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Welcome to “QBD Book Club: The Podcast” – a series by QBD Books, your favourite Australian book retailer. Each week, our hosts Victoria Carthew, Amy Matthews, and Dion McLeod will interview your favourite authors and public figures, providing you with behind-the-scenes insight into your favourite stories.
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Join host Victoria Carthew as she speaks with bestselling author Jo Dixon, about her latest psychological suspense novel, “A Disappearing Act”. Marnie Elliott has invited her three oldest friends to a secluded holiday house in Tasmania. On the surface it’s an excuse to catch up and drink champagne — but as the days unfold, long-buried secrets and resentments rise, tensions spiral out of control and one of them disappears. No one can survive the harsh elements of a Tasmanian winter for l...
Join host Victoria Carthew as she speaks with Kate Mildenhall about her latest novel, “The Hiding Place”. This brilliant story begins when Lou sees an ad for a long-abandoned mining town up for sale. It doesn't take her long to convince her sister and their oldest friends to go in on the idyllic property. But things start to go wrong before they even arrive... Soon none of that will matter, though, because by the end of the first night someone will be dead. Purchase “The Hiding Place” f...
Join host Victoria Carthew as she speaks with Australian author Lainie Anderson, about her latest cosy Petticoat Police Mystery, “Murder on North Terrace”. Kate Cocks and Ethel Bromley are back. The city is unsettled, and people are shaken when a powerful board governor has been found dead in the Art Gallery. After receiving an anonymous tip, Ethel is seconded to the Detective Branch to investigate the heart of Adelaide’s elite. Meanwhile, Kate is left grappling with six o'clock swills,...
Join host Victoria Carthew as she speaks with USA Today bestselling author Benjamin Stevenson, about his latest Ernest Cunningham mystery, “Everyone In This Bank Is A Thief” Ernest Cunningham has spent the last few years solving murders, but a bank heist is a new one, even for him. After Ernest is taken as a hostage in a bank robbery, the doors are chained shut – no one in or out. When someone in the bank is murdered, hostages become suspects. Ten suspects. Ten heists. A puzzle only Ernest Cu...
Join host, Victoria Carthew, as she sits down with Tanya Scott to discuss her explosive crime thriller debut in "Stillwater". Luke Harris has worked hard to bury his violent past. Now he's back in Melbourne, chasing a quiet life. But Luke's old life isn't done with him. When he crosses paths with Gus Alberici, the ruthless crime boss he once served as a teenager, he's pulled back into the dark world of his past. As secrets surface and danger closes in, Luke must outsmart a man who will ...
Join host, Victoria Carthew, as she sits down with Adam Kay to discuss his brilliantly funny and fiendishly plotted murder mystery, "A Particularly Nasty Case". When a toxic hospital consultant dies of a heart attack, fellow doctor Eitan Rose smells foul play. Nobody else does though, including some quite crucial players like the police and the coroner. But Eitan just won't let it drop, and his friends and colleagues become increasingly concerned about his mental health as his chaotic ...
Join host Victoria Carthew as she speaks with international bestselling author Tara Moss, about her latest Billie Walker historical mystery, “The Italian Secret”. When recently returned wartime investigative journalist Billie Walker uncovers a dusty box in her father’s private inquiry office, the contents just might upend everything Billie thought she knew. Billie follows a trail of secrets to Italy's sun-drenched Neapolitan coast, uncovering the secrets of her family's past, soon reali...
Join host Victoria Carthew as she speaks with bestselling Australian author Garry Disher, about his latest Paul Hirsch mystery, “Mischance Creek”. When all other services are fully stretched in their rural small town, Paul Hirsch is forced to abandon his administrative duties to offer emergency roadside assistance to a lost tourist. However, Annika Nordrum isn’t exactly a tourist – she’s searching for the body of her mother, frustrated by the lack of information unearthed by the cops wh...
Join host Victoria Carthew as she speaks with Australian author Jessica Mansour-Nahra, about her debut psychological thriller, “The Farm”. When Leila suffers a health tragedy, her partner, James, suggests a year away from the city - they'll stay on his remote family farm, where the wide, open spaces and clean country air will help. Feeling claustrophobic in the oppressive house, Leila is plagued by strange noises, fleeting visions and intrusive dreams. As Leila's isolation grows amid th...
Join host Victoria Carthew as she speaks with bestselling author JD Kirk, about his latest DCI Jack Logan thriller, “A Rock and a Hard Place”. When washed-up 80s rock legend Johnny Freestone is found dead in a cave, it appears to be another celebrity lost to a reckless lifestyle, but detective Jack Logan thinks otherwise. As Logan delves into Johnny's final days, he uncovers a trail of bitter rivalries, broken promises, and a comeback tour that wasn't quite what it seemed. Logan must na...
Join host Victoria Carthew as she speaks with Australia’s multi-award-winning writer Sulari Gentill, about her latest mystery, “Five Found Dead”. When Meredith Penvale and her writer brother, Joe, step aboard the iconic Orient Express, they're embarking on a journey steeped in both luxury and mystery. After a virus infiltrates the train in Paris, passengers are trapped and are cut off from the world. Suddenly, a passenger vanishes, leaving their cabin a bloody crime scene and the idyllic jour...
Join host Victoria Carthew as she speaks with bestselling Australian author Gabriel Bergmoser about his latest thriller, “High Rise”. After a year of searching, ex-cop Jack Carlin has found his estranged daughter, Morgan, holed up in the top floor of a rundown high-rise building. However, not only does Morgan not want to be saved, but Jack’s enemies are out for blood and don't mind if Morgan is collateral damage. As bounty hunters and gang members converge on the building, father and daughter...
Join host Victoria Carthew as she chats with acclaimed true crime author and podcaster Emiy Webb about her brand-new book "Murder in the Suburbs". Delving into a gripping collection of chilling cases from Australia and beyond, this volume covers both well-known and obscure crimes, revealing the dark underbelly lurking beneath seemingly peaceful neighbourhoods. Murder in the Suburbs is a compelling reminder that even the most tranquil street can harbor dark secrets. These true accounts w...
Join host Victoria Carthew as she chats with internationally bestselling author Clemence Michallon about her brand-new book "Our Last Resort". In this gripping, atmospheric thriller, we follow Frida and her brother Gabriel. Fifteen years after escaping a cult, they reunite at a luxury resort—only for a guest to turn up dead. As police lock down the hotel and Gabriel becomes the prime suspect, Frida’s certainty in his innocence begins to falter. Shifting between past and present, Our Las...
Join host Victoria Carthew as she speaks with New York Times bestselling author Michael Robotham about his latest Philomena McCarthy thriller, “The White Crow”. On patrol one eventful night, Phil discovers a lone wandering child who leads her to the aftermath of a deadly home invasion, as three miles away a prominent jeweller is found strapped to an explosive in his ransacked store. The crimes are linked, and all the evidence points to Phil's London crime boss father as the mastermind. Phil's...
Join host Victoria Carthew as she speaks with Australian author Sam Guthrie about his debut thriller, “The Peak”. Political hatchet man Charlie will do anything to protect his longtime Sebastian, government minister and his longtime best friend. When Sebastian does the unthinkable, things in the outside world start to fall apart too and Charlie can’t help but wonder, what the hell did Sebastian do? From the jostling streets of Hong Kong to Beijing's shadowy halls of power and the backstabbing...
Join host Victoria Carthew as she speaks with multi-million-copy international bestseller Lisa Jewell about her newest title, "Don't Let Him In". He's the perfect man. He says he loves you. You think he might even be made for you. Before long he's moved into your house - and into your heart. And then he leaves for days at a time. You don't know where he's gone or who he's with. And you realise - if you looked back - you'd say to yourself - DON'T LET HIM IN. Purchase “Don't Let Him In” f...
Join host Victoria Carthew as she speaks with bestselling author Riley Sager about his latest novel, “With a Vengence”. In 1942, six people destroyed Anna Matheson’s family. Twelve years later, she’s ready for retribution. Under false pretences, Anna has lured those responsible for her family’s downfall onto a luxury train from Philadelphia to Chicago, an overnight journey of fourteen hours. Her goal? Confront the people who’ve wronged her, get them to confess their crimes, and deliver them i...
Join Victoria Carthew as she speaks with internationally bestselling author Kayte Nunn about her latest novel, “The Palazzo”. Newly widowed beauty entrepreneur Vivi Savidge's fortieth birthday is fast approaching, and she plans to celebrate it at the Palazzo Stellina, a historic former convent in the foothills of the Italian Alps run by disgraced chef, Marco Bianchi, and his elderly grandmother. Vivi's little sister, Alice, is flying from Brisbane with her sixteen-year-old twins in tow. Ex-co...
Join host Victoria Carthew as she chats with New Zealand-based author Jennifer Trevelyan about her debut novel, “A Beautiful Family”. At ten years old, she catches more than her parents and older sister suspect. Over their summer break, her mother plans to finish her novel, her father wants to grill and watch cricket, and her fifteen-year-old sister hopes to catch the eye of a local lifeguard. With everyone around her distracted, she teams up with a new friend to solve a mystery that haunts t...
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