Best of 2019: Crime & Thrillers

We’re rounding up the Best Books of 2019 across all genres and categories – scroll down to see our favourites in crime fiction and thriller!

Good Girl, Bad Girl

by Michael Robotham

Australia’s very own international heavyweight of crime fiction, Michael Robotham, continues to impress with a taut, psychological, character-driven thriller that shows us why he’s so damn good.

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The Wife and the Widow

by Christian White

This page-turning, claustrophobic small town thriller is perfectly split between two well-crafted perspectives – the victim’s widow and the wife of the man suspected to be the murderer. The twist at the end will make your head spin!

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The Night Fire

by Michael Connelly

Harry Bosch and Renee Ballard come together again in an investigation that pushes them to the very edge. An explosive new thriller with a welcome cameo from the Lincoln Lawyer Mickey Haller – Michael Connelly just keeps getting better!

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The Scholar

by Dervla McTiernan

A propulsive second thriller featuring Irish sleuth Cormac Reilly in a gripping, high profile investigation. Dervla McTiernan’s bestselling series is here to stay.

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Peace

by Garry Disher

Award-winning author Garry Disher is the master of rural Australian noir, and his Constable Paul Hirschhausen is the best Aussie investigator you’ll read this year.

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The Chain

by Adrian McKinty

A horrifying feat of imagination that got people talking around the globe. This book is more than suspenseful – it’s completely terrifying.

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Blue Moon

by Lee Child

Whichever small American town Jack Reacher drifts into, millions of readers around the world eagerly follow. Another solid thriller from one of the true greats.

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How the Dead Speak

by Val McDermid

An insightful and endlessly intriguing new Hill and Jordan thriller from Scotland’s finest. Expertly plotted and totally absorbing.

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Big Sky

by Kate Atkinson

Kate Atkinson’s creation Jackson Brodie is one of the most fully-formed heroes we have today, and this book shows the literary thriller genre at its very best.

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Dead Man Switch

by Tara Moss

You’ll want to be Billie Walker’s best friend once you read Dead Man Switch. She’s the ultimate Private Investigator – wise, witty, wily – and a woman very much ahead of her time in post-war Sydney.

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