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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.

Staff List

Domestic Suspense

What really goes on behind closed doors? Can you trust the person you share your life with? Are some secrets best left buried?

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

"59 Minutes" by Seddon, Holly
"The Ascent" by Buccola, Allison
"Agaw-anino" by Pingol, Erik Guzman
"Baby Teeth" by Silvani, Celia
"All We Trust" by Galloway, Gregory
"Bad Blood" by Hornsley, Sarah
"The Ascent" by Buccola, Allison
"Baby Teeth" by Silvani, Celia
New thrillers
 

New True Crime

"Whack Job" by James, Rachel McCarthy
"This House of Grief" by Garner, Helen, 1942-
"The Mushroom Tapes" by Garner, Helen, 1942-
"Polkinghorne" by Braunias, Steve, 1960-
"The First Murderer I Ever Met" by Dapin, Mark, 1963-
"The Idaho Four" by Patterson, James, 1947-
"This House of Grief" by Garner, Helen, 1942-
"Polkinghorne" by Braunias, Steve, 1960-
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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