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Two Unique Australian Crime Thrillers

‘A premise that’s all too real. Twisted River will have you hooked from start to finish. But you may never go on the holiday again.’ – MICHAEL BRISSENDEN

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Twisted River

James Dunbar’s dark psychological thriller takes us into a modern nightmare. What happens when your identity is stolen and you are cut off from your world by someone who has set out to destroy your life and you don’t know who or why?

Published September 30

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High stakes, fizzing action, crackling dialogue…’ – JAMES VALENTINE

A 50-year-old trail to death and deception

MOLE CREEK

Betrayal can’t be buried forever

A secret from the Vietnam war, hidden for half a century, leads a ruthless Russian assassin to a small Tasmanian town, with deadly consequences.

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ABOUT JAMES DUNBAR

A relatively new name on the Australian Crime writing scene, James Dunbar Thomson has been writing for TV, newspapers and magazines under the name Jimmy Thomson for several decades. As Jimmy Thomson, he is the author of two crime ‘caper’ novels and two true-crime memoirs, as well as several books about Australian army engineers (sappers) during the Vietnam War. James Dunbar’s first venture into serious crime thrillers – Mole Creek (Echo Publishing, 2024) was shortlisted for the Danger Award for Best Crime Fiction in 2024, he has now turned to crime thriller writing with a vengeance, with Twisted River (2025) and the upcoming Blood Moon (2026)

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