Crime Fiction Author

Dinuka
McKenzie

Winner — 2020 HarperCollins Banjo Prize

Award-winning Australian crime fiction exploring the hidden fault lines of ordinary lives.

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New Release — 2026

She Lied
First

Dinuka McKenzie

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. When two sisters share their dream apartment, nothing is what it seems, and the lies that surface will change everything.

HarperCollins Australia · 2026

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Award-Winning Crime Fiction

The Detective Kate Miles Series

Three novels. One unforgettable detective. Published in Australia & the UK.

Book One
Cover image of the book The Torrent by Dinuka McKenzie featuring the back silhouette of a woman looking out over a rural landscape under clear skies. Directly below is a mirror image reflection overlain with water droplets running down the page. The predominant image colours are blue and orange

The Torrent

★ Winner — Banjo Prize 2020

A pregnant detective. A deadly flood. A case that comes back to haunt her.

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Book Two
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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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Book Three
Cover image of the book Tipping Point by Dinuka McKenzie featuring the front view of a pick-up truck in a paddock with its headlights on next to a farm fence under dark nighttime skies. The predominant image colours are blue and orange

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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