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THE DETECTIVE Matthew Reilly
$ 44.99
For 150 years, women have been going missing. And all the investigators who went in search of them – from 1877 to the present day – have disappeared, too. Now Sam Speedman, a most unique private detective, is on the case. He ' s not your average private detective. But then again, this isn ' t your average case. For not even he will be prepared for what he will find. Set in the darkest corners of the American South, tapping into hot-button issues that simmer beneath the surface of the modern United States, this is Matthew Reilly writing faster and bolder than ever before.
GONE BEFORE GOODBYE
Harlan Coben, Reese Witherspoon
$ 34.99 $ 29.99
Maggie McCabe is a renowned army combat surgeon. Maggie’ s former colleague, an elite surgeon whose anonymous clientele demand the best care money can buy, offers her a job. One of the world’ s most mysterious men requires unconventional medical assistance. But when the patient suddenly disappears while still under her care, Maggie must become a fugitive herself – or she will be the next one who is... gone before goodbye.
EXIT STRATEGY: JACK REACHER # 30
Lee Child, Andrew Child
$ 34.99 $ 29.99 available nov 4
Jack Reacher will make three stops today. Not all of them were planned for. First – a Baltimore coffee shop. As he leaves, a young guy brushes against him in the doorway. Second – a store to buy a coat. As he pulls out his cash, he finds something new in his pocket. A handwritten note. Third – wherever this bend in the road takes him.
THE HIDING PLACE
Kate Mildenhall
$ 34.99
When Lou sees an ad for a long-abandoned mining town up for sale, it doesn’ t take her long to convince her sister and their oldest friends to go in on the idyllic property buried in the bush. But things start to go wrong before they even arrive for their first camping trip – because by the end of the first night someone will be dead.
THE MISSING Fleur McDonald
$ 34.99
When teenager Max Galbraith disappears after a party at the two-up ring on the outskirts of Kalgoorlie, no one is sure whether he got lost in the 100-year-old mineshafts, or if something more sinister has happened. After another Kalgoorlie teenager disappears in similar circumstances, Detective Angie Sullivan is determined to solve the case before any more kids go missing.
THE WHITE CROW: PHILOMENA MCCARTHY # 2
Michael Robotham
$ 34.99
As the daughter of a London crime boss, Police Constable Philomena McCarthy walks a thin blue line. On patrol one night she discovers a child wandering alone after a deadly home invasion. Three miles away a prominent jeweller is found strapped to an explosive in his ransacked store. The crimes are linked, and all the evidence points to Phil’ s father as the mastermind.
MISCHANCE CREEK: HIRSCH # 5
Garry Disher
$ 34.99
Local copper Hirsch isn’ t usually called on for emergency roadside assistance. But it’ s Hirsch who has to grind his way out to where some clueless tourist has run into a ditch. But Annika Nordrum isn’ t exactly a tourist. She’ s searching for the body of her mother, who went missing seven years ago.
LEGACY: MARTIN SCARSDEN # 4
Chris Hammer
$ 34.99
Someone is targeting Martin Scarsden. They bomb his book launch and shoot up his hometown. Fleeing for his life, he learns that nowhere is safe, not even the outback. The killers are closing in, and it’ s all he can do to survive. But who wants to kill him and why? Can he discover their deadly motives and turn the tables?
THE REDLINE: JESSE REDPATH # 3
Adrian Hyland
$ 34.99
available nov 25
Sergeant Jesse
Redpath’ s day is going from bad to worse with the death of a colleague out on the Redline Road. And it’ s not the first death or disappearance in the ranges. The local rumour mill suggests the perp is a semi-mythical character called‘ Anarchy’. Beneath the charm of a closeknit community, a darker truth festers, and Jesse’ s driven to expose it.
SOFTLY CALLS THE DEVIL
Chris Blake
$ 34.99
available nov 4
After some hard times, Matt’ s life is peaceful as sole-charge constable for the small, isolated settlement of Haast on New Zealand’ s wild West Coast. But then his much-loved predecessor, Gus, is discovered beside a river with a bullet through his head. Matt is determined to find answers.
THE INTRUDER Freida McFadden
$ 34.99
Casey’ s cabin in the wilderness is not built for a hurricane. But she’ s a lot more worried about the girl she discovers lurking outside her kitchen window, who is covered in blood and won ' t explain where she came from. Or let go of the knife in her hand. And when Casey makes a disturbing discovery, things take a turn for the worse. A deadly tale of survival and desperation from # 1 New York Times bestselling author Freida McFadden.
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