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March 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 - March 2025

You'll find danger, killers, and unexpected twists in this selection of the newest mystery and thriller titles.

New in Mystery & Thriller
 

Book Sale coming soon!

Technology programmes for teens and adults

Explore library programmes and sessions designed to help you use technology.

Find out more
 

Blog Post

Leave the Girls Behind? Not on Jacqui Bublitz's watch...

Fee reviews the latest from award-winning writer, Jacqueline Bublitz - a tale of a woman obsessed with a serial killer and his victims.

Read Fee's post
 

Recommended reads

Staff List

LGBTQIA+ Mystery

Mysteries featuring LGBTQIA+ characters. If you prefer mysteries with weight to them and complex characters, this is the right list for you.

Staff List

Literary Mystery

Expect sharp social commentary, elaborate plotting, delightfully complex characters, and mysteries with thought-provoking narratives.

More recommended mysteries
 

Staff List

Non-fiction - New Zealand True Crime

Famous robberies, crimes of passion, criminal trials, wicked murders, heists, fraud, gangs, and survivor stories... all involving Kiwi crims

More recommended true crime
 

New titles

New Mysteries

"The Death of Remembrance" by Meyrick, Denzil, 1965-
"Tokyo Swindlers" by Shinjō, Kō, 1983-
"The Dark Hours" by Jordan, Amy (Novelist)
"2 Sisters Murder Investigations" by Patterson, James, 1947-
"The East Ham Golem" by Nadel, Barbara
"Little Red Death" by Benedict, A. K., pseud., 1977-
"Tokyo Swindlers" by Shinjō, Kō, 1983-
"2 Sisters Murder Investigations" by Patterson, James, 1947-
New mysteries
 

New Thrillers

"Beautiful Ugly" by Feeney, Alice
"Clever Little Thing" by Echlin, Helena
"The Business Trip" by Garcia, Jessie, 1970-
"Close your Eyes and Count to 10" by Unger, Lisa, 1970-
"The Campers" by Cuskelly, Maryrose
"Cold Storage" by Grumley, Michael C.
"Clever Little Thing" by Echlin, Helena
"Close your Eyes and Count to 10" by Unger, Lisa, 1970-
New thrillers
 

New True Crime

"The Book of Murder" by Murphy, Matt (Lawyer)
"Sophie" by Molony, Senan, 1963-
"Shadow Men" by Polchin, James
"Eden Undone" by Kahler, Abbott, pseud., 1973-
"The Devil Behind the Badge" by Jervis, Rick
"The Peepshow" by Summerscale, Kate, 1965-
"Sophie" by Molony, Senan, 1963-
"Eden Undone" by Kahler, Abbott, pseud., 1973-
New True Crime
 

Coming soon

That'll Teach Her by Maz Evans

For fans of Richard Osman. A dead headmistress, a parents group chat, who will solve the murder?

 

Killer Potential by Hannah Deitch

Fast-paced, darkly funny thriller - perfect for fans of Thelma and Louise.

 

The Peepshow: The murders at 10 Rillington Place by Kate Summerscale

Longlisted for the 2025 Women’s Prize for Non-Fiction, this riveting true story looks at the lives of the victims of murderer Reg Christie, the tabloid frenzy their deaths inspired, and the truth about what happened at 10 Rillington Place.

 
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