Stillwater
The Most Explosive Australian Debut Of 2025. A Gritty Melbourne Crime Thriller Where Old Secrets Collide With Deadly New Threats. For Fans Of Jane Harper And Lee Child.
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4.0 • 2 Ratings
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Publisher Description
The most explosive Australian debut of 2025. A gritty Melbourne crime thriller where old secrets collide with deadly new threats. For fans of Jane Harper and Lee Child.
He came home for peace. Melbourne's underworld has other plans.
Luke Harris has worked hard to bury his violent past. Now he's back in Melbourne, chasing a quiet life, a normal job, his own house and a dog.
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. Luke's father has vanished, along with a bag of Gus's cash, and his new girlfriend's father is acting strangely.
As secrets surface and danger closes in, Luke must outsmart a man who will stop at nothing to get what he wants. Fans of Chris Hammer, Jane Harper and Lee Child will love this thrilling and full of heart debut.
'A thrilling Australian debut, full of heart and crackling with tension.' Jane Harper
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
A debut thriller with shades of Jack Reacher and A History of Violence, Tanya Scott’s Stillwater centres on Luke Harris, a man with a vicious backstory. When the rebranded Luke—who left behind a serious body count in his former life—returns to Melbourne as a quiet domestic type, he finds that he can’t escape the underworld that once benefited from his ruthless prowess. The first in a series, Stillwater wields terse yet evocative language to hammer home its intense stakes, creating a heightened air of suspense right from the start. This may be the author’s first time working in this genre, but she has absorbed the best lessons from her peers and translated them into a dogged crime tale that takes us through Luke’s blood-soaked past and uncertain future.
