The Shark
Coming 12th March 2026
A KILLER STALKING THE SHORELINE.
TWO GIRLS IN OVER THEIR HEADS.
‘I was going to be taken. I was going to make him take me and it would be the last thing I ever did.’
At the height of Australian summer, a serial killer dubbed The Shark stalks a beachside suburb, targeting young female swimmers whose bodies are later found on the shoreline.
Disempowered and angry at the failures of the police to protect them, two young women are hell-bent on revenge. Raych has lost someone and will go to any length to discover what happened to her, while Carmen suspects her own disturbing connection to the killer.
Together they form an uneasy alliance and, in a moment that changes the trajectory of their lives, Carmen and Raych abduct and imprison the prime suspect. Do they think they can save the day, or are their intentions darker? Can they trust one another’s agenda? And when another young woman goes missing, what stops them from going to the police?
Praise for The Shark
Uniquely Australian and packed with atmosphere, The Shark follows Raych and Carmen, both affected by loss and guilt, as they track down a serial killer in their community. Bursting with tension, this is riveting reading
SAM HOLLAND, author of THE COUNTDOWN KILLER
The Beach
‘Across the street was dark flat ocean and towering pines. The beach stretched widescreen, the cloud peeled away in a curtain.’
The Deep
‘Carmen and me, we were choosing the shark. My little variation on choosing the bear – in the ocean instead of the woods.’
The Dark
‘No one can understand how the killer gets away with it, in a place like this where everyone knows everyone else.’
The Beach
‘Across the street was dark flat ocean and towering pines. The beach stretched widescreen, the cloud peeled away in a curtain.’
The Deep
‘Carmen and me, we were choosing the shark. My little variation on choosing the bear – in the ocean instead of the woods.’
The Dark
‘No one can understand how the killer gets away with it, in a place like this where everyone knows everyone else.’