About the Author

Karina Kilmore is a writer and newspaper journalist with more than 30 years' experience. Under the byline Karina Barrymore, she covered almost every major business scandal and financial event since the 1987 global share market crash and has written for US, UK, Australian and New Zealand publications. Her first novel, Where the Truth Lies, was shortlisted for the prestigious Unpublished Manuscript Award at the Victorian Premier's Literary Awards in 2017. Born in Wellington, New Zealand, she now lives in Richmond in Melbourne. She is working on her second book.

Reviews

Where the Truth Lies is a clever, gripping thriller with complex characters and chilling secrets at its core. Karina Kilmore's flawed heroine takes us through Melbourne's gritty underside in a desperate quest to uncover the truth. The investigative journalist battles to piece together a dark puzzle of unexplained deaths, big business, trade unions and media manipulation. I love her feistiness and determination to take on the old boys' network. This compelling story touches on so many hot-button topics that you'll keep thinking about it long after you've finished the last page. A truly impressive debut. -- Petronella McGovern, bestselling author of Six Minutes
'A complex and compelling debut that's impossible to put down!' -- CHRISTIAN WHITE, bestselling author of The Nowhere Child, The Wife and the Widow
'You will be spellbound ... Death comes vividly to life in news reporter Chrissie O'Brian's chilling search for Where the Truth Lies.' -- JOANNE DRAYTON, author of The Search for Anne Perry, Ngaio Marsh: Her Life in Crime
'Chrissie O'Brian is a terrific new character to the crime fiction pantheon. Broken, tenacious and uncompromising' -- Mary Martin Bookshop
'A gritty tale full of twists, Where The Truth Lies is page turner packed with compelling characters. An exciting new voice in Australian crime fiction.' -- JANE HARPER, bestselling author of The Dry, Force of Nature, The Lost Man
'A gripping and gritty novel introducing a heroine who's just as layered and complex' * Who magazine *
'The breakout hit of the year' * Woman's Day *
'Chrissie's desperate race to uncover the truth will have you hooked' * Herald Sun *
'Excellent Aussie crime, with polished writing, great structure, compelling characters and a vivid Melbourne setting. There is a lot of buzz around this book and rightly so. It's a fantastic read and definitely one you need to get your hands on immediately' * Better Reading *
'Journalist Karina Kilmore brings a wealth of insider knowledge to this explosive crime thriller.' * Australian Women's Weekly *
'It's easy to see why everyone's talking about this debut novel.' * Newtown Review of Books *
'Reading Karina Kilmore's Where the Truth Lies, I was reminded of American author Sara Peretsky's first books. And she writes fluently, her descriptions often lyrical. There's every chance we're seeing the beginning of a substantial antipodean series that will inform and analyse while it entertains' * The Australian *