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The Good Father
by Liam McIlvanney

A psychological thriller 'of riveting twists and turns'.

Guy SomersetAugust 6, 2025

Crime Fiction Fiction Mystery Novel Thriller

See How They Fall
by Rachel Paris

A 'twisting psychological thriller' about the rich and infamous in a 'ridiculously entertaining' debut.

Rebecca HillApril 25, 2025

Crime Fiction Fiction Novel Thriller

No One Will Know
by Rose Carlyle

'This is the life': a fairy-tale thriller exploring the lure and dangers of riches.

Sara BucherOctober 11, 2024

Fiction Novel Thriller

The Night She Fell
by Eileen Merriman

A taut thriller about brittle med students in Dunedin, their drugs and disguises.

Clare TravagliaMarch 6, 2024

Fiction Novel Speculative Fiction Thriller

Emergency Weather
by Tim Jones

A Cli Fi thriller hurls a superstorm at Wellington.

Andrew Paul WoodOctober 4, 2023

Asian Fiction Literary Fiction Novel Speculative Fiction Thriller

Isobar Precinct by Angelique Kasmara

Reviewed by Tom Moody

Tom MoodySeptember 22, 2021

Fiction Novel Thriller

The Girl in the Mirror by Rose Carlyle

Reviewed by Sally Blundell

Sally BlundellAugust 5, 2020

Thriller

The Good Father
by Liam McIlvanney

See How They Fall
by Rachel Paris

No One Will Know
by Rose Carlyle

The Night She Fell
by Eileen Merriman

Emergency Weather
by Tim Jones

Isobar Precinct by Angelique Kasmara

The Girl in the Mirror by Rose Carlyle

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Thriller

The Good Father by Liam McIlvanney

See How They Fall by Rachel Paris

No One Will Know by Rose Carlyle

The Night She Fell by Eileen Merriman

Emergency Weather by Tim Jones

Isobar Precinct by Angelique Kasmara

The Girl in the Mirror by Rose Carlyle

The Good Father
by Liam McIlvanney

See How They Fall
by Rachel Paris

No One Will Know
by Rose Carlyle

The Night She Fell
by Eileen Merriman

Emergency Weather
by Tim Jones