HarperCollinsPublishers, Australia 2026
Cover design Maya Abraham
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In She Lied First point of view is not merely the dominant story telling technique – it is indeed a large part of what the book is about. Dinuka McKenzie has deftly controlled her readers’ understanding of events in this thrilling psychological work by carefully filtering what we learn from the first to the last page.
Penguin, Australia, 2026
Cover design Christabella Designs
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It seems that magical realism meets a seedy underbelly in the small Australian town of Possible Springs.
HarperCollinsPublishers, Australia, 2023
Good crime thriller writing is very much about the considered meting out of clues so that the reader has everything needed to unravel the mystery but is nevertheless held in suspense till close to the end for a final surprising and dramatic revelation.
