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 - June 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 April 2025
Top new additions to the Libraries' collection on 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 - June 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 April 2025
Top new additions to the Libraries' collection on 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 - Mystery & Thriller - July 2025
Fiction that keeps you guessing - you'll find danger, killers, and unexpected twists in our pick of the newest mystery and thriller titles.
New For You - Mystery & Thriller - June 2025
Fiction that keeps you guessing - find danger, killers, and unexpected twists in this selection of the newest mystery and thriller titles.
New For You - Mystery & Thriller - May 2025
Fiction that keeps you guessing - you'll find danger, killers, and unexpected twists in our picks of the newest mystery and thriller titles.
New For You - Mystery & Thriller - July 2025
Fiction that keeps you guessing - you'll find danger, killers, and unexpected twists in our pick of the newest mystery and thriller titles.
New For You - Mystery & Thriller - June 2025
Fiction that keeps you guessing - find danger, killers, and unexpected twists in this selection of the newest mystery and thriller titles.
New For You - Mystery & Thriller - May 2025
Fiction that keeps you guessing - you'll find danger, killers, and unexpected twists in our picks of the newest mystery and thriller titles.
CWA Gold Dagger for Non-fiction
British Crime Writers Association award for a non-fiction work on a real-life crime theme or a closely-related subject.
New For You - True Crime - June 2025
What's new? Our selectors have hand-picked the top new additions to the collection for espionage, crime, murder, and everything in between.
CWA Gold Dagger for Non-fiction
British Crime Writers Association award for a non-fiction work on a real-life crime theme or a closely-related subject.
New For You - True Crime - June 2025
What's new? Our selectors have hand-picked the top new additions to the collection for espionage, crime, murder, and everything in between.
The title is very appropriate once you come across the section in the book that uses it. John Lawson was just that. An amazing story of utter transformation…
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The Divine David Bishop: A Divine Fury
In book four of D.V. Bishop's Cesare Aldo series, readers find Aldo stuck on the night shift. That is, until he discovers a body.
Sarah's best of 2025 so far
A heady blend of speculative sci-fi, mystery, thriller and contemporary fiction.
Ngaio Marsh Award for Best Crime Novel
The longlist for the best New Zealand crime for 2025 has been announced.
The Ngaio Marsh Awards and The Murderous Mystery: WORD 2025
Sep 25th | 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Help the Court Jesters solve this thrilling murder case, then we’ll solve the mystery of which writers win the 2025 Ngaio Marsh Awards.
The Divine David Bishop: A Divine Fury
In book four of D.V. Bishop's Cesare Aldo series, readers find Aldo stuck on the night shift. That is, until he discovers a body.
Sarah's best of 2025 so far
A heady blend of speculative sci-fi, mystery, thriller and contemporary fiction.
Ngaio Marsh Award for Best Crime Novel
The longlist for the best New Zealand crime for 2025 has been announced.
The Ngaio Marsh Awards and The Murderous Mystery: WORD 2025
Sep 25th | 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Help the Court Jesters solve this thrilling murder case, then we’ll solve the mystery of which writers win the 2025 Ngaio Marsh Awards.
If A Wicked Man
The title is very appropriate once you come across the section in the book that uses it. John Lawson was just that. An amazing story of utter transformation…
Read more of this comment about If A Wicked Man