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Stories on Fear, Hate & Bigotry

Edited by Phoebe Grainer, Stephen Pham, Winnie Dunn ...

This fearless collection is described by Mascara Literary Review as 'value for anyone whose own lives are inextricably bruised by others' fear, hate, and targeted bigotry'.Are we a nation of racists? Thirty-nine writers confront our darkest truths in this fearless collection of short stories, poems and essays from the margins of Australia. Featuring Tyree Barnette, Meyrnah Khodr, Adam Phillip ... Read more

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This fearless collection is described by Mascara Literary Review as 'value for anyone whose own lives are inextricably bruised by others' fear, hate, and targeted bigotry'.Are we a nation of racists? Thirty-nine writers confront our darkest truths in this fearless collection of short stories, poems and essays from the margins of Australia. Featuring Tyree Barnette, Meyrnah Khodr, Adam Phillip
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Melaleuca: Winner of the 2026 Australian Book Industry Award for Debut Book of the Year. A gripping Australian outback crime thriller where a murder in the present leads to a long-buried injustice.

by Angie Faye Martin ...

Narrated by Phoebe Grainer ...

Unabridged

12 hours 19 min

Shortlisted for the Matt Richell New Writer of the Year, ABIAs 2026A country town, a brutal murder, a shameful past, a reckoning to come... The injustices of the past and dangers of the present envelop Aboriginal policewoman Renee Taylor, when her unwilling return to the small outback town of her childhood plunges her into the investigation of a brutal murder.Renee Taylor is planning to stay the ... Read more

$28.99 USD

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Shortlisted for the Matt Richell New Writer of the Year, ABIAs 2026A country town, a brutal murder, a shameful past, a reckoning to come... The injustices of the past and dangers of the present envelop Aboriginal policewoman Renee Taylor, when her unwilling return to the small outback town of her childhood plunges her into the investigation of a brutal murder.Renee Taylor is planning to stay the
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Nemesis

The BRAND NEW unputdownable and gripping thriller for 2026 from the author of OUTBACK

by Patricia Wolf ...

Narrated by Adam Fitzgerald ...

Series Audiobook 4 - A DS Walker Thriller
Unabridged

12 hours 24 min

A DANGEROUS CHASE. A SADISTIC KILLER.DS Lucas Walker is on assignment for the AFP, and it couldn't be more personal. This is his last chance to take down Stefan Markovich - the Vandals leader who tried to have him killed after Walker uncovered his drug operation, and has evaded justice for years.Having tracked Markovich to Berlin, Walker heads to Germany to lure his nemesis out of hiding and into ... Read more

$71.99 USD

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A DANGEROUS CHASE. A SADISTIC KILLER.DS Lucas Walker is on assignment for the AFP, and it couldn't be more personal. This is his last chance to take down Stefan Markovich - the Vandals leader who tried to have him killed after Walker uncovered his drug operation, and has evaded justice for years.Having tracked Markovich to Berlin, Walker heads to Germany to lure his nemesis out of hiding and into
... Read more

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VANISH

#1 bestselling author of WAKE and RIPPER (Lane Holland 3)

by Shelley Burr ...

Narrated by Jacquie Brennan ...

Series Audiobook 1 - Lane Holland
Unabridged

8 hours 43 min

'A sure-fire page-turner that keeps readers guessing' DAILY TELEGRAPH'Shelley Burr does not take prisoners. Crime fiction at its effortless best - beautifully drawn characters, rich relationships, fast and fascinating plot, and twists that make you go "ah"' LAINIE ANDERSON'VANISH delivers a surprising climax worthy of Shelley's reputation as one of Australia's most exciting new crime writers' THE ... Read more

$25.99 USD

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'A sure-fire page-turner that keeps readers guessing' DAILY TELEGRAPH'Shelley Burr does not take prisoners. Crime fiction at its effortless best - beautifully drawn characters, rich relationships, fast and fascinating plot, and twists that make you go "ah"' LAINIE ANDERSON'VANISH delivers a surprising climax worthy of Shelley's reputation as one of Australia's most exciting new crime writers' THE
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The White Crow

by Michael Robotham ...

Narrated by Katy Sobey ...

Series series Philomena McCarthy Series
Unabridged

11 hours 53 min

“No one does suspense better.” —Stephen KingAmbitious young London police officer Philomena McCarthy returns in this “spectacular” (Booklist) psychological thriller by the author of When You Are Mine.Philomena McCarthy has defied the odds to become a young officer with the Metropolitan Police, despite her father and uncles being notorious London gangsters.On patrol one night, Philomena finds a ... Read more

$26.99 USD

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“No one does suspense better.” —Stephen KingAmbitious young London police officer Philomena McCarthy returns in this “spectacular” (Booklist) psychological thriller by the author of When You Are Mine.Philomena McCarthy has defied the odds to become a young officer with the Metropolitan Police, despite her father and uncles being notorious London gangsters.On patrol one night, Philomena finds a
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Nightshade

by Michael Connelly ...

Narrated by Will Damron ...

Series Audiobook 1 - A Catalina Novel
Unabridged

9 hours 11 min

Introducing Detective Stilwell: a cop relentlessly following his mission in the seemingly idyllic setting of Catalina Island. Featuring a sneak peek of the next audiobook in the series, Ironwood.Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Detective Stilwell has been “exiled” to a low-key post policing rustic Catalina Island, after department politics drove him off a homicide desk on the mainland. But while ... Read more

$27.99 USD

Introducing Detective Stilwell: a cop relentlessly following his mission in the seemingly idyllic setting of Catalina Island. Featuring a sneak peek of the next audiobook in the series, Ironwood.Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Detective Stilwell has been “exiled” to a low-key post policing rustic Catalina Island, after department politics drove him off a homicide desk on the mainland. But while
... Read more
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Inside Out

An Incredible Friendship and Fight for Justice

by Kathleen Folbigg, Tracy Chapman ...

Narrated by Kathleen Folbigg, Tracy Chapman ...

Unabridged

12 hours 58 min

In 2003 Kathleen Folbigg was convicted of killing her four babies. Her trial relied on her husband's accusations and diary entries expressing her guilt over her children's deaths. She was sentenced to forty years in prison.In Inside Out Kathleen takes us back to her traumatic childhood, her difficult marriage, her dream of nurturing a family, and the profound souring of that dream into a nightmare ... Read more

$24.99 USD

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In 2003 Kathleen Folbigg was convicted of killing her four babies. Her trial relied on her husband's accusations and diary entries expressing her guilt over her children's deaths. She was sentenced to forty years in prison.In Inside Out Kathleen takes us back to her traumatic childhood, her difficult marriage, her dream of nurturing a family, and the profound souring of that dream into a nightmare
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The Inheritance: Gripping intrigue and big secrets, the best Australian mystery of 2025 is 'taut, propulsive' and 'unputdownable' perfect for readers of Sally Hepworth and Liane Moriarty

by Kate Horan ...

Narrated by Zoe Trilsbach ...

Unabridged

9 hours 44 min

What if everyone in your family was given a DNA test at Christmas: would there be any surprise results? For two women the answers are shocking, and dangerous. Perfect for readers of Liane Moriarty and Sally Hepworth.Families lie. DNA doesn't.Isobel Ashworth breezes through life, blissfully accustomed to the privilege which comes with her family name. But that changes when she arrives in the ... Read more

$28.99 USD

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What if everyone in your family was given a DNA test at Christmas: would there be any surprise results? For two women the answers are shocking, and dangerous. Perfect for readers of Liane Moriarty and Sally Hepworth.Families lie. DNA doesn't.Isobel Ashworth breezes through life, blissfully accustomed to the privilege which comes with her family name. But that changes when she arrives in the
... Read more

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When She Was Gone

by Sara Foster ...

Narrated by Sophie Loughran ...

Unabridged

10 hours 28 min

Was she taken … or did she run?The pulse-pounding new psychological thriller from the bestselling author of You Don’t Know MeRose was torn away from her daughter. Now she may be the only one who can save her.Former London police officer Rose Campbell has been estranged from her daughter, Lou, for almost a decade. But when Lou disappears from a remote beach in Western Australia—and the police ... Read more

$19.95 USD

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Was she taken … or did she run?The pulse-pounding new psychological thriller from the bestselling author of You Don’t Know MeRose was torn away from her daughter. Now she may be the only one who can save her.Former London police officer Rose Campbell has been estranged from her daughter, Lou, for almost a decade. But when Lou disappears from a remote beach in Western Australia—and the police
... Read more

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The Reunion

A gripping, atmospheric thriller with a jaw-dropping twist

by Bronwyn Rivers ...

Narrated by Kate Winter ...

Unabridged

9 hours 15 min

'Full of atmosphere and shocks' THE TIMES'One of the best Aussie thriller debuts since Chris Hammer's Scrublands' PETERBOROUGH TELEGRAPH'The pace spirals and the twists multiply' S. R. WHITE , author of international bestseller Hermit------------Ten years ago, six teenagers hiked into the Blue Mountains wilderness - and only five came out alive.The survivors have b... ... Read more

$31.99 USD

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'Full of atmosphere and shocks' THE TIMES'One of the best Aussie thriller debuts since Chris Hammer's Scrublands' PETERBOROUGH TELEGRAPH'The pace spirals and the twists multiply' S. R. WHITE , author of international bestseller Hermit------------Ten years ago, six teenagers hiked into the Blue Mountains wilderness - and only five came out alive.The survivors have b...
... Read more

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The Long Night

by Christian White ...

Narrated by Raechyl French ...

Unabridged

8 hours 2 min

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, though, she is drawn into a terrifying world.Jodie has been trying to forget a troubling time in her life, pouring her trauma into her work and out of her mind. Until one night her daughter is kidnapped and Jodie is ... Read more

$14.99 USD

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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, though, she is drawn into a terrifying world.Jodie has been trying to forget a troubling time in her life, pouring her trauma into her work and out of her mind. Until one night her daughter is kidnapped and Jodie is
... Read more

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Opal

The jaw dropping and unputdownable thriller by Patricia Wolf

by Patricia Wolf ...

Narrated by Adam Fitzgerald ...

Series Audiobook 3 - A DS Walker Thriller
Unabridged

11 hours 22 min

A small mining town. A brutal double murder. A killer among them.DS Lucas Walker is out bush with his little sister Grace from Boston. They're fetching his cousin Blair, who's been mining boulder opal in Kanpara. The town is tense with rumours of a big opal find, and Blair wants out.But Kanpara is in Channel Country, and when the three try to leave the next day, they find themselves completely cut ... Read more

$71.99 USD

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A small mining town. A brutal double murder. A killer among them.DS Lucas Walker is out bush with his little sister Grace from Boston. They're fetching his cousin Blair, who's been mining boulder opal in Kanpara. The town is tense with rumours of a big opal find, and Blair wants out.But Kanpara is in Channel Country, and when the three try to leave the next day, they find themselves completely cut
... Read more

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