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The Number One Insta Detectives Agency

By Rachael Johns and Mercedes Mercier
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The heart-stopping new crime-romance series by bestselling Australian authors Rachael Johns and Mercedes Mercier. Do you suspect your online date is seeing other people? Or catfishing? Or that you're just a number in your situationship's roster? It's time to call in The Number One Insta Detectives... Read More
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The heart-stopping new crime-romance series by bestselling Australian authors Rachael Johns and Mercedes Mercier.

Do you suspect your online date is seeing other people? Or catfishing? Or that you're just a number in your situationship's roster? It's time to call in The Number One Insta Detectives Agency.

Olivia, Sheridan, Juniper and Emeryβ€”an unlikely team of friends bonded over their love/hate relationship with the online dating worldβ€”have gone viral for cracking the toughest digital dating crimes. If only their own romance dramas were as easy to solve.

Juni has decided to go boy sober after leaving behind a string of heartbroken exes... that is, until a 'hot cop' moves in next door. Their instant connection is threatened when the Insta Detectives stumble on something far more criminal than a red flagβ€”the photo of a dead woman with a knife in her heart.

This chilling case leads them from dodgy dive bars to a maximum-security prison and then deeper into the world of online sex work. Suddenly, the Insta Detectives have more than just their hearts on the lineβ€”it's their very lives in danger.

Two bestselling Australian authors join forces in this genre-bending crime-romance series that will steal your heartβ€”and your breathβ€”and prove that while dating can be difficult, making it out alive can be deadly.

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ISBN: 9781761356353

Publisher: Penguin Random House Australia

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 26 January 2027

Country: Australia

Imprint: Penguin Random House Australia

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 1.0mm

Width: 1.0mm

Height: 1.0mm

Weight: 1g

Pages: 336

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About the Author

Rachael Johns (Author) Rachael Johns was once (briefly) an English teacher, before turning her attention to writing - and never looking back. She now writes award-winning romance, women's fiction, and the occasional awkward text. Her novel The Patterson Girls won the 2016 ABIA for General Fiction, and she's a two-time winner of the Romance Writers of Australia RUBY Award. When she's not writing, Rachael can be found hanging out with her adorable Sheepadoodle, listening to audiobooks, or fuelling her latest obsession-reformer Pilates. She lives in the Swan Valley with her husband and two of her three sons (the other has flown the nest), and tells herself she'll read more non-fiction every year-but let's be honest, the novels always win. Rachael is the co-host of two podcasts: Reading Between Deadlines and Dear Rach & Soph, and also runs the vibrant Rachael Johns' Book Club on Facebook. You can find her at www.rachaeljohns.com or subscribe to her Substack, Pink Ink, where she shares behind-the-scenes bookish thoughts and writer life. Mercedes Mercier (Author) Mercedes Mercier writes 'just-one-more-page' crime with twisting plots and relatable characters. As well as writing books, Mercedes has worked in the criminal justice system for over a decade, giving her unique insight into the world of crime and offenders. After a brush with death, Mercedes threw herself into life. She lived overseas, became a black belt in Karate, skydived, and volunteered with animals. Mercedes lives in Adelaide, in a tree-top home surrounded by kangaroos, koalas, kookaburras and the occasional echidna. Her home is busy, fun and slightly chaotic, with her very patient husband, identical twin daughters and beloved German shepherd dog who rules the roost.

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