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The Hidden

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Tight, tense, this mystery rockets along. All you can do is hang on and hope your favourites survive. β€” CANDICE FOX The Heads was once a small village on the NSW north coast. Now it's a large village with a lot of action below the surface.... Read More
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The Hidden

Bryan Brown's distinctive storytelling voice returns in this unflinching, gripping novel from the bestselling author of The Drowning.

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Tight, tense, this mystery rockets along. All you can do is hang on and hope your favourites survive. β€” CANDICE FOX

The Heads was once a small village on the NSW north coast. Now it's a large village with a lot of action below the surface. A shipment of coke, a crime squad investigation, and a drug overdose keep the local sergeant pretty busy.

Someone is preying on the women of The Heads. And what does the discovery of buried roosters in the forest mean to a young boy traumatised by the death of his mother?

Will Sergeant William Jarrett uncover what is really going on, or will it all remain hidden?

Praise for The Drowning

Uniquely Australian and uncommonly good, I could hear the author's voice in every spare, haunting line. More please. β€” MICHAEL ROBOTHAM

My friend Bryan Brown, quite apart from his other manifold talents, turns out to be an excellent writer. An authentic voice; highly imaginative yet completely believable, with a flair for fully realised characters and a gripping narrative ... a great storyteller. This is utterly baffling. I'm furious. β€” SAM NEILL

A work of rattling and serpentine suspense ... gripping and sinuous and so, so good. β€” TRENT DALTON

The Drowning has all the hallmarks of great Aussie crime writing ... Brown's punchy prose makes this novel absolutely devourable, and all will be revealed in due time. The Drowning is highly recommended holiday reading. β€” BETTER READING

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781761473241

Publisher: Allen & Unwin

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 04 November 2025

Country: Australia

Imprint: Allen & Unwin

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 153.0mm

Height: 234.0mm

Weight: 0g

Pages: 384

About the Author

Bryan Brown is known as an actor, having appeared in over ninety film and television productions. He has worked in some twenty countries including his home country of Australia and the United States. Sweet Jimmy, seven short stories on crime, was released in 2021. The Drowning was his first novel, released in 2023. The Hidden is his latest thriller.

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