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  • The Vanishing Gold Truck The Vanishing Gold Truck
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    The Vanishing Gold Truck

    When the Cedarville bank is robbed of a gold shipment, Sheriff Bucyrus Duckhouse of Willis Creek was just where he wants to be -- waiting at the end of the Smoky Ridge Tunnel where any minute the robbers have just got to emerge.But meanwhile, carny Jim...
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  • Laughing Girl Laughing Girl
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    Laughing Girl

    A young woman is playing roulette in a Nevada gambling house, and she is winning. That is why she laughs. Peter Storm, observing her, cannot make up his mind whether she is beautiful or not, but he likes the way she laughs.When the girl catches sight of...
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  • The Turning Sword The Turning Sword
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    The Turning Sword

    “A Van Kill novel of detection, replete with citations in all tongues save Papuan—a flossy, intricate dish for those that have the taste for them. A bit of esoteric erudition headed by the savant sleuth, his Greek helpmeet and the child...
    $36.00

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  • Meat For Murder Meat For Murder
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    Meat For Murder

    The setting: Hollywood.The year: 1943.When death strikes at the austere, castle-like home of Earl Falkoner, an erratic designer of Hollywood sets and a would-be playwright, his hired writers and hired help-not to mention his dogs, his massive bodyguards,...
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  • Carny Kill Carny Kill
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    Carny Kill

    That's a knife in his chest, just like the kind my ex-wife used to use in her knife-throwing act. But that was a long time ago. Before she married the owner of this carny... And there's the owner now. He's the dead man.CARNY KILL. A mystery...
    $23.00

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  • Murder in the Bahamas Murder in the Bahamas
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    Murder in the Bahamas

    She was in a travel agent's dream. Around her: gleaming waters, waving palm trees, soft-scented breezes. Beside her: the man she loved. And poised above her, ready to strike: the deadly hand of murder..."Leslie Ford is one of the cleverest and...
    $19.00

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  • By the Watchman's Clock By the Watchman's Clock
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    By the Watchman's Clock

    Slowly I turned to face the hall and the doorway. I waited in an agony of suspense. The great house was as silent as an empty grave, with the pulse of time beating eternally against it:  tick, tock; tick, tock; tick, tock...Gradually I relaxed and...
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  • Lethal Lady Lethal Lady
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    Lethal Lady

    When Clara Davis grew tired of her stodgy husband Harold, she came up with an inspired plan: Why not fake her own death? And why not be paid for being dead? After all, wealthy Harold wouldn't remain a widower long, and when he remarried, Clara would...
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  • Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine #18 Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine #18
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    Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine #18

    "Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine" returns with issue #18, presenting the best in modern and classic mystery fiction! Included this time are the usual column by Dr John H. Watson, plus the following works:Screen of the Crime, by Kim NewmanMr. Holmes, by...
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  • Dr. Morelle at Midnight Dr. Morelle at Midnight
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    Dr. Morelle at Midnight

    Ian Laking is pathologically jealous of his beautiful wife, and obsessed with murder. His only hope lies in being treated by Dr. Morelle, the well-known psychiatrist and criminologist. Laking suspects his business associate, Duke Fenton, of being his...
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  • Dr. Morelle and the Doll Dr. Morelle and the Doll
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    Dr. Morelle and the Doll

    In a wild, bleak corner of the Kent Coast, a derelict harbour rots beneath the tides. Here the "Doll," a film-struck waif, and her lover, ex-movie star Tod Hafferty, play out their final, tragic, ill-fated, real-life roles. Sudden death strikes the...
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  • A Gunman Close Behind A Gunman Close Behind
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    A Gunman Close Behind

    Mike Lantry, the tough, hard-bitten chief of World Wide Investigations, is on his way back to New York after a restful vacation when he gives a ride to a lone girl on an Indiana highway. Lantry's up to his neck in from that moment on, coming into contact...
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  • Assignment New York Assignment New York
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    Assignment New York

    World-Wide Investigations on Madison Avenue, New York, is the world's largest detective agency. Headed by Mike Lantry, the agency will take any case, anywhere, at any time--including some strange dealings in even stranger parts of the world. But...
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  • The Last President The Last President
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    The Last President

    Set in an alternative reality where "All the President's men" do not get caught at Watergate, this "shockingly believable" novel presents the frightening scenario of what could happen if a powerful but paranoid American chief executive goes out of...
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  • Kill Me a Fortune Kill Me a Fortune
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    Kill Me a Fortune

    For Ross Elliot, the summer held no promise. With his teaching duties over until fall, he found himself facing boredom, with time on his hands. Which was why he didn't hesitate to involve himself in the affairs of one Barbara Erickson, ex-student and...
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  • Your Secrets My Lies Your Secrets My Lies
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    Your Secrets My Lies

    Your Secrets My Lies is a fast moving dramatic novel that examines the maze of possibilities that can exist between people who hold deep secrets, harbor lies as reality, and battle the freak nature of the darkness that lurks within. When a mother,...
    $33.00

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  • The Vile Seed Murders The Vile Seed Murders
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    The Vile Seed Murders

    Armafreakingeddon on the Great Lakes! The Vile Seed is ready to strike. Remembering those electrifying days following Pearl Harbor to living in current day Detroit, murder and espionage permeate the air generating a possible death blow to over 26...
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  • Death By Arbitrage or Live Low Die High Death By Arbitrage or Live Low Die High
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    Death By Arbitrage or Live Low Die High

    Insider trading – white-collar crime. It’s harmless to everyone except a few investors. Or is it? Consider a hedge fund that blocks emergency calls, making profitable trades while people lie dying. In Death By Arbitrage or Live Low Die High, computer...
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  • The Merely Mortal The Merely Mortal
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    The Merely Mortal

    If you are one who has ever suspected, even in part, that there are, truly, monsters of both human and unhuman kind shadowing the earth, then do, I implore, proceed into my story-where awaits that confirmation. Peruse with the utmost vigilance, however,...
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  • Knots in the Vine Knots in the Vine
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    Knots in the Vine

    IF DEATH DISSOLVES BEING, WICKEDNESS MUST BE PUNISHED DURING LIFE BOSTON SOCIETY, POLITICS, WEALTH AND LUST WOVEN INTO A MYSTERY OF PSYCHOTICMURDER IN NEW YORKMargaux, the young and beautiful French model, is a victim of serial murder, followed by...
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  • Prelude of Death Prelude of Death
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    Prelude of Death

    Silence Is A Sentence Of Death...Secrets from the past have the power to destroy three lives. The smoldering rubble of a landmark hotel devours Marcy Lane's links to her daughter and career. The murder of her high school sweetheart prompts an ambitious...
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  • Wound Tight Wound Tight
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    Wound Tight

    Herman Girtler grew up with an abusive, alcoholic foster father, which molded him into the man he is, living in present-day New York City. He has extreme obsessive-compulsive personality disorder, and it's only a matter of time before he snaps. Finally,...
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  • The Terror in the Air The Terror in the Air
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    The Terror in the Air

    This early work by Arthur Benjamin Reeve was originally published in 1912 and we are now republishing it with a brand new biography. " The Terror In The Air" features Professor Craig Kennedy, who is sometimes referred to as "The American Sherlock Holmes"...
    $22.00

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  • Earl Derr Biggers Tells Ten Stories Earl Derr Biggers Tells Ten Stories
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    Earl Derr Biggers Tells Ten Stories

    This early work by Earl Derr Biggers was originally published in 1933 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. "Earl Derr Biggers Tells Ten Stories" is a collection of short stories, published after his death. Earl Derr...
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  • The Black Camel The Black Camel
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    The Black Camel

    This early work by Earl Derr Biggers was originally published in 1929 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. "The Black Camel" tells the story of a Hollywood star (Shelah Fane), who is stopping in Hawaii after she...
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  • The Three Eyes The Three Eyes
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    The Three Eyes

    This early work by Maurice Leblanc was originally published in 1919 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. "The Three Eyes" is one of Leblanc's notable science fiction novels, in which a scientist makes televisual contact...
    $41.00

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  • The River's End The River's End
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    The River's End

    This early work by James Oliver Curwood was originally published in 1919 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. In "The River's End", two men who physically resemble each other lead very different lives. Conniston is a...
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  • The Secret of Sarek The Secret of Sarek
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    The Secret of Sarek

    This early work by Maurice Leblanc was originally published in 1919 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. In "The Secret of Sarek," the action takes place almost entirely on the fictional Island of Sarek in 1917, in...
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  • Gold of the Gods Gold of the Gods
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    Gold of the Gods

    This early work by Arthur Benjamin Reeve was originally published in 1915 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. 'Gold of the Gods' features Professor Craig Kennedy who is sometimes compared to as "The American Sherlock...
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  • Arsène Lupin versus Herlock Sholmes Arsène Lupin versus Herlock Sholmes
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    Arsène Lupin versus Herlock Sholmes

    Arsène Lupin vs. Herlock Sholmes is a collection of two adventures which feature a match of wits between Lupin and Herlock Sholmes, a transparent reference to Sherlock Holmes, the hero of Conan Doyle's detective stories. This early work by Maurice...
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  • The Sand-Hog The Sand-Hog
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    The Sand-Hog

    This early work by Arthur Benjamin Reeve was originally published in 1912 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. In "The Sand-Hog" popular detective Craig Kennedy investigates evil deeds committed during the construction...
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  • The Tremendous Event The Tremendous Event
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    The Tremendous Event

    This early work by Maurice Leblanc was originally published in 1920 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. "The Tremendous Event" is a classic novel blending romance, adventure, and science fiction, and is sure to appeal...
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  • Charlie Chan Carries On Charlie Chan Carries On
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    Charlie Chan Carries On

    This early work by Earl Derr Biggers was originally published in 1930 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. "Charlie Chan Carries On" is the fifth novel in the Charlie Chan series. Inspector Duff, a Scotland Yard...
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  • The Germ of Death The Germ of Death
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    The Germ of Death

    This early work by Arthur Benjamin Reeve was originally published in 1912 and we are now republishing it with a brand new biography. "The Germ Of Death" sees Kennedy investigate a case of suspicious deaths, which turn out to be done by a Czarist spy...
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Crime & Mystery Books – Best Crime Fiction, Thrillers, Detective Novels & Mystery Books in Australia

Step into the thrilling world of crime & mystery books at Bookloop, Australia’s premier destination for the best crime fiction, thrillers, detective novels, and mystery books. Whether you're searching for the latest crime novels that are trending, timeless detective classics, or spine-tingling psychological thrillers, we have a collection designed for every mystery lover. Discover the finest crime books that take you deep into gripping investigations, cold cases, and twisted plotlines.

At Bookloop, you can explore bestselling crime fiction authors, such as Agatha Christie and Arthur Conan Doyle, as well as modern masters of the genre like Gillian Flynn and Tana French. Our collection includes thrillers with edge-of-your-seat action, detective novels that feature iconic sleuths like Sherlock Holmes and Hercule Poirot, and mystery books packed with mind-bending puzzles and clever twists. Dive into true crime books that chronicle real-life cases, or immerse yourself in psychological thrillers that explore the darkest corners of the human mind.

Looking for crime novels like Agatha Christie, whodunit mystery books, or a thriller novel with a shocking twist? Our collection includes best crime fiction books, new crime novels, and mystery novels for adults that will keep you up at night. Find the best psychological thrillers, detective stories for adults, and gripping crime stories that will satisfy even the most avid crime fiction reader.

Explore our true crime novels that examine the most famous criminal cases, and browse through suspenseful thriller books that bring suspense to the forefront. We have a wide range of mystery books for all ages, from children’s mystery books to adult crime novels. Whether you're looking for the best crime books to read, want to dive into a detective mystery series, or simply enjoy a crime fiction thriller that keeps you guessing until the last page, you’ll find it all here at Bookloop.

From contemporary crime fiction to classic detective tales, our bookstore offers a diverse range of crime books Australia readers will love. Browse through our carefully curated collection and discover your next favorite crime thriller novel today!