In this week’s episode, our host Victoria Carthew sits down with Nicci French to talk about their enthralling new book, “Has Anyone Seen Charlotte Salter”. In 1990, the beautiful and vivacious Charlotte Salter fails to turn up to her husband Alec’s 50th birthday party. Her kids are worried, but Alec is not. Left with no answers and in limbo, the Salter children try and go on with their lives, all the while thinking that their mother’s killer is potentially very close to home. Then we flash forwa...
May 30, 2024•30 min•Season 4Ep. 15
In this week’s episode, our host Victoria Carthew sits down with the lovely Fleur McDonald to discuss her brand-new book “Shock Waves”. In this story, Detective Dave Burrows has longed for the top job in the Stock Squad but never thought he'd be acting in that role while his partner and best mate, Detective Bob Holden, is treated for melanoma. Bob is keen to get back on the road and Dave can't wait to go bush either, expecting the trip will be much the same as usual. But the trip doesn't play ou...
May 30, 2024•29 min•Season 4Ep. 14
In this week’s episode, our host Victoria Carthew sits down with Kemper Donovan to talk about his brand-new book “The Busy Body”. In this story, our narrator is witty, nosy, and a professional weaver of lies - aka ghostwriter for the rich and famous - and now, lander of The Dream Assignment (that is, a politicians tell-all memoir). This is a story even our ghostwriter wasn't expecting. And for once, it's all hers. To order “The Busy Body”, you can visit QBD Books in-store or online here: https:/...
Apr 23, 2024•26 min•Season 4Ep. 6
In this week’s episode, our host Victoria Carthew sits down with Jackie French to talk about her new book “The Sea Captain’s Wife”. About the story: When Mair McCrae follows her island tradition and hunts for a husband cast up on the beach, she has no notion that the man she rescues is not just Captain Michael Dawson, heir to a major shipping firm, but that he's obsessed by a 'ghost ship' carrying golden cargo. As Michael hunts for the 'Ghost' in his revolutionary new steamship, a string of myst...
Apr 22, 2024•34 min•Season 4Ep. 13
In this week’s episode, our host Victoria Carthew sits down with Fiona Lowe to talk about her gripping and thought-provoking new book “Accident”. When a car veers off the road with devastating consequences, the small wheatbelt town of Garringarup is left reeling, but no one's worlds are more shattered than Hannah's and Freya's. As disturbing details surrounding the accident emerge and questions pile up, ugly secrets rise to the surface. Mystery, lies and scandal - it's soon obvious nothing is as...
Apr 22, 2024•30 min•Season 4Ep. 12
In this week’s episode, our host Victoria Carthew sits down with A.J. Finn to talk about his brand-new title “End of Story”. “I'll be dead in three months. Come tell my story” – this is the chilling invitation from Sebastian Trapp, renowned mystery novelist, to his long-time correspondent Nicky Hunter, an expert in detective fiction. Welcomed into his lavish San Francisco mansion, Nicky begins to unravel Trapp's life story under the watchful eyes of his enigmatic wife and plainspoken daughter. B...
Apr 22, 2024•30 min•Season 4Ep. 11
In this week’s episode, our host Victoria Carthew reunites with Kerryn Mayne to talk about her brand-new title “Joy Moody Is Out of Time”. On her twin daughters' twenty-first birthday, Joy Moody - proprietor of Bayside's premier laundromat - is found dead. Yet that is not the strangest thing happening behind the bright pink facade of Joyful Suds. For much of their lives, Joy has been telling Cassie and Andie one big, fat lie- that they are from the future, and that when they turn 21, they will t...
Apr 22, 2024•28 min•Season 4Ep. 10
In this week’s episode, our host Victoria Carthew sits down with Vikki Wakefield to talk about her compulsively readable psychological thriller “To The River”. When a fire in a remote caravan community kills nine people, including 17-year-old Sabine Kelly's mother and sister, Sabine confesses to the murders. Shortly after, she escapes custody and disappears. Recently made redundant from marriage, motherhood and her career, journalist Rachel Weirdermann has long suspected Sabine made her way back...
Apr 22, 2024•27 min•Season 4Ep. 9
In this week’s episode, our host Victoria Carthew sits down with our Dervla McTiernan to discuss our March Book of the Month, “What Happened To Nina”. In this story, Nina and Simon are the perfect couple. Young, fun and deeply in love. Until they leave for a weekend at his family's cabin in Vermont, and only Simon comes home. What happened to Nina? Nobody knows. How far will Simon’s family go to keep him safe? How far will family go to get to the truth? If following the rules won’t get you anywh...
Apr 22, 2024•28 min•Season 4Ep. 8
In this week’s episode, our host Victoria Carthew sits down with Kylie Orr to talk about her brand-new book “The Eleventh Floor”. Sleep deprived, struggling and at breaking point, first-time mum Gracie Michaels books one night - alone - at The Maxwell Hotel. When she wakes in a room she doesn't recognise, she sees something she wishes she didn't. Being drawn into a crime was not something Gracie had planned for her hotel stay… To speak out jeopardises her marriage, but her silence threatens her ...
Apr 22, 2024•28 min•Season 4Ep. 7
In this week’s episode, our host Victoria Carthew sits down with M.J. Blake to talk about her highly anticipated new book “Anna O”. Anna Ogilvy hasn’t opened her eyes for four years. Not since that night at The Farm when she was found asleep with a kitchen knife in her hand, her clothes bloodstained, the bodies of her two best friends lying close. She’d committed the crime of the century – but nothing and no-one could wake her from the nightmare. Believers in her innocence call her Anna O. Belie...
Apr 22, 2024•28 min•Season 4Ep. 5
In this week’s episode, our host Victoria Carthew sits down with Fiona McIntosh to talk about her heart-stopping crime thriller “Foul Play”. In this explosive new blockbuster, superstar footballer Luca Bruni is being blackmailed for a night of lust he swears he didn't participate in... except the ransom photo denies that. A media darling on and off the field, he has powerful charisma, a perfect home life he'll do anything to protect, and more money than he knows what to do with. He's determined ...
Feb 15, 2024•29 min•Season 4Ep. 4
In this week’s episode, our host Victoria Carthew sits down with Hannah Richell to talk about her brand-new novel “The Search Party”. In this riveting story, five old friends reunite for an idyllic glamping trip on the Cornwall coast, but it turns into a waking nightmare when someone goes missing – and the facade of close friendship crumbles at the reveal of deadly secrets. “The Search Party” is a gripping, surprising destination thriller about the bonds of old friendship and the lengths parents...
Feb 08, 2024•25 min•Season 4Ep. 3
In this week’s episode, our host Victoria Carthew chats to Jo Dixon about her brand-new twisty mystery “A Shadow At The Door”. After a brutal attack and the breakdown of her marriage, life has taught former TV star Remi Lucan that it's safer to not rely on anyone. Instead, she's buried herself in Hobart, transforming her dilapidated sandstone house back to its former splendour. But when she runs out of money, her wealthy ex-husband tries to force the sale of the property and Remi realises her on...
Feb 01, 2024•25 min•Season 4Ep. 2
Episode 1: “The Strip” by Iain Ryan In this week’s episode, our host Victoria Carthew chats to Iain Ryan about his brand-new title “The Strip” – QBD’s January Fiction Book of the Month. Based on real-life events, this enthralling story follows Detective Constable Lana Cohen. When a local doctor is brutally murdered, she joins Strike Force Diablo on the notorious Gold Coast, where she finds herself navigating a world of chaos and corruption. As Lana and her partner Henry unravel the threads of vi...
Jan 24, 2024•27 min•Season 4Ep. 1
In this week’s episode, our host Victoria Carthew sits down with Pip Drysdale to talk about her fantastic title “The Next Girl.” In this enthralling story, the only way to protect the next girl is to become the next girl. And well, that could be a little risky… even deadly. To order “The Next Girl”, you can visit us in-store or online here: https://bit.ly/3HQ07uj Follow along with QBD Books here: QBD Books on Facebook: www.facebook.com/qbdbooks QBD Books on Instagram: www.instagram.com/qbdbooks ...
Jan 08, 2024•26 min•Season 3Ep. 18
In this week’s episode, our host Victoria Carthew sits down with Jack Heath to discuss his brand-new book “Kill Your Husband”. A witty, page-turning, twisty whodunit from the bestselling author of the Hangman series, perfect for fans of Benjamin Stevenson. To order “Kill Your Husband”, you can visit us in-store or online here: https://www.qbd.com.au/kill-your-husbands/jack-heath/9781761067587/ Follow along with QBD Books here: QBD Books on Facebook: www.facebook.com/qbdbooks QBD Books on Instagr...
Dec 26, 2023•31 min•Season 3Ep. 16
In this week’s episode, our host Victoria Carthew sits down with Bryan Brown to discuss his brand-new book “The Drowning”. This story begins when the body of a local teenage boy is found on the beach. David went for an evening swim and got into trouble… at least, that’s what it looks like. Three weeks before, Leila, a young backpacker, didn't turn up for her shift at the local cafe. Benny, the owner, isn't worried – backpackers are always on the move! However, murder, drugs, liaisons and lies ar...
Dec 17, 2023•26 min•Season 3Ep. 15
In this week’s episode, our host Victoria Carthew sits down with Benjamin Stevenson to discuss his highly anticipated follow-up “Everyone On This Train Is A Suspect”. This time, get ready for a train journey… a dead body… and suspects who share one thing in common - how to get away with murder. To order “Everyone On This Train Is A Suspect”, you can visit us in-store or online here: https://bit.ly/43nkFle Follow along with QBD Books here: QBD Books on Facebook: www.facebook.com/qbdbooks QBD Book...
Dec 10, 2023•29 min•Season 3Ep. 14
In this week’s episode, our host Victoria Carthew sits down with internationally bestselling author Chris Hammer to discuss his brand-new book “The Seven”. In this story, Yuwonderie's seven founding families have lorded it over their district for a century, growing ever more rich and powerful. But now-in startling circumstances-one of their own is found dead in a ditch and homicide detectives Ivan Lucic and Nell Buchanan are sent to investigate. What are the secrets The Seven are so desperate to...
Dec 10, 2023•27 min•Season 3Ep. 12
In this week’s episode, our host Victoria Carthew sits down with internationally bestselling author Jeffrey Archer to discuss his brand-new book “Traitors Gate”. This year, everything is about to change. Master criminal Miles Faulkner has set his heart on pulling off the most outrageous theft in history – and with a man on the inside, the odds are in his favour. Unless Warwick and Hogan can stop him before it's too late… To order “Traitor’s Gate”, you can visit us in-store or online here: https:...
Dec 04, 2023•20 min•Season 3Ep. 11
In this week’s episode, our host Victoria Carthew sits down with Mick Herron to chat about his brand-new book “The Secret Hours” Two years ago, the Monochrome inquiry was set up to investigate the British secret service. But with progress blocked at every turn, Monochrome is circling the drain ... Until the OTIS file appears out of nowhere. Spies and pen-pushers, politicians and PAs, high-flyers, timeservers and burn-outs… They all have jobs to do in the daylight. But what they do in the secret ...
Nov 27, 2023•26 min•Season 3Ep. 10
In this week’s episode, our host Victoria Carthew sits down with Patricia Wolf to chat about the gripping opening of her new crime series, “Outback”. In this story, DS Lucas Walker is on leave in his hometown, Caloodie, taking care of his dying grandmother. When two young German backpackers, Berndt and Rita, vanish from the area, he finds himself unofficially on the case. Their search becomes ever more urgent as temperatures soar. Even if Walker does find the young couple, will it be too late? T...
Nov 20, 2023•26 min•Season 3Ep. 9
In this week’s episode, our host Victoria Carthew sits down with Roger Simpson to chat about his brand-new title “Resurrection.” Jane Halifax is back, but she’s not quite herself… A near-fatal car accident has left Jane in a coma. When she wakes, she has no idea who she is. A young woman called Luna keeps luring Jane back to the present. Linked to a thirty-year cold case from Jane’s past, Luna has a quest of her own she can only solve with Jane’s help. To order “Resurrection”, you can visit us i...
Nov 13, 2023•28 min•Season 3Ep. 8
Episode 7: “The Bone Hacker” by Kathy Reichs In this week’s episode, our host Victoria Carthew sits down with Kathy Reichs to talk about her brand-new title “The Bone Hacker”. Get ready… forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan is back! This time, she follows a series of bizarre disappearances on the islands of Turks and Caicos and enters a sinister labyrinth in which a new technology may wreak worldwide havoc. It isn’t long before the sound of a ticking clock grows menacingly loud and Temper ...
Oct 04, 2023•19 min•Season 3Ep. 7
In this week’s episode, our host Victoria Carthew sits down with Gabriel Bergmoser to talk about his new release “The Caretaker”. Set in an isolated, empty ski resort in the off-season, this story centres a woman who doesn't want to be found, a man who may not be who he appears to be, and a game of cat and mouse - with deadly consequences. Soon, every escape route she has is being sealed, off one by one. What’s real and what isn’t? Who will survive? To order “The Caretaker”, you can visit us in-...
Sep 28, 2023•30 min•Season 3Ep. 6
In this week’s episode, our host Victoria Carthew sits down with Megan Goldin to talk about her brand-new title, “Dark Corners”. In this story, Terence Bailey is about to be released from prison for breaking and entering, though he's long been suspected of the murders of six women. As his release date approaches, Bailey gets a surprise visit from Maddison Logan, a young influencer with a huge social media following. Hours later, Maddison disappears, and police suspect she's been kidnapped - or w...
Sep 07, 2023•24 min•Season 3Ep. 5
In this week’s episode, our host Victoria Carthew chats with Bronwyn Hall about her atmospheric, thrilling, and twisty debut “The Chasm”. When Will Hoffman disappeared without a trace, most people in the town thought his girlfriend Andy was to blame. Then, she knew she should never return to their town. Now, it’s ten years later – and she isn’t technically going back. She’s only going to Taplin, a small town in the neighbouring valley, far enough to stay under the radar. However, Andy didn't bar...
Aug 31, 2023•25 min•Season 3Ep. 4
In this week’s episode, our host Victoria Carthew sits down with Fiona Britton to talk about her brand-new book “Violet Kelly and the Jade Owl”. In 1930, Maison des Fleurs was an upscale brothel run by the indomitable Madame. However, the star of the show was Violet Kelly - beautiful, clever and determined to make something of herself in a world that has already taken so much. When a former associate of Madame's emerges to claim a long-owed favour involving a kidnapped girl and an ancient curse,...
Aug 24, 2023•24 min•Season 3Ep. 3
In this week’s episode, our host Victoria Carthew sits down with Tim Ayliffe to discuss his brand-new release “Killer Traitor Spy”. Russian millionaire, Dmitry Lebedev, has been flying under the radar in Sydney for years. Now somebody wants him dead. Desperate to make a deal to stay alive, he contacts his former CIA case officer, Ronnie Johnson, with an offer to expose a traitor inside the Australian government, threatening a key intelligence partnership with the US. However, the same people goi...
Aug 16, 2023•30 min•Season 3Ep. 2
