‘Never sleep the same way again’
Can you commit a crime in your sleep? It seems so. Why Matthew Blake is out to make us think of our nightly habit the way Jaws made us reconsider swimming.
Books
How celebrity book clubs really work
Bad dates, good reads and Reese Witherspoon … plus Oprah, Florence and many more. Why celebrity book clubs wield so much power – and why you stand to benefit.
Why I turned from love to crime
Sarah Barrie reveals how she was lured from making a living through romance to the grittier side of life – and death – and shares the stories that made her turn.
Dark side of the room: House-sharing horror story
Thought the days of random flatmates were behind you? Cost of living pressures are forcing older people back into house-sharing – and for Jo Dixon, the result was a horror story.
More Stories
Are these the worst villains of all time?
The man who has just created Australia’s most evil community reveals who he believes is the worst villain we’ve ever seen in a movie, book or on TV.
Hidden story in painting of girl in red dress
One man’s tragic miscalculation in Nazi Europe and a family story lost then found again and a painting of a girl in a red dress have led to the making of this new novel.
Blood-spattered woman arrives at Outback roadhouse
In the new exclusive extract of The Hunted, Outback roadhouse owner Frank, granddaughter Allie and two passing customers see a blood-spattered woman pull up in a car.
‘Wolf Creek meets Jack Reacher’
It’s a uniquely Australian story that immediately drew the attention of Hollywood. But The Hunted is one disturbing road trip that almost never was.
Spook yourself out with The Hunted
The Hunted, by Gabriel Bergmoser, is one of the most-anticipated novels this year. In this exclusive two-part edited extract we meet Frank, an unlikely hero with no idea he is about to be thrust into an outback ordeal too terrifying to imagine.
‘George RR Martin was hardly the first writer to do that’
Fantasy legend Raymond E Feist reveals why he isn’t keen on comparisons with Game of Thrones author George RR Martin, and his relief that people don’t hate him.
‘Cli-Fi’ and ‘Life lit’: Do you know your hot new book lingo?
Life lit, domestic noir, magical realism, speculative fiction, mythopoeia or cli-fi? This is what these new age literary genres really mean.
New books coming for Aussie readers
It’s been a tough year so far for a number of reasons but with the next wave of prime new releases set to hit bookstores very soon, 2020 could be the best year for readers yet.
Aussie crime queen faces off with Netflix writer
International thriller sensation and Netflix writer Karin Slaughter reveals to an Australian crime queen why we all want to break the rules.
What if home isn’t where the heart is?
What is home? And how do we know when we’ve found it? Meredith Appleyard drew on her own nomadic experiences to explore these issues in her new novel.
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