november book of the month
THE HIDDEN Bryan Brown
$ 34.99 $ 29.99 available nov 4
The Heads was once a small village on the NSW north coast. Now it ' s a large village with a lot of action below the surface. Someone is preying on women. And what does the discovery of buried roosters in the forest mean to a young boy? Will Sergeant William Jarrett uncover what is really going on or will it all remain hidden? We ' re excited to share this one with you. We hope you enjoy this Q & A with Bryan below.
Congratulations on being the Fiction Book of the Month! Can you tell our readers a bit about your book?
The Hidden, like my previous book The Drowning, is set on the north coast of NSW. A smallish town where everyone knows everything about everyone... except they don’ t. There’ s always secrets. Secrets that begin to fracture and reveal themselves as the story unfolds. Some criminal and some, shall we say,‘ sins’. Ambition drives us all in very different directions. And as the dark emerges so does the light. The beauty of the beach and the serenity of the forest can blind us. Goodies and baddies.
Your writing is unflinching, thrilling, and gritty. What draws you to these kinds of stories?
A decent amount of my time over the last 40 years has been spent around coastal towns. And that has given me an introduction to many a colourful character. Be it man or woman. I’ m intrigued by the stories we carry. Everyone has a story. You can’ t live a life and not have a story. Some of those stories feature criminality. Those I like to write about.
Has your experience as an actor influenced the way you develop your characters?
As an actor I have to understand the character I play. Character is everything. If the character is real, I can play it. Of course it needs hopefully to sit in a good story. With The Hidden I get the chance to explore, develop and, I hope, deliver memorable characters.
What can readers expect from you next? What’ s next? I’ m fiddling. Might be a story there somewhere.
EVIL BONES: TEMPERANCE BRENNAN # 24
Kathy Reichs
$ 34.99
available nov 11
In this twisty, magnetic thriller, forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan finds herself enmeshed in a series of grisly animal killings that escalate into something far more sinister. When people Tempe cares about begin to go missing, it becomes clear she is being taunted, the target in a sick game to catch the killer before it’ s too late...
SHARP FORCE: KAY SCARPETTA # 29
Patricia Cornwell
$ 34.99
During the early hours of Christmas morning, chief medical examiner Dr Kay Scarpetta receives a chilling call. The Phantom Slasher has struck again. Scarpetta is summoned to Mercy Island, the site of a notorious psychiatric hospital where two people have been brutalised, one of them from Scarpetta’ s past. It soon becomes apparent that she could be next...
KILL YOUR BOSS Jack Heath
$ 34.99
available nov 4
Detective Sergeant Kiara Lui witnesses a man inexplicably plummet from the sky. Neville Adams was the head of library services, hated by anybody who had ever met him. Kiara quickly seals the Warrigal library, expecting to have someone in custody within minutes. Instead, the investigation becomes the most challenging and dangerous of her career as it spirals outward, ensnaring half the town.
THE LONG NIGHT Christian White
$ 34.99
Em has lived a quiet life with her complicated mother and is now looking for love and a potential escape from her small hometown. When a masked man kidnaps her in the dark of night, she is drawn into a terrifying world. It will take all Em and her mother’ s devotion and courage to escape this night alive. Bold and vivid, The Long Night is White ' s most exhilarating novel yet.
NASH FALLS: WALTER NASH # 1
David Baldacci
$ 34.99
Walter Nash is a mildmannered, happy and successful businessman with a loving family. The dark world is not a place he knows – until the FBI comes calling. They tell him that the company he works for is actually a criminal organisation. Can Walter Nash reinvent himself into a weapon of righteousness and justice? The odds are not with him.
EVERYONE IN THIS BANK IS A THIEF: ERNEST CUNNINGHAM # 4
Benjamin Stevenson
$ 34.99
Ernest Cunningham has spent the last few years solving murders. But a bank heist is a new one. He’ s never been a hostage before. The doors are chained shut. Which means that when someone in the bank is murdered, hostages become suspects. Turns out, more than one person planned to rob the bank today.
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