busy fighting one of the worst bushfires the region has ever faced. Twenty years later, the case that gripped the nation is resurrected when a smash hit podcast Into The Flames is released, posing the question: just what happened to Belle Smith? With public interest increasing in the cold case, DS Nick Vada is tasked with returning to Darfield to once again look into Belle's disappearance.

Detective Charlie Cooper is struggling just to keep awake after some upheaval on the home front. But life is busy for everyone, and Cooper is intrigued from the start with this baffling case. Jimmy Dallas was a rising star with everything to live for – would he really have stuck a needle in his arm the week before the biggest match of his career? Joel Maguire for one does not believe his best mate would have knowingly injected himself with anything. Reeling from the shock loss, and dealing with some issues of his own, the Rangers' star player struggles to put one foot in front of...

When Vittoria Devine and Lily Power find themselves sitting next to each other on a flight to New York, they discover they both have men in their lives whose impact has been devastating. Lily’s family life is in turmoil, her brother left on the brink of ruin by a con man. Vittoria’s philandering husband’s latest mistress is pregnant. By the time they land, Vittoria and Lily have realised that they can help each other right the balance. But only one of them knows the real story.

Detective Lola Harris is called to a murder scene on a cold October morning. The victim was seen just hours earlier, running through the darkness clutching a newborn. At 1am, a woman broke into Lawrence Dixon's home and kidnapped his ten-week-old son at gunpoint. Now Lola's chasing shadows through a maze of lies, secrets and stolen lives. And the truth is more twisted than Lola ever imagined.

Bonnie Hunter has dedicated her career to locking up rapists. While her track record for putting them behind bars is second-to-none, one particularly nasty character has eluded her for years. His penchant for cutting out the tongues of his victims to stop them talking has made him rather difficult to catch. But he's just made his first mistake. Cooper and Quinn have their own problems. With a vigilante killer amongst them, they're racing the clock to figure out who's taking justice into their own hands before the press get wind of it and send the vigilante to ground.

A thrilling mystery and one of the incomparable Inspector Bonaparte's toughest cases. Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte travels to Victoria, where two young women have disappeared while hiking in the Grampians. Not long after the search for the girls is called off, a local detective is found shot dead. Bony visits the hotel the women were last seen at, and meets the hotel's unsavoury proprietor. The resulting encounter propels Bony into an investigation which almost costs him his life.

Three women. One will sacrifice her life to stop him. One is his next victim. One must try to put him behind bars. Holly Maguire takes a taxi to a clifftop location. She is determined to make things right. Then the car goes over the edge of the cliff. As Holly falls to her death, she tightens her grip on a rucksack. She will give her life to bring him down.