AustLit

'Someone’s killing farmers.

'Anna Walsh is fed up with country life. Raised by one farming family, and married into another, she is one of Riverhaven’s favourite daughters. And she hates it. Anna and her husband have secret plans to escape the life they inherited but never wanted.

'Then murder comes to town.

'A poultry farmer is found strung up by his feet, electrocuted, his throat slashed. Murdered in the same brutal fashion as thousands of chickens on his farm every day.

'The close-knit locals are horrified, and all fingers point to the new arrivals in town – animal activists. The group had seemed peaceful enough when they breezed in and set up camp by the river. But suspicions grow as more acts of violence plague the once peaceful rural community.

'Their escape now on hold, Anna and her husband fear for her missing father-in-law. Locals assume he went bush to get over the sudden death of his wife. But with the new level of violence in town, Anna isn’t so sure anymore.

'Has the animal rights group taken their fight against cruelty to a murderous level? Or is this sleepy rural paradise hiding a darker secret?

'Join Detectives Cooper and Quinn as they head to the country for the sixth book in the disturbing yet deeply satisfying Dark Series.'

Source : publisher's blurb

'A football player in the prime of his life is found dead from an apparent drug overdose. Was it an accident, suicide, or something more sinister?

'Detective Charlie Cooper is struggling just to keep awake after some upheaval on the home front. But life is busy for everyone, and Cooper is intrigued from the start with this baffling case. Jimmy Dallas was a rising star with everything to live for – would he really have stuck a needle in his arm the week before the biggest match of his career?

'Joel Maguire for one does not believe his best mate would have knowingly injected himself with anything. Reeling from the shock loss, and dealing with some issues of his own, the Rangers’ star player struggles to put one foot in front of the other, let alone play finals football.

'Australian rugby league takes centre stage in the fifth book of Catherine Lee’s page-turning Dark Series. Strap yourself in as Cooper and Quinn tackle the controversial issue of drugs in sport.'

Source : publisher's blurb

'Reality television just got deadly.

'When a contestant on hit reality show Transformation in Paradise turns up dead, Detectives Cooper and Quinn find themselves out of their comfort zone on a remote holiday island. Amid growing pressure from the mainland to solve the high-profile case, Cooper struggles with the island’s lack of resources and the decision from up high that the show must go on.

'With the million dollar winner-takes-all prize still up for grabs, the show’s five remaining contestants all seemingly have something to hide. Did one of them commit murder? Was a crew member involved? Or does the island have secrets of its own?

'Dark Paradise is a fast-paced novella, a bonus story in Catherine Lee’s page-turning Dark Series. Join Cooper and Quinn as they take a break from the city and find out that island paradise isn’t all it’s cracked up to be.'

Source : publisher's blurb

'Everyone is entitled to a voice, but has a protest group turned to murder to make themselves heard?

'A fatal stabbing in a local park appears to be a mugging gone wrong – but Detective Charlie Cooper suspects there’s more to this murder than meets the eye. The victim worked at a local pharmaceutical plant, where protesters against the company’s manufacture of vaccines are becoming increasingly vocal. The victim was the CEO’s nephew, and soon a clear message is sent – stop making vaccines, or more blood will be shed.

'Lab Technician Leo McCarthy loves his job at Lighthouse Pharmaceuticals. Processes and procedures, scientific testing, black and white – all things Leo’s difficult mind can understand. But when his friend is murdered, Leo’s world is thrown into a type of chaos he thought was long behind him.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'Wife. Mother. Friend. Missing Person.

'Rebecca Gilmore went out last night. She didn’t come home.

'With the vicious Adultery Killer still on the loose, Detective Charlie Cooper is paying special attention to missing women. As he investigates Rebecca’s disappearance, he soon realises everyone close to the suburban housewife has something to hide. Is this the work of the elusive serial killer, or someone closer to home?

'A tale of families, greed, corruption, and murder, Dark City is the prequel novella to the Dark Series.'

Source : publisher's blurb

'Will a mother’s search for the truth about her son cost her the two children she has left?

'Jackie Rose is a mother on a mission. Determined to prove her eldest son did not commit suicide, she enlists the help of her best friend’s husband, Homicide Detective Charlie Cooper.

'Reluctant to reopen another team’s case, but even more reluctant to upset his wife, Cooper and his partner Joe Quinn investigate. They soon discover Jackie Rose is right – someone’s killing kids. The deeper Cooper and Quinn dig, the more they realise everyone has a secret to hide. Can they find the killer before more young lives are lost?

'As Jackie struggles to cope with the circumstances surrounding her eldest son’s death, a new threat emerges. Her ex-husband, unhappy with the effect of the case on the family and concerned Jackie’s becoming increasingly unreliable, wants to take their remaining two children to the other side of the country. Will Jackie’s fight to clear her son’s name cost her the two children she has left?'

*Source:* Publisher's blurb.

'There’s a secret buried deep in the Fisher family’s past – a secret someone will kill to protect.

'When young shipping company heir Jill Fisher is found dead in her apartment, Detective Charlie Cooper and his partner Joe Quinn don’t believe she was killed by a random intruder.

'Corporate lawyer Beth Fisher struggles to cope with the grief following her sister’s murder, but she decides there’s one last thing she can do for Jill – finish the ancestry research she was so passionate about.

'Cooper and Quinn’s investigation and Beth’s research uncover truths about the Fisher family and their business dealings that raise more questions than answers. Cooper must act fast before more lives are lost. And for Beth, work and family collide as she struggles to find the secret someone will kill to protect.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'A mystery usually begins with a murder – but what if it’s the killer who turns up dead?

'Detective Charlie Cooper is on the verge of leaving Homicide to spend more time with his young family. But when the serial killer he’s been chasing for a decade is murdered, Cooper has the chance to save the killer’s final victim and atone for all the one’s he’s failed.

'After a life-saving heart transplant, Eva Matthews just wants things to get back to normal. But when she learns she’s received the heart of the serial killer, she can’t ignore the strange dreams that now haunt her. Is the killer’s heart telling her where his final victim is hidden?'

Source: Publisher's blurb.