Crime Fiction Author
Dinuka
McKenzie
Award-winning Australian crime fiction exploring the hidden fault lines of ordinary lives.
She Lied
First
Two sisters. The dream apartment. Two lives about to unravel.
A gripping standalone psychological suspense — a bold new direction from the award-winning author of the Detective Kate Miles series. Published by HarperCollins Australia 2026.
HarperCollins Australia · 2026
Award-Winning Crime Fiction
The Detective Kate Miles Series
Three novels. One unforgettable detective. Published in Australia & the UK.
The Torrent
★ Winner — Banjo Prize 2020
A pregnant detective. A deadly flood. A case that comes back to haunt her.
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Taken
A parent’s worst nightmare.
Kate returns from maternity leave to front a chilling infant abduction case — while her own life spirals.
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Tipping Point
A reckoning decades in the making.
A suicide. A shooting. And buried truths that will test Kate’s loyalties to the absolute limit.
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