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CRIME ALLEY at Abbey's Bookshop, 131 York Street Sydney is Australia's specialist bookstore collection of crime fiction and true crime non-fiction. Detective mystery, Police procedural, rural noir, Scandi noir, psychological thriller - whatever your tastes, we have a whole wall of new release crime writing, and then aisles of crime fiction, covering modern crime novels, historical crime fiction, cosy crime books and true crime books.
We've had a whole aisle filled with Australian Crime Fiction in our shop at 131 York Street for decades. DECADES! All this great, home-grown writing is showcased on our website. You can see a selection of recent Australian Crime Fiction below and click through on the Category link to see even more.
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Give yourself a mini-break with a great classic crime mystery from the exquisite collection of BRITISH LIBRARY CRIME CLASSICS.
Hop a train, board a plane...
Chris Whitaker's All the Colours of the Dark is a haunting mystery, a serial killer thriller and a love story.
Late one summer, the town of Monta Clare is shattered by the abduction of local teenager Joseph 'Patch' Macauley. Nobody more so than Saint Brown, who is broken by her best friend's disappearance. Soon, she will eat, sleep, breathe, only to find him. But when she does: it will break her heart.
ABBEY'S BOOKSELLER PICK ----- Rose Campbell, a former police office suffering PTSD, has made a career in London as an expert on domestic violence. When she learns that her estranged daughter Lou has disappeared in coastal Western Australia, along with the two children she was nannying, Rose drops everything and heads to Australia to look for her. Mal Blackwood, the detective in charge of the case is on the verge of retirement and he doesn't need the pressure – the children are the grandchildren of the richest man in WA. As clues unfold and what is touted as a kidnapping turns more sinister, Rose starts to investigate – or interfere? – herself.
A compelling crime novel from Sara Foster, perfect for a lazy day when you can just immerse yourself in a good read! Lindy
It's the return of Nilima Rao's Sergeant Akal Singh, an unwilling transplant to Fiji, who is just starting to settle into his life in the capital city of Suva when he is sent to the neighbouring island of Ovalau on a series of fool's errands.
First: investigate strange reports of lurking Germans, thousands of miles from the front lines of World War I. Second: chaperone two strong-willed European ladies, Mary and Katherine, on a sightseeing tour. And third: supervise the only police officer currently on Ovalau, a teenage recruit with a penchant for hysterics.
Tim Minchin says it's 'tense and claustrophobic' - a comment that immediately compresses one's breath ...
Award-winning playwright and actor, Toby Schmitz, invites us all aboard the Empress of Australia, in 1925, as the vessel makes her regular Atlantic crossing, New York-bound, with a full manifest of passengers.
When a dead body is uncovered onboard, it is up to Inspector Archie Daniels to find the killer. But solving one murder quickly turns into solving two, then three, and it becomes clear that Daniels must act fast to avoid an all-souls-lost-level calamity. No one, from the horrendously wealthy and entitled first-class passengers to those they consider the dregs of empire below deck, is safe. And no one can get off ...
Madeleine Cleary takes us back to 1863, Melbourne, where the city is transitioning from a fledgling colony to a thriving, gold-fuelled metropolis.
But behind its shiny new facade, the real Melbourne can be found in the notorious red-light district of Little Lon, full of brothels where rich and poor alike can revel all night.
ABBEY'S BOOKSELLER PICK ----- In Michelle Prak's latest thriller, Mac and Erika shared a flat until the owner wanted to sell. What should have been an easy find-somewhere-else-to-rent turned into Erika moving back home and Mac becoming functionally homeless. Aware that her other friends can only offer temporary spare beds/couches and only for a limited time, Mac chances across an abandoned resort outside the city. It seems a good solution, and she only needs a small place for a few months until she goes overseas, so Mac decides to squat. But she isn't the only one who knows about Barren Cape, and some of them aren't as harmless as she is...
A fine mix of menace and social awareness (the growing problem of affordable housing) this was a very readable crime novel. Lindy
Reimagining Jane Austen’s side characters in a crime drama was irresistible and a lot of fun for Sharmini Kumar and Kelly Gardiner.
Murder by Candlelight
Ten Classic Crime Stories for Winter...
Paperback
$24.99
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A Death in Diamonds
The brand new 2024 royal murder...
Paperback
$24.99
Not in-store but you can order this
King of Ashes
the new thriller from the award-winning...
Paperback
$34.99
Forthcoming
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The Last Days of Kira Mullan
The unputdownable new thriller from...
Paperback
$34.99
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The Sea Cemetery
Secrets and lies in a bestselling...
Paperback
$24.99
Forthcoming
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Deadly Animals
Winner of the Val McDermid Crime...
Paperback
$24.99
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Seven Lively Suspects
An unputdownable cosy mystery set...
Paperback
$24.99
Forthcoming
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To Pay the Ferryman
A D.I. Lomond Thriller
Paperback
$22.99
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Love Letters to a Serial Killer
Cosmo's Thriller of the Year 2024...
Paperback
$24.99
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Death in Yuendumu
A dead man. A young cop. A black...
Paperback
$34.99
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The Peepshow
The Murders at Rillington Place...
Hardback
$67.95 $57.42
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The Undercover Police Scandal
The story of state-sponsored deception,...
Paperback
$24.99
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The Peepshow
The thrilling new page-turner from...
Hardback
$49.99
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A Murder Like No Author
A Cosy Crime Murder Mystery Set...
Paperback
$24.99
Forthcoming
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Murder Off the Books
A Small Town Cosy Crime Murder Mystery...
Paperback
$24.99
Forthcoming
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Vera Wong’s Guide to Snooping
on a Dead Man
Paperback
$22.99
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The Gravedigger’s Almanac
A Novel
Paperback
$32.99
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Mystery at the Station Hotel
The bestselling Victorian mystery...
Hardback
$49.99
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How to Solve Murders Like a Lady
The brand-new for 2024 laugh-out-loud...
Paperback
$22.99
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