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Private investigator Elvis Cole and his enigmatic partner Joe Pike face a cryptic case and a terrifyingly unpredictable killer in this twisty, edge-of-your-seat thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Robert Crais. Traci Beller was only thirteen when her father disappeared in the sleepy town of Rancha, not far from Los Angeles. The evidence says Tommy Beller abandoned his family, but Traci never believed it. Now a super-popular influencer with millions of followers, she finally has the money to hire a new detective to uncover the truth. And that detective is Elvis Cole. Taking on a ten-years-cold missing person case is almost always a losing game, though Elvis quickly picks up a lead in Rancha when he learns that an ex-con named Sadie Givens and her daughter Anya might have a line on the missing man. But when he finds himself shadowed by a deadly gang of vicious criminals, the case flips on its head. Victims become predators, predators become prey, and when everyone is a victim, will it be possible to save them all? Calling on the help of his ex-Marine friend, Joe Pike, Elvis follows Tommy Beller's trail into the twisted, nightmarish depths of a monstrous evil, even as what he finds tests his loyalty to his clients, and to himself. But the truth must come out, no matter the cost. Elvis must face The Big Empty and see justice done. PRAISE FOR ROBERT CRAIS: ‘The smoothest writing and best storytelling you'll ever read’ DAVID BALDACCI ‘A modern master of crime fiction’ GREGG HURWITZ ‘Robert Crais – and Joe Pike – will have you by the throat’ INDEPENDENT 'Just keeps getting better and better' EVENING STANDARD ‘Robert Crais is hands-down the World’s Greatest Crime Fiction Writer’ HUFFINGTON POST ‘Expertly delivers his customary modern-day riff on the 1940s hardboiled idiom’ GUARDIAN ‘Cleverly plotted, stylishly written’ WASHINGTON POST ‘One of the most reliable storytellers in modern crime fiction’ DAILY MAIL

SORROW SPRING'An instant folk horror classic' Erin Kelly'Clever and chilling' Susi Holliday'An atmospheric, creeping tale' Syd MooreChilling and uncanny folk suspense in a novel of twisted sisterhood and dark secrets. Some places are cursed.An isolated villageA twisted sisterhoodA dark secret that festers in silence___________________________________________________1978. When teenager Rina Pine is abandoned by her hippy mother in the isolated village of Sorrow Spring and forced to live with her elderly aunt, she quickly realises no one is coming to rescue her.Rina finds herself trapped amidst a community of women beholden to the past, who believe in the protective powers of the local spring. When a child goes missing and a young mother is killed, she is drawn into the dark and sinister truth flowing through the sacred waters that give the village its name.Rina is about to learn what it truly means to be a daughter of Sorrow Spring…___________________________________*READERS CAN’T GET ENOUGH OF SORROW SPRING*‘A deliciously creepy tale full of omens and strange sisterhoods. The atmosphere gave me goosebumps’ ?????‘This kept me utterly enchanted! It’s eerie, it’s atmospheric, it’s dark and twisty…The perfect autumn read!’ ?????‘Kept me guessing as to what was going to happen next’ ?????‘Just when you think everything is answered, there is another twist' ?????‘As fine a folk horror tale as I've ever read … heartily recommended’ ?????‘What a story! I couldn’t put this book down' ?????

CURTAIN TWITCHER'S BOOK OF MURDERSet in London in 1968, A CURTAIN TWITCHER’S BOOK OF MURDER follows the lives of the inhabitants of a suburban London street. But this is no ordinary road.London, 1968. A suburban London street. But this is no ordinary road.“Ask anyone on Atbara Avenue how well they know their neighbours, and they’ll answer ‘well’. After all, they see each other across the vast distance afforded by close proximity, and that is probably for the best...”.In number 17 live a bitter daughter and her mother, trapped with each other.Or are they?The twin brothers at number 3 think they're nothing like each other, but they may be proved wrong. Lesley disappeared from number 49 years ago. Then her body is found, and with it more secrets.Atbara Avenue is a street where, all too often, murder feels like the solution.With a delicious cast of characters, dazzling plotting, and a unique voice, Gay Marris’ first book is the fresh and compelling new voice in the world of crime fiction you've been waiting for.

From the author of The Reunion, a cozy rom-com about a writer who decamps to a Vermont lodge for work but finds herself distracted by the charming ski instructor next door. Alix Morgan just got her big break as the ghostwriter of a memoir by Sebastian Green, a former member of the boy band True North. And when he offers her a penthouse at a luxurious resort in Vermont, she jumps at the chance to work far away from her noisy, cramped apartment. Her career as an entertainment journalist has been building toward this dream job—after all, she used to cover True North and was one of the last people to interview former front man Jett Beckett before he disappeared. As she combs through her client’s voice memos, the specter of the missing lead singer remains, and fans are desperate to know the full story. But Alix also has time for some fun at this glamorous resort, where she begins ski lessons with a handsome instructor named Tyler. As Alix and Tyler fall in love on the slopes, Alix’s work takes a complicated turn—and the mystery of True North’s downfall may be hers to solve.

AN ETHICAL GUIDE TO MURDERIf you had the power over life and death, what would you do?Thea has a secret. She can tell how long someone has left to live just by touching them. Not only that, but she can transfer life from one person to another – something she finds out the hard way when her best friend Ruth suffers a fatal head injury on a night out. Desperate to save her, Thea touches the arm of the man responsible when he comes to check if Ruth is all right. As Ruth recovers, the man quietly slumps to the ground, dead.Thea realises that she has a godlike power: but despite deciding to use her ability for good, she can’t help but sometimes use it for her own benefit. Boss annoying her at work? She can take some life from them and give it as a tip to her masseuse for a great job. Creating an ‘Ethical Guide to Murder’ helps Thea to focus her new-found skills. But as she embarks on her mission to punish the wicked and give the deserving more time, she finds that it isn’t as simple as she first thought.How can she really know who deserves to die, and can she figure out her own rules before Ruth’s borrowed time runs out?

JULIA KELLY is the international bestselling author of historical novels about the extraordinary stories of the past. Her books have been translated into 14 languages. She has also written historical romance. In addition to writing, she’s been an Emmy-nominated producer, journalist, marketing professional, and (for one summer) a tea waitress. Julia called Los Angeles, Iowa, and New York City home before settling in London.

"A classic Aussie crime novel arrives like a full-throttle ute crashing through a fence. I devoured it like a Pine Lime Splice on a hot day." — Kaz Cooke"It's amazing to see what Ronni Salt can do when she's freed from a 280-character word limit." — Shaun MicallefIt's 1974 in the Riverina.The weather is scorching,but the body in the Murray River is stone cold.A gripping crime thriller about guns, drugs, and a young woman who’s dead on the money.When nineteen-year-old farmgirl Adelaide Hoffman applies for a cadetship at the Gunnawah Gazette, she sees it as her ticket out of a small, stifling life. The paper's owner, Valdene Bullark, recognizing something of her younger self in Adelaide, puts her straight to work.What begins as a routine story covering an irrigation project soon leads Adelaide to a far more dangerous investigation. In farming communities, water is money, and Adelaide’s questions stir up a hornet’s nest. Someone is determined to stop her and Val from uncovering just how deep the river of corruption and crime runs.Shady deals. Hidden agendas. A labyrinth of lies. In Gunnawah, everyone seems to have a secret, and too many are already dead quiet.Set in the heart of rural Australia during the era of Gough Whitlam, pub brawls, and flared jeans, Gunnawah is a compelling crime thriller about corruption, guns, and drugs from the most arresting new voice in Australian Noir."This compelling rural crime story, set in the politically charged Australia of the 1970s, will intrigue fans of Margaret Hickey, Richard Osman, and Lainie Anderson." — Books+Publishing"Ronni Salt's debut is historical crime fiction at its best, with a vivid sense of time and place and unforgettable characters at its core." — Newtown Review of Books

One night in the woods A party gone wrong A body discovered at sunrise He murdered her at the folly on their wedding day, left her body for the crows. They say she haunts the woods now, a girl in a white dress … Everyone in the small town of Thorncombe knows the tales of the haunted woods where the birds don’t sing and a girl in a white dress roams, luring people to their deaths. But when a girl in white is found dead the morning after Halloween, her body carefully arranged at the bottom of an old stone folly, the community is thrown into turmoil. With a teenage daughter of his own, police detective Ben Chase knows how high the stakes are. Was the girl the victim of a party prank gone wrong, or does her death represent something more sinister and ritualistic? As the investigation unfolds and the noose tightens around Chase’s own family, the only thing anyone can be sure of is that no one is safe until this violent killer is caught. A tense, clever and claustrophobic thriller where no one is who they seem and the danger lies just out of sight. 'The new master of the atmospheric thriller' Ali Lowe 'delivers suspense until the very end.' Books+Publishing

‘Book 1 in the series was Shortlisted for 2024 Ned Kelly Awards, Best Debut Crime Fiction’In the serene setting of Vanuatu’s Santo Island, tranquillity shatters when the lifeless body of a French farmer, Guy Simeon, is discovered on the pristine white sands of Champagne Beach. As they delve deeper, a labyrinth of secrets, coercion, and lies emerges. Simeon’s missing wife and strained relationship with his son paint a complex picture of his troubled life. Moreover, his financial woes and grievous interactions with locals only deepen the pool of suspects.From the bustling port town of Luganville to the idyllic beaches and azure waters of Santo, George and Jayline tirelessly pursue leads, but find themselves entangled in a web of confusion with no clear motive, weapon, or suspect in sight.Praise for the series ... a tour de force both in its vivid descriptions of warts-and-all Vanuatu and its ability to suck the reader into the frustrating investigation of its likeable detective. A thoroughly enjoyable read. - Colin Cotterill, best-selling crime fiction author