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Chris Hammer (born in 1960) is a bestselling Australian crime-writer and journalist. Career He is the author of the Martin Scarsden series of novels that have been bestsellers in several countries. Hammer has a 30-year career as a journalist and has worked for The Bulletin, Fairfax and on the SBS program, Dateline. When writing his crime novels he allows the story to develop, rather than plotting it out in advance. He won the ACT Book of the Year in 2011 for his non-fiction book, The River. His first novel, Scrublands, won the John Creasey Award at the UK Crime Writers' Association Dagger Awards in 2019. The Tilt won the 2023 Danger Award for best crime fiction. The Seven was shortlisted for the 2024 Fiction Indie Book Award. Bibliography Martin Scarsden series Scrublands (2018) Silver (2019) Trust (2020) Ivan Lucic and Nell Buchanan series Treasure and Dirt (2021) (also published as Opal Country (UK)) The Tilt (2022) (also published as Dead Man's Creek (UK)) The Seven (2023) Non-fiction The River (2010) The Coast (2012) References External links Official website. Discover the Chris Hammer popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Chris Hammer books.

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Darkness Runs Deep
Claire McNeel
In the darkest hour, a bloodsoaked teenager flees the rural Gerandaroo football oval.Eight months later, Bess, a young teacher, returns home to Gerandaroo. A childhood game of dare...
East of Alice
Annie Seaton
A gemfossicking discovery echoes through time and leads to a dangerous journey through the red dust outback. A gripping mystery from Australian author Annie Seaton.Gemma Hayden has...
Out of the Ice
Ann Turner
'A cinematic pageturner' Weekend Australian By the bestselling author of The Lost Swimmer, a tense, eerie thriller set in the icy reaches of Antarctica When environmental scientist...
Home Before Night
JP Pomare
'There's a reason Pomare is called the king of the twist . . . You know from the outset this will be a twisty psychological thriller and it's all that, with the storyline taking a ...
Thunderbirds
Marcus Hearn
Celebrating over 50 years of the classic TV series, this beautiful, lavish hardback written by Thunderbirds expert Marcus Hearn. Contains exclusive, never before published behind ...
Beyond Year Zero
Lawrence Held
A gritty, pacey crime thriller set in the dark heart of Cambodia.Cambodia – seething hotbed of desperation and vice. The Khmer Rouge fighters are long dead but their murderou...
The Final Chapter
Jérôme Loubry
Whatever you do, DON'T give away that ending..."Terribly addictive" Three good friends.One tragic summer.A book that tells it all."A tremendously compelling pageturner" Wh...
The Chasm
BRONWYN HALL
Atmospheric, thrilling and twisty a whiteknuckled mystery set among Victoria's most rugged mountains from an exciting new voice in Australian noir. Perfect for fans of Wake and Ex...
The Refuge
Jérôme Loubry
'Wickedly Twisty.' Laurence, Amazon reviewer'Mindbending.' Tambok, Amazon reviewerWhere to hide when there's nowhere left to run?Sandrine is asked to empty her late grandmother's ...
The Wrong Woman
JP Pomare
'A twisty smalltown PI mystery with a protagonist I didn't want to let go' IAN RANKIN'The payoff is criminally good . . . As always, Pomare keeps the best surprises until last. Pre...
The Missing Pieces of Sophie McCarthy
Ber M Carroll
The Missing Pieces of Sophie McCarthy is a gripping, impossibletoputdown exploration of betrayal and revenge.'Intriguing, compelling. Impossible to put down and irresistibly good' ...
The Enemy Within
Tim Ayliffe
SET TO BE ADAPTED FOR THE SCREEN. Like Michael Connelly’s Bosch, John Bailey will risk everything to get to the truth – and expose a deadly enemy...
Gone to Ground
BRONWYN HALL
HUNTED. ALONE. AFRAID... A heartinthemouth and utterly addictive adventure thriller from a phenomenal debut Australian talent.UN surgeon Rachel Forester is posted at a remote medic...
The Sea Detective
Mark Douglas-Home
Discover the chilling first mystery in a truly unique crime series you won't be able to put down'There comes a time when a novel raises the bar for a particular genre, and The Sea ...
The Drowning Girls
Veronica Lando
One simple sacrifice is all they need. 'Eerie, atmospheric and addictive, The Drowning Girls shimmers with gothic tension' Candice FoxCast a stone. Aim true. Let her sink.Nate can'...
Beware of Dogs
Elizabeth Flann
Winner of the 2019 Banjo Prize for FictionShe's isolated. Trapped. Hunted. An almost unbearably tense Australian survival thriller.Not much daylight left now.So begins the field di...
The Malice of Waves
Mark Douglas-Home
The gripping and atmospheric mystery about one boy's disappearance from an isolated but bleakly beautiful island on the edge of the Atlantic Ocean . . .'A fine series of detective ...
Prisoner
S. R. White
24 HOURS AFTER LEAVING HIS CELL HE WAS DEAD. CAN SHE FIND OUT WHY?'A rising star of Australian crime fiction...White's account of the murder investigation is gripping.' SUNDAY TIM...
Kink
R.O. Kwon & Garth Greenwell
A New York Times Notable Book Kink is a groundbreaking anthology of literary short fiction exploring love and desire, BDSM, and interests across the sexual spectrum, edited by laud...
Past Life
Dominic Nolan
HOW DO YOU SOLVE A CRIME YOU CAN'T REMEMBER?'BEAUTIFULLY WRITTEN' DAILY MAIL'ONE HELL OF A DEBUT' HEAT'A GREAT STORY TOLD WITH REAL POISE' SIMON KERNICK, SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'GR...
A Town Called Treachery
Mitch Jennings
A deadbeat dad. A curious boy. A journo drowning in the past ... and a town full of secrets. Can the truth ever be found in a town called Treachery?'One of a kind' Malcolm Knox'Com...
Hermit
S. R. White
HE DISAPPEARED FOR 15 YEARS...UNTIL THE DAY OF THE MURDER. THE INTERNATIONAL TOP TEN BESTSELLER'Taut, beautifully observed...with an explosive finish.' PETER MAY'Original, compell...
The Follower
Nicholas Bowling
Twin Peaks meets Welcome to Night Vale in this surreal, supernatural thriller by a Costashortlisted author"Gripping, compelling and otherworldly"DAVID QUANTICK When her twin b...
Outback
Michael Davies
A powerful debut novel that continues the legacy of ‘Master of the Genre’ Desmond Bagley with a thriller set in Australia, also appealing to a new generation of readers of who ador...
The Invisible
Peter Papathanasiou
"Outback noir has a new star" The TimesBurntout from policework, Detective Sergeant George Manolis flies from Australia to Greece for a holiday. Recently divorced and mourning the ...
Red Dirt Road
S. R. White
'A rising star of Australian crime fiction ' SUNDAY TIMES'Gripping' GUARDIANS. R. White is the real deal.' CHRIS HAMMER, author of SCRUBLANDSOne outback town. Two puzzling murders....
Horror Films - Virgin Film
James Marriott
From the Slick horror of Alien, Scream and The Ring and the cult classics Dracula, Frankenstein and The Mummy to the slasher icons Jason, Freddy and Leatherface, horror just won’t ...
Customs Of The Country
Rupert Thomas
The year is 1924. James Cardell has just left school and is preparing for Oxford. However, before the strict routine of university life begins, he is allowed to spend the summer ho...
Greed
Marc Elsberg & Simon Pare
CORRUPT BIG BUSINESS, ECONOMY IN MELTDOWN, THE THRILLER THAT WARNED US ALL'Marc Elsberg is nothing if not prescient' GUARDIANIt’s the near future: the world economy is in freefall....
White Ash Ridge
S. R. White
A REMOTE HOTEL. FIVE GUESTS. ONE MURDER. 'A rising star of Australian crime fiction ' SUNDAY TIMES 'S. R. White is the real deal.' CHRIS HAMMER, author of SCRUBLANDS During a bro...
Bloodwood Creek
Kerry McGinnis
‘There’s a killer roaming the roads and you're out here on your own, picking up strangers …’When Emily’s beautiful cousin Aspen goes missing somewhere in the Outback, no one seems ...
Return to Blood
Michael Bennett
FROM THE AWARDWINNING AUTHOR OF BETTER THE BLOOD COMES ANOTHER CASE FOR NEW ZEALAND'S BEST INVESTIGATOR, HANA WESTERMAN. ‘Another cracking, pageturning journey into another c...