Australian Thrillers

It is a Bad Year and country girl Fiona Delany, the champion of the Fae has a monumental task ahead of her – to defeat a malign and evil organisation called ‘The Artificers’. Aided by her fiancé Trent, and paranormal investigating friends Bill and Deven, Fiona must leave her home in Emerald Hills in Australia, and travel to Britain in order to discover the location of the mysterious Olivia who has disappeared somewhere in the now dangerous city of London. Can they trust the strange woman called Branna who claims to be of the Fae? Can they save humanity from an overwhelming despair ...

Fiona Delany is just an average Aussie country girl, but after inheriting a house from a woman she had met only once before, Fiona discovers that she is fated to be the champion of humanity. Drawn into a strange and frightening world inhabited by mysterious creatures from myth and legend, Fiona is menaced by a malign and insidious cult that desires the destruction of the human race. Bill, Trent and Deven, who witnessed and recorded the disturbing paranormal events at Emerald Hills the previous year, must join with Fiona to help locate and battle the evil cult in order to save humanity and ...

It’s just another ordinary day for Jen McDonald. Until she slams on her brakes and narrowly misses hitting a shrouded woman. Disorientated and stumbling from her car, she’s stunned to discover that the woman has disappeared. Unbeknownst to Jen, that event is the catalyst for many others in the small Australian town of Emerald Hills. In another part of town, a witch rises up determined to gain more power, influence, and wealth, setting into motion a series of catastrophic episodes. People vanish, only to be later found dead, animals are mutilated, children go missing, a strange group of ...

Ben and Shade thought they beat the Shadoweaters. They were wrong. Hiding out in an abandoned farmhouse outside of town, Ben and Shade watch in horror as Casino is overwhelmed by Shadow Eaters, smothering the very town itself in shadow. First the police, then the army fall to this growing, shapeless evil. When Shade goes missing, Ben is left to fend for himself and take on the training of their new recruits. As Ben struggles to work out what to do, the shadows slither out across the land and seize neighbouring towns in their grip. When the new recruits ask for their shadows to be removed ...

The fate of the US military’s new secret division rests on the shoulders of covert operative Jason King. All he has to do is take down the Tijuana drug cartel – single-handedly.

'Fast Paced Action Packed & 100% Funny Dark Satirical Parody.' Miss Marple Struts her Stuff: This is a relentless and, dare I say it, humorous thriller where every move is a false start and every clue is a red herring. Private eye, Jack Hamma, faces the Hong Kong Mafia, better known as the Triad, and gets mixed up in a deadly turf war where knives and cleavers are the order of the day. Engaged to protect a beautiful Chinese girl, daughter of the Triad Dragon Master, February Ling, Jack fouls up big time, can he pull everything together and sort out the mystery or will the Triad’s ...

As darkness covers the world, a light rises in the West. Ben has lost Shade. Their crew of Light Bringers, despite the arrival of some new faces, has failed. Shadows blanket the land. While Kylie, Gavin and the others have started taking the fight into the heart of the Shadow Eater's territory, Ben has determined to sit back and enjoy the ride and drink himself to death. When their last remaining safe haven is compromised and the Light Bringers find themselves running for their lives, Ben finds himself forced once more to enter into the darkness. Don't miss the epic conclusion to The Shadow...

The Enemy Unseen – In the Winter of El Niño, a violent storm shatters the tranquility of an uninhabited atoll in the Fiji Islands. Amidst the chaos, death washes ashore, quietly settling on the bleached sand. A mysterious, ancient vessel, adrift for millennia, reluctantly releases its deadly secrets. Maggie and Brad Montana, fledgling associate professors on a long-awaited vacation, discover the ancient vessel unveiling two bizarre instruments, setting them on a worldwide quest terminating at the alien landscape of the Devil's Marbles in the Northern Territory of Australia. As the ...

How many times a day does the thought ‘if only’ run through our minds? Detective Rhiannon McVee is buried in ‘if onlys’ as she sacrifices her relationship with her cowboy Mac to make it her life’s work to solve Australia’s growing number of missing cold cases. When her young prodigy, Constable Zoe Chesney, disappears in the remote outback, Rhiannon is faced with the biggest ‘if only’ of her career. If only she could untangle the web of lies, deceit and murder her missing people have weaved before it’s too late. If only. If only.

Ivy is in trouble. A recent break-up has left her humiliated and raw, so when her best friend, Regan, offers her a month-long escape in the form of a trip to Australia, it feels like a lifeline, one that Ivy grabs with both hands. Regan is everything Ivy’s not. But Ivy is drawn to a calmer type of holiday, so when she spots an ad for crewmembers on a small yacht being sailed by a doting father and his daughter, the girls decide to take the job. Together with a handsome third crewmember, they set off north into tropical heat, but it's not long before doubts start to creep in.

A young girl is murdered on the beach, a beach just like the famous Bondi Beach in Sydney Australia. Detective Bigfoot wants to stop for Breakfast but Sargent Elizabeth West is impatient to find out who and why then Elizabeth is abducted by the killer. A comic whodunit.

“A vivid, action-packed story that is based as much on confrontation and problem-solving as it is on Theo’s evolution and courage.” Midwest Book Review praise for The Last Hunter Theo might ride a dragon, but is he strong enough to face the Orc King? While the magical society huddles within Sanctuary, Wolvere’s armies ravage the outside world. Theo holds the mantle of Hunter, but his tenuous grasp on magic continues to elude him. He needs more if he hopes to fight Wolvere. An immortal stranger promises him the answers lie with the fabled Storm Riders, who wield electricity and move ...

In the unforgiving outback of Queensland, Australia, danger lurks behind every red-dusted corner. Former SAS ranger Mick Hunter knows how to navigate the wild, but nothing prepares him for the chaos when he crosses paths with a group of hostile locals. Saved in the nick of time by a mysterious woman, Mick quickly learns her motives are as shadowed as the desert night. When she reveals why she intervened, Mick's gratitude turns to doubt—and dread. Her secret pulls him into a deadly game of cat and mouse, where trust is scarce, and survival hinges on every decision. As the vast, rugged ...

Detective Jason Smith is sick and tired of the English weather. It's February in York and the dark, dreary days are getting him down. When his wife, DC Erica Whitton wins a holiday to Australia, Smith is reluctant to go. He has no desire to go back home. Against his better judgement, Smith agrees to show his wife and daughter where he grew up. The perfect holiday soon turns into a nightmare as Smith finds himself in a race against time to save the only people he's ever cared about. Children in Smith's home town are being murdered. There's something rotten there.

Sri Lanka, 2009. Decades of civil war and bloodshed are being brought to an end at last – by any means necessary. In the capital, Colombo, tenacious journalist Ameena Fernando is murdered, execution-style, on a busy street near her home, with no witnesses. With pressure growing to find Ameena’s killers, CIA agent Ellie Harper is sent to seek justice for the journalist’s death with strict instructions: Find something, but not too much. It’s her first time returning to the island after her last mission went tragically awry four years prior, and Ellie has more than one ghost to lay to rest.

Running from heartbreak in Melbourne, James seeks refuge caretaking a farm in the rugged Scottish Highlands, tending sheep, cattle, and bonding with a loyal Border Collie. But just as he finds new hope in the arms of Annie, the strong-willed pub owner, his past comes crashing back when the woman who betrayed him arrives with her dangerous husband in tow. Now, James must fight not only for his heart but for his life in this gripping romantic suspense set against the wild beauty of Scotland. ★★★★★ Another great book from Peter McKelvie with a touch of everything - romance, humour, ...

Most homicide detective teams run on trust, loyalty, and the shared desire to put killers behind bars. Frank Bennett's partner, Eden Archer, thrives on darkness and danger. She has a rare talent for catching killers - but her idea of justice has little to do with courtrooms. Now three girls are missing, and Eden is going undercover to a remote farm where the troubled hide and blood falls more often than rain. Frank’s job is to keep an eye on his partner while she's there - but is it for Eden's protection, or to protect others from her?

It's 2005, and Jed Walker has just joined the CIA. As a 10-year veteran of Air Force Special Operations, Walker is used to being at the pointy end of things. But normally the front line is much further from home. Sent to New Orleans on the trail of Russians wanting to claim back what was stolen from them in Afghanistan, it doesn't take long for Walker to realise that in the murky world of espionage, the rules of war do not apply.

ORIGIANL STORY, WRITTEN BY A HUMAN Something evil is going on out there... Detective Ange Watson always knew policing was a hard job. A dangerous job. But she never expected to take a bullet in the line of duty… And now it seems her superiors are willing to throw Ange under the bus to cover up their own mistakes. While she isn’t easily intimidated, everyone has their limits. But when a scared young Vietnamese woman seeks refuge in a country church, it sets in motion a chain of events that will push Ange’s ingenuity and determination to its limits. No human being deserves to be sold to...

The violent slaughter of the Primrose family while they slept shocked the nation. Their young live-in chef, Bill Kareama, was swiftly charged with murder and brought to justice. But the brutal crime scarred the idyllic town of Cambridge forever. Seventeen years later, true-crime podcaster Sloane Abbott tracks down prison psychologist TK Phillips. Once a fierce campaigner for an appeal, TK now lives a quiet life with Bill's case firmly in his past. As Sloane lures a reluctant TK back into the fight, evidence emerges that casts new light on the Primroses—and who might have wanted them dead.