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DYMOCKS Books in Bars with J.P Pomare & Clare Stephens
March 26 @ 6:00 pm – 8:30 pm
THE GAMBLER
J.P. Pomare
A highly charged crime-thriller – the first in an electrifying new series – by multi-award-winning prince of the twist, J.P. Pomare.
PI Vince Reid is visiting an old friend when he’s offered a case he can’t refuse: Why did a respected local woman open fire at a political rally, killing a promising young university graduate? It’s easy money, he’s told. A sure thing.
But as Reid delves further into the case, the stakes are higher than he imagined. There are invisible players pulling the strings. Will he walk away a winner or pay for the ultimate gamble with his life?
About the author
J.P. POMARE is an award-winning author whose debut novel, Call Me Evie (2018), won the Ngaio Marsh Award for Best First Novel. In the Clearing (2019) was made into a Disney+ Original Series, The Clearing, while Tell Me Lies (2020) was a #1 Audible bestseller and was shortlisted for the Ngaio Marsh Award for Best Novel and the Ned Kelly Award for Best Crime Fiction. The Last Guests (2021) was critically acclaimed and made into a Stan Original TV series, Watching You. His fifth book, The Wrong Woman (2022), was a top-ten bestseller and was highly acclaimed, as was Home Before Night (2023). 17 Years Later (2024) was shortlisted for both the 2025 Ned Kelly Award for Best Crime Fiction and the Ngaio Marsh Award for Best Novel, and is currently being adapted for the screen. The Gambler is his eighth novel.
J.P. Pomare was born in New Zealand and lives in Melbourne with his wife and daughter.
J.P will be joined by Clare Stephens
Clare Stephens is a Sydney-based author, screenwriter, and podcaster. She’s the creator and host of The Pile-On, where she interviews public figures who have been at the centre of internet outrage. Her debut novel, The Worst Thing I’ve Ever Done, was published in 2025 with Atlantic Books, and her writing has appeared in Good Weekend, Sydney Morning Herald, Sunday Life and The Age. She publishes bi-weekly on her Substack, Not Quite Right.
- Event Date & Time26 Mar 2026 06 : 00 pm – 08 : 00 pm
- Price$30 inc arrival drink and shared grazing
- LocationTwo80 Cabaret
- Enquirieseventscoordinator@dymocks.com.au