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
Fiction that keeps you guessing - find danger, killers, and unexpected twists in this selection of the newest mystery and thriller titles.
Our selectors have hand-picked the top new additions to the collection for espionage, crime, murder, and everything in between.
The 12 longlisted titles for the award for best crime novel were announced on 20 August 2026.
The winner for the best first novel prize in NZ's crime writing awards has been announced.
Website
Revisit WORD Christchurch 2024 - read our event reports, and find works by WORD writers in our collection.
Blog Post
Jessie reports back on Steve Braunias' WORD Christchurch 2024 event: True Stories of Death and Desperation.
Fee reports back on a double whammy - The Bookshop Detectives, followed by the Ngaio Marsh Interrogations. I mean Awards.
Our selector picks the best new and upcoming books. Get in first!
For fans of Jane Harper and Celeste Ng, an elevated literary chilling tale. For those who like depth and prose, twists, and slow burning suspense.
On the outside they had the perfect life, on the inside it was the perfect lie. A young nanny plunges to her death, or was she pushed?
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