Tell Me Something True
the astounding book club mystery from the No.1 bestseller
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Tell Me Something True
Narrated by:
Stephen Shanahan
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Narrated by:
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Stephen Shanahan
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Written by:
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Michael Robotham
'Michael Robotham is a born storyteller, and this is the best. I couldn't put it down' STEPHEN KING
'My book of the year. A compelling, intriguing and entertaining masterpiece' LIZ NUGENT
'An epic elegy of love, family, morality and justice that deserves to be showered with awards' CHRIS BROOKMYRE
Includes an exclusive audiobook Q&A with Michael Robotham and narrator Stephen Shanahan
I look along the road and notice how many people are standing outside their houses or watching from doorways and windows. Staring. Studying.
'Do you think this town will ever forgive me?' I ask.
'Not in a million years.'
Small towns are quick to anger and slow to forgive, but Arlo Hackett doesn't expect mercy when he emerges from a twelve-year prison sentence and makes his way back to Yulara, a waypoint on Australia's Great Southern Road. The last time Arlo was home, his brother Luke was charged with a terrible crime and Arlo was found guilty by association.
His return to the former goldrush town is like cracking open a time capsule full of hatred and violence, along with memories of the people he loved - the ones he couldn't save.
Yulara wants Arlo gone, or worse, but every insult and humiliation pushes him to confront what really happened all those years ago.
The truth will shock you, surprise you, and break your heart.
'A riveting and chilling look into the dark niches of Australian small-town life' GERALDINE BROOKS
'This novel and its characters will stay with me forever' DAVID BALDACCI
'Emotional, startling, beautifully crafted' VAL MCDERMID
'This is the book Michael Robotham was born to write' MICHAEL CONNELLY
'A triumph, with a plot you can't second guess and real emotional punch' CHRIS CHIBNALL
'Unforgettable characters. My favourite book this year' ANDREA MARA
'Most writers would be proud to produce a book half as good as Tell Me Something True' LINWOOD BARCLAY
'One of the best books I've read all year' AJAY CHOWDHURY
'A profoundly rich and heartbreaking novel' JEANINE CUMMINS
'A masterpiece of tension, poignancy and heartache' DAILY MAIL
'All of Michael Robotham's immense talent is on full display in this true masterclass of storytelling' GOOD READING
'A masterpiece. One of my all-time favourite books' J. P. POMARE
THE WHITE CROW was a No.1 fiction bestseller in Australia 10.07.25©2026 Bookwrite Pty Ltd
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Critic Reviews
PRAISE FOR MICHAEL ROBOTHAM
An absolute master (STEPHEN KING)
Will have you turning the pages compulsively
Heart-stopping (VAL MCDERMID)
The real deal (DAVID BALDACCI)
Clever, intriguing and compelling (RACHEL ABBOTT)
One of crime's greatest practitioners
Unforgettable characters
Robotham is among the world's top thriller writers (LINWOOD BARCLAY)
Razor-sharp and emotionally charged (LISA GARDNER)
What a terrific writer (AJAY CHOWDHURY)
Tension and tenderness - Michael Robotham is that rare thing, a writer who does both brilliantly (WILLIAM SHAW)
An absolute master of the craft (DERVLA MCTIERNAN)
When I get a new Michael Robotham, everything else goes to one side. He's a born storyteller, and this is the best. I couldn't put it down (STEPHEN KING)
A compelling, devastating story about family and the long shadows of the past. Tell Me Something True is unforgettable (KARIN SLAUGHTER)
Tell Me Something True is my book of the year. This compelling, intriguing and entertaining masterpiece examines the conscience of a whole town, and should win every award going. Genius (LIZ NUGENT)
This is Michael Robotham's masterpiece. From the first chapter, you know you are in the hands of a storyteller at the peak of his powers. It is tender, heartbreaking, beguiling, enraging, exhilarating and triumphant, sometimes all on the same page. An epic elegy of love, family, morality and justice that deserves to be showered with awards (CHRIS BROOKMYRE)
This is the book Michael Robotham was born to write. Tell Me Something True is a skilled anthropologic dig into the heart of the small town, its characters and motivations. In Robotham's hands the small becomes big in terms of showing how the ripple effects of crime move through us no matter where and how we live. This is a universal story (MICHAEL CONNELLY)
Emotional, startling and beautifully crafted; it brings small town Australia into your living room (VAL MCDERMID)
This novel and its characters will stay with me forever. I ached, cried, and laughed and it felt like I bled right along with them. No one will ever forge a flawless novel, but with Tell Me Something True, Robotham has gotten as close to it as I've ever seen (DAVID BALDACCI)
A triumph. A gripping page-turner with a vivid sense of place, impeccably drawn characters, a plot you can't second guess, and real emotional punch. I loved it (CHRIS CHIBNALL)
Tell Me Something True is a profoundly rich and heartbreaking novel about the singular endurance of love in all its forms, even through unthinkable and compounding tragedies. Michael Robotham demonstrates uncommon insight into the suffering and survival of a family devastated by murder and its myriad aftermaths. Here is a master storyteller reminding us that hope is more powerful than grief (JEANINE CUMMINS)
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