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February 2025

 

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

 

New For You

Staff List

New For You - Mystery & Thriller - February 2025

Find danger, killers, and unexpected twists in this selection of the newest mystery and thriller titles.

New in Mystery & Thriller
 

Staff List

New For You - True Crime - February 2025

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

New in True Crime
 

Blog Post

Vanda Symon's Dunedin: Prey

Fee reviews the latest book in the Detective Sam Shephard series by Dunedin crime writing legend Vanda Symon.

 

Blog Post

Charity Norman keeps the Home Truths burning

Fee reviews Home Truths, the latest mystery by Charity Norman.

Read Fee's reviews
 

New titles

New mysteries
 

New Thrillers

"Adrift" by Dean, Will (Novelist)
"Antihero" by Hurwitz, Gregg Andrew, 1973-
"All the Little Houses" by Cobb, May, 1973-
"The Asset" by Lawson, Michael, 1948-
"Anatomy of An Alibi" by Elston, Ashley
"A Bad, Bad Place" by Crawford, Frances
"Antihero" by Hurwitz, Gregg Andrew, 1973-
"The Asset" by Lawson, Michael, 1948-
New thrillers
 

New Crime

"The Atlas of True Crime" by Hajeski, Nancy J., 1951-
"The Crewe Murders" by Johnston, Kirsty
"Totally Terrifying True Crime Trivia" by Boone, Brian
"The Most Bizarre True Crime Stories Ever Told" by Rosewood, Jack
"They Came to Baghdad" by Christie, Agatha, 1890-1976
"How to Solve A Crime" by Gallop, Angela
"The Crewe Murders" by Johnston, Kirsty
"The Most Bizarre True Crime Stories Ever Told" by Rosewood, Jack
New Crime
 

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2026 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards

The shortlist has been announced for New Zealand's most prestigious literary awards.

Blog Post

QUIZ: Directories

A directory is an index or list of individuals and/or organisations that also includes contact details. Great for local history research.

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Coming soon

Story of a murder by Hallie Rubenhold

I am a big fan of The Five, in which Hallie Rubenhold tells the story of the women who were killed by Jack the Ripper, and her book on Harris's List and the ladies of Covent Garden. Her new book out in April is "a feminist retelling of the historical true-crime story of infamous wife-murderer Dr Crippen in Edwardian England, brought to justice by an extraordinary group of music hall women".

 

Book Sale coming soon!

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2026 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards

The shortlist has been announced for New Zealand's most prestigious literary awards.

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