Matthew Reilly in Conversation

Matthew Reilly in Conversation

  • 27 Oct 2025
  • 07:30pm - 09:30pm
  • $20
  • The Capitol, 113 Swanston St, Melbourne
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Join us at the Capitol Theatre on Swanston Street to hear Matthew Reilly in conversation about his new standalone thriller, The Detective.

For 150 years, women have been going missing. And all the investigators who went in search of them - from 1877 to the present day - have disappeared, too. Now Sam Speedman, a unique private detective, is on the case. Brilliant, direct and disarming, Sam is ... different. He's not your average private detective. But then again, this isn't your average case. For not even he will be prepared for what he will find. 

Set in the darkest corners of the American South, tapping into hot-button issues that simmer beneath the surface of the modern United States, this is Matthew Reilly writing faster and bolder than ever before, bringing you a detective thriller like no other.

Seating on the night is unallocated, and books will be on sale at the event. The event will be of approximately one hour duration, and a booksigning will follow. Please note that Matthew will sign as many copies of this new book as you like, but we will need to limit other books to your two favourite books only (this is to keep the signing to a manageable period on the night.

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