Crime & Mystery
Take a walk on the dark side with crimes both real and fictional.
True Crime
True crime reading guide
Truth can be stranger than fiction and just as gripping - read tales of murder, investigations, trials, and the wrongfully imprisoned.
Mystery
Mystery fiction reading guide
From historical whodunnits and cosy crime to psychological thrillers and Scandi noir - our guide will help you find your next mystery read.
New For You - True Crime - February 2025
Top new additions to the library collection on espionage, crime, murder, and everything in between.
New For You - True Crime - January 2025
What's new? Our selectors have hand-picked the top new additions to the collection for espionage, crime, murder, and everything in between.
New For You - True Crime - December 2024
Our selectors have hand-picked the top new titles about espionage, crime, murder, and everything in between.
New For You - True Crime - February 2025
Top new additions to the library collection on espionage, crime, murder, and everything in between.
New For You - True Crime - January 2025
What's new? Our selectors have hand-picked the top new additions to the collection for espionage, crime, murder, and everything in between.
New For You - True Crime - December 2024
Our selectors have hand-picked the top new titles about espionage, crime, murder, and everything in between.
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 For You - Mystery & Thriller - February 2025
Find danger, killers, and unexpected twists in this selection of the newest mystery and thriller titles.
New For You - Mystery & Thriller - January 2025
Fiction that keeps you guessing - you'll find danger, killers, and unexpected twists in this selection of new mystery and thriller titles.
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 For You - Mystery & Thriller - February 2025
Find danger, killers, and unexpected twists in this selection of the newest mystery and thriller titles.
New For You - Mystery & Thriller - January 2025
Fiction that keeps you guessing - you'll find danger, killers, and unexpected twists in this selection of new mystery and thriller titles.
Kiwi Quiz Night and the Ngaio Marsh Awards 2023: Yeah Noir
Fee reports back from the annual awards ceremony for New Zealand crime writing, held at Tūranga.
Whodunnit?: Spotlight on Mystery & Crime
Renée suggests some great reads in a range of Mystery and Crime sub-genres.
Bleaker than bleak
It's cold and wintry... and so is Hannah Kent's debut novel of a true crime in 19th century Iceland.
Kiwi Quiz Night and the Ngaio Marsh Awards 2023: Yeah Noir
Fee reports back from the annual awards ceremony for New Zealand crime writing, held at Tūranga.
Whodunnit?: Spotlight on Mystery & Crime
Renée suggests some great reads in a range of Mystery and Crime sub-genres.
Bleaker than bleak
It's cold and wintry... and so is Hannah Kent's debut novel of a true crime in 19th century Iceland.
