The second volume of this ground-breaking, bestselling anthology series features 21 short stories by the best storytelling talents from Australia and New Zealand: including international bestsellers, many award winners and a host of fresh voices.Brand new stories, some with beloved series characters, share the pages of our Down Under world with edgy standalone tales, and the first in new series. The settings in this vibrant showcase of antipodean crime, range from the seething underbellies of our cosmopolitan cities to South Island glaciers or the dusty Outback; from ocean-carved coasts and craggy mountains, via country towns and sleepy villages, to isolated wilderness and sultry rainforests.The new dark deeds herein are perpetrated by: Emma Viskic ~ Malla Nunn ~ Jack Heath ~ Charity Norman Ben Hobson ~ Nathan Blackwell ~ Peter Papathanasiou Jennifer Lane ~ Helen Fitzgerald ~ Chad Taylor Ashley Kalagian Blunt ~ Robert Gott ~ Andi C Buchanan Shelley Burne-Field ~ Anna Downes ~ Stephen Johnson Dani Vee ~ Michael BoturDark Deeds Down Under 2 also features reprints from three Aussie legends of the genre: Jean Bedford ~ Dorothy Porter ~ Peter Corris