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April 2025

 

Haere mai, welcome to our True Crime / Mystery newsletter. Take a walk on the dark side and discover crimes both real and fictional.

 

Staff List

New For You - Mystery & Thriller - April 2025

Fiction that keeps you guessing - you'll find danger, killers, and unexpected twists in this selection of the newest titles.

New For You - Mystery/Thriller
 

Staff List

New For You - True Crime April 2025

Top new additions to the Libraries' collection on espionage, crime, murder, and everything in between.

New For You- True Crime
 

Recommended reads

Staff List

Mystery - Graphic Novels

Captivating mystery stories about crime, the investigation and discovery of who did it with atmospheric artwork to match.

Event

Behind the Curtain: In Rehearsal Workshop

Sep 8th | 5:45pm - 7:00pm

Tūranga

Take part in a rehearsal room process in this 1-hour workshop unpacking a scene with Director Kathleen Burns.

More recommended mysteries
 

Staff List

Non-Fiction - Crime over time

These historical mysteries will inform, entertain, and best of all, keep you guessing right to the heart-stopping end.

More recommended true crime
 

New titles

New mysteries
 

New Thrillers

"The 10:12" by Maloney, Anna
"All Them Dogs" by White, Djamel
"Adrift" by Dean, Will (Novelist)
"The Amateur" by Bohjalian, Chris, 1962-
"All the Little Houses" by Cobb, May, 1973-
"Anatomy of An Alibi" by Elston, Ashley
"All Them Dogs" by White, Djamel
"The Amateur" by Bohjalian, Chris, 1962-
New thrillers
 

New True Crime

"True Crime Biographies" by Stanton, T.
"London Falling" by Keefe, Patrick Radden, 1976-
"The Mushroom Murders" by Haddrick, Greg
"London Falling" by Keefe, Patrick Radden, 1976-
"The Blood Says Otherwise : Murder, Forensics and Hidden Truths" by Miller, Ruben (Forensic scientist)
"Cop It Write" by McLean, Angus (Police officer)
"London Falling" by Keefe, Patrick Radden, 1976-
"London Falling" by Keefe, Patrick Radden, 1976-
New True Crime
 

Coming soon

Bad blood by Sarah Hornsley

A high-octane thriller brimming with suspense, deep family secrets, and shocking plot twists at every turn!

 

Top picks

Eden Undone: A true story of sex, murder, and Utopia at the dawn of World War II by Abbott Kahler

During the Great Depression, an oil mogul and his crew of scientists discover a group of European exiles trying to create a utopia in the Galapagos Islands only to find it descended into chaos and murder.

 

The Gangs of Zion by Ron Stallworth

A black detective writes about his service in Salt Lake City in the 1990s just as gangs were infiltrating and creating a hotbed of drugs and crime.

 

Easter and Anzac Day hours

  • Friday 18 April: All libraries are closed on Good Friday
  • Saturday 19 and Sunday 20 April aren't public holidays, so libraries will be open their normal hours except Linwood Library at Eastgate will be closed on Easter Sunday.
  • Monday 21 April: Our central library Tūranga is open from 10am to 5pm. All other libraries are closed on Easter Monday.
  • Friday 25 April: All libraries are closed on Anzac Day.
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