Mystery & Detective / Australian, Pacific, Oceanian and Polynesian literature

Dunbar Case

by Peter Corris

Private Investigator Cliff Hardy's 39th case sees him leaving the mean streets of Sydney for Newcastle, investigating what a famous 19th century shipwreck has to do with a multi-million dollar heist with a cast...

Shooting Star

by Peter Temple

Winner of the Ned Kelly Award for crime fiction. Anne Carson is fifteen, beautiful, wayward. Abducted. The rich Carsons have closed ranks and summoned Frank Calder. This is not the first kidnapping in the Carson...

White Dog: Jack Irish book 4

Jack Irish #4

by Peter Temple

This is the fourth Jack Irish thriller. Jack Irish--gambler, cook and cabinetmaker, finder of people who don't want to be found--has a new job, hunting for evidence that might save the beautiful sculptor Sarah...

Dead Point: Jack Irish book 3

Jack Irish #3

by Peter Temple

It takes a lot to rattle Jack Irish but, as Melbourne descends into a cold, wet winter, his mood is on the same trajectory. His mind is not fully on the job at hand: find Robbie Colburne. But when Jack gets...