Jack Heath 🖋️

exciting books for reluctant readers

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Hi, I'm Jack! I'm a novelist from Canberra, Australia. My work includes 300 Minutes of Danger (for kids), Kill Your Husbands (not for kids), and forty other books, which have sold half a million copies in ten languages. I live with my wife, five chickens, three possums, two cats, some fish, and a pair of human children. 🏡

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Choppy Water

out november 2026 · age 18+

A woman's dead body is found in a laundry cart aboard the Silver Lady cruise ship. Management says it was a freak accident and her death is quickly covered up, so as not to spoil the cruise for the passengers.

Cesar Cain doesn't want to get involved. He boarded The Silver Lady to disappear. If the cops find him, he's in a cell. If the Hell's Hounds catch him, he's in a grave.

But it's March 2020, and the borders are slamming shut. Cesar soon discovers that the woman wasn't the first victim - and with the ship suddenly quarantined and unable to dock anywhere, she won't be the last...

'Endlessly entertaining' —VERONICA LANDO

'Puts the twist in twisted' —JESS KITCHING

  • I Know What You're Hiding

    out now · age 12+

  • Hangman

    4-book series · age 18+

  • Kill Your Brother

    3-book series · age 15+

  • If You Tell Anyone, You're Next

    2-book series · age 12+

  • 300 Minutes of Danger

    10-book series · age 10+

  • Liars

    5-book series · age 10+

  • Scream

    4-book series · age 10+

  • Spy Academy

    2-book series · age 10+

  • Stunt Kid Seriously Stacks It!

    3-book series · age 8+

  • The Cut Out

    2-book series · age 10+

If you’re going to start reading this book be prepared to forget everything else until you’ve finished it.

Trudy, SA, 5 Stars

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"A true master of the genre."

⭐ Helen Farch, @fhclibrary ⭐
"Twists and turns at every corner that will leave readers breathless."
⭐ @becca_leeee, TOP TEN GOODREADS REVIEWER ⭐
"Deadpan wit, genuinely thrilling action sequences (and) wickedly tense plotting."
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