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8 Visit us today! collinsbooks.com.au CRIME TELL THE TRUTH, SHAME THE DEVIL Melina Marchetta RRP $32.99 THE COUPLE NEXT DOOR Shari Lapena RRP $32.99 Your neighbour told you that she didn’t want your baby at the dinner party. Your husband said it would be fine. After all, you only live next door and you’ll have the baby monitor. Your daughter was sleeping when you checked on her last. But now, she’s gone… DUE 29TH AUGUST CLOSED CASKET THE RULES OF BACKYARD CRICKET Sophie Hannah RRP $29.99 Jock Serong RRP $29.99 Following the global success of The Monogram Murders, crime writer Sophie Hannah has been commissioned to pen a second fully-authorised Poirot novel. This marks the centenary of the creation of Agatha Christie’s detective Hercule Poirot, introduced in her first book The Mysterious DUE 6TH SEPTEMBER Affair at Styles. PRECIOUS AND GRACE DUE 29TH AUGUST Alexander McCall Smith RRP $32.99 DUE 30TH AUGUST Melina Marchetta’s gripping new novel Tell the Truth, Shame the Devil is part family saga and part crime fiction. It is a novel about human identity, lost children and the nature of real love. With a cast of unforgettable characters and Melina’s trademark social insight and wry wit, this is a cracking fusion of suspense and heart-rending drama. NOTHING SHORT OF DYING Precious Ramotswe receives a visit from an Australian woman who asks Precious to find the nursemaid who raised her. She wants to thank her for being such an important part of her life. Precious has a Our Price history of successfully solving cases, but $ this one proves difficult and throws up a 99 number of surprises and challenges. Erik Storey RRP $29.99 27 BLACK WATER LILIES Michel Bussi RRP $32.99 This story is set in Giverny where a man has been found dead in the stream that runs through Monet’s famous gardens. Entangled in the mystery are three women who share a secret. And what is the connection to the mysterious, rumoured painting of Black Water Lilies? CYANIDE GAMES Richard Beasley RRP $29.99 When Melissa Cheung’s husband is arrested in China for corruption, her first call is to criminal defense lawyer Peter Tanner. As he pursues those who had Cheung incarcerated, Tanner unearths many cover-ups, as he tries to bring the perpetrators to justice. CONSTANCE KOPP SERIES: LADY COP MAKES TROUBLE Amy Stewart RRP $32.99 Based on a true story, Girl Waits with Gun introduced Constance Kopp and her charming and steadfast sisters to an army of enthusiastic readers. This is the Our Price second instalment in the romping, wildly DUE 19TH SEPTEMBER $ readable life of a woman, tackling crime and 99 nefarious criminals along the way. 27 It starts in a suburban backyard with Darren Keefe and his older brother. All the love and hatred in two small bodies poured into the rules of a made-up game. Eventually, Darren becomes an Australian sporting star of the bad-boy variety. Then, middle aged, he is found in the boot of a car. He has been gagged, cable-tied, a bullet in his knee. DUE 1ST SEPTEMBER Clyde Barr has been on the run for sixteen years. Now he’s back in the Colorado wilderness, hoping for some peace and quiet. But he receives a frantic phone call for help from his sister. The line goes dead. She’s been taken. Clyde doesn’t know how much time he has. But nothing short of dying will stop him from saving her… WATCHING EDIE Camilla Way RRP $29.99 This is a chilling psychological thriller about friendship, deception, betrayal and violence. Edie is pregnant and alone, desperately trying to rebuild her life. It’s no coincidence that an old friend shows up just when Edie needs her most. A dark secret lies between them and Edie’s about to learn that those who have hurt us (or who we have hurt) never let us go… NEVER NEVER James Patterson Candice Fox RRP $32.99 Never Never is a chilling thriller set in the Australian Outback. Deep in the Western Australian desert, three young people have disappeared from the Bandya Mine. And it’s Harry’s job to track them down but, in this unforgiving land, Our Price she has no idea how close she is $ to a whole new kind of danger. 2799