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The Night Swim by Megan Goldin

September 13, 2020 By Kim Kingston

A thriller worthy of the investment of your time, as long as you can stomach the disturbing and credible references to sexual violence against women.

Filed Under: Courtroom dramas, Thriller

The Girl in the Mirror by Rose Carlyle

August 20, 2020 By Kim Kingston

If you like your plot twists ludicrous and your characters shallow, then this is the thriller for you.

Filed Under: Thriller

Gallows Rock by Yrsa Sigurdardottir

August 5, 2020 By Kim Kingston

A man is found hanging from a rock with a nail in his chest – so, not suicide then- and an unidentified boy is found alone in the dead man’s apartment. Why?

Filed Under: Thriller

A Room Made of Leaves by Kate Grenville

August 5, 2020 By Kim Kingston

Brilliant. This book is like Jane Austen among the eucalyptus, but with so much more sex.

Filed Under: Australian, Historical Fiction

The Mist by Ragnar Jonasson

July 1, 2020 By Kim Kingston

Brilliant Icelandic crime fiction. An isolated farmhouse. A blizzard which knocks out the electricity. A knock at the door….

Filed Under: Thriller

Little Secrets by Jennifer Hillier

June 12, 2020 By Kim Kingston

This smart, sassy little thriller delivers shocks right up to the end.

Filed Under: Thriller

The Trespassers by Meg Mundell

April 29, 2020 By Kim Kingston

Published in 2019, The Trespassers is eerily prescient. The UK is in the grip of a deadly pandemic; its economy has collapsed. Migrant workers travelling to Australia by ship become increasingly wary of one another when an infectious disease breaks out on board, killing some of the passengers. Some recover, but the vessel is branded […]

Filed Under: Australian Novels, Thriller

Riptides by Kirsten Alexander

March 31, 2020 By Kim Kingston

This slow burning thriller from the author of the Half Moon Lake is the literary equivalent of an icy cold beer on a hot day; deeply satisfying.

Filed Under: Australian, Thriller

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