The Hidden

Bryan Brown

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Allen & Unwin
04 November 2025

Crime & Mystery; Australian Crime Fiction

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

'Stepping into The Hidden is like arriving as a voyeur into a small town gripped by everyday difficulties and some much bigger problems. With the rapid-fire switching between characters, Brown crafts a tale that is both intimate and cinematic - layered with suspense and a quiet intensity that keeps you turning the page. If you appreciate a well-told tale with heart and grit, The Hidden delivers.' VIKKI PETRAITIS

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?

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.' 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.' SAM NEILL

'A work of rattling and serpentine suspense ... gripping and sinuous and so, so good.' 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.' BETTER READING

By: Bryan Brown
Imprint: Allen & Unwin
Country of Publication: Australia
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 153mm,
ISBN: 9781761473241
ISBN 10: 1761473247
Pages: 384
Publication Date: 04 November 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

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.