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8 Visit us today! collinsbooks.com.au CRIME FICTION MAESTRA L.S. Hilton RRP $29.99 FOOL ME ONCE Set in the exotic palaces and yachts of Europe’s seriously wealthy, Maestra is a shockingly original thriller. With a heroine as wickedly perceptive as Amy Dunne and as dangerous as Lisbeth Salander, this marks the beginning of a razor-sharp and meteoric sequence of novels that will have readers around the world on the edge of their seats and holding their breath. Harlan Coben RRP $32.99 If your husband was murdered, and you were a witness, how do you explain it when he appears on your nanny cam? You thought you trusted him. Now you can’t even trust yourself. Dark secrets and a terrifying hunt for the truth lie at the heart of this gripping new thriller. Harlan Coben Our Price proves once again that he is the $ master of the double-twist. 99 PREDATOR 27 Wilbur Smith RRP $39.99 THE STEEL KISS They murdered his wife and destroyed his future. Now they have to pay. What is promised as a cakewalk turns out to be much more, a mission that will test Cross to his emotional and physical limits. But Cross is hardwired for pain, and as he is thrown into the fire once more, he will not stop until he Our Price has snared his prey. This is the third $ book in the thrilling Hector Cross 99 series. Jeffrey Deaver RRP $29.99 Amelia Sachs is hot on the trail of a killer, chasing him through a Brooklyn department store when her pursuit is fatally interrupted. An escalator gives way, forcing Sachs into the machine to help those trapped in its depths. But was it simply freak accident? Sachs and forensic detective Lincoln Rhyme must find out, before more people die. 34 THE TRAP Melanie Raabe RRP $29.99 THE WIDOW Twelve years ago, Linda’s sister Anna was murdered. Her killer was never caught, but Linda saw him. Now, all these years later, she’s just seen him again on TV. He’s become a well-known journalist, and Linda, now an author, sets a trap by writing a thriller about the unsolved murder of a young woman. On the book’s release she agrees to interview the journalist… Fiona Barton RRP $32.99 Jean Taylor’s life was blissfully ordinary. Nice house, nice husband. Then Glen, the man she loves, is accused of a shocking crime. He is the man everyone thinks is capable of unimaginable evil. But now Glen is dead and she’s alone for the first time, free to tell her story on her own terms. THE PERPLEXING THEFT OF THE JEWEL IN THE CROWN AN ISOLATED INCIDENT Vaseem Khan RRP $29.99 Emily Maguire RRP $32.99 When beautiful Bella Michaels is brutally murdered in a small New South Wales town, the community is stunned and a full investigation gets underway as a media storm descends. An Isolated Incident is a psychological thriller about everyday violence, the media’s obsession with pretty dead girls, the grip of grief and the myth of closure. DUE 10TH MAY On the very day Inspector Chopra goes to see the Koh-i-Noor diamond which is part of the British Crown Jewels, it is stolen from under his nose in a daring and seemingly impossible heist. The hunt is on for the culprits. With sidekick baby elephant Ganesha in tow, Chopra soon realises that there is more at play than a simple case of greed... CAMBODIA NOIR THE ONE WHO GOT AWAY Caroline Overington RRP $29.99 Loren Wynne-Estes appears to have it all: a handsome husband, a stunning home, a fleet of shiny cars and two beautiful daughters. Then one day a fellow parent hands her a note...and suddenly everything’s at stake. This is an unsettling psychological thriller guaranteed to keep you on the edge of your seat. DUE 1ST MAY Nick Seeley RRP $32.99 Phnom Penh, Cambodia: Lawless, drug-soaked, forgotten. For once-great war photographer Will Keller’s spiral toward oblivion is interrupted by Kara Saito, a beautiful young woman who shows up and begs Will to help find her sister, June, who disappeared during a stint as an intern at the local paper. Propulsive, electric, and Our Price filled with unforgettable characters, $ Cambodia Noir marks the arrival of 99 a fresh new talent. 27