Books
The Paris collaborator
August, 1944. In German-occupied Paris, former schoolteacher Auguste Duchene has stumbled upon an unusual way to survive: he finds missing people.
The Berlin
TRAITOR
Duchene finds himself in post-war Berlin, involved in the hunt for a Nazi war criminal relying on his wits to survive the beginnings of the Cold War.
The Moscow
Defector
Working for the Allies in a besieged Berlin to lure Soviet spies to defect, Duchene has made an enemy of the Russians who are drawing a net tight around him.
Blood witness
Defence lawyer Will Harris is reluctantly drawn into a bizarre murder trial. A terminally ill man claims to have witnessed the brutal crime – in a vision.
The UNbroken line
When defence lawyer Will Harris is attacked by masked men with a clear message to back off, he has no choice but to listen. If only he knew what they were talking about.
About Alex
Alex Hammond is an author and screenwriter. His forthcoming crime thriller, Penitent, will be released in October 2026. A dark, morally charged novel, Penitent follows a Catholic priest forced to confront an impossible choice when a penitent confesses that he will murder again.
Alex is also the author of the August Duchene novels The Paris Collaborator, The Berlin Traitor and The Moscow Defector. His debut novel, Blood Witness, was shortlisted for the 2014 Ned Kelly Award for Best First Crime Novel, while its sequel, The Unbroken Line, was described as “a taut and intelligent thriller”. Both novels were optioned for television and selected for the State Library of Victoria’s Summer Read.
Born in South Africa, Alex emigrated to Australia as a child and later graduated with an Arts/Law degree from the University of Melbourne. He has presented workshops and spoken about writing at the Emerging Writers’ Festival, Writers Victoria, Stonnington Literary Festival, Monash Literary Festival, the State Library of Victoria, NSW Writers’ Centre, Casey Winter Arts Festival, the City of Yarra and Melton City Council.
Alex currently works for RMIT University and lives in Naarm/Melbourne with his wife and two daughters.
Contact
Serialisation or foreign language rights enquiries:
Fiona Inglis at Curtis Brown Literary Agents
For screenwriting enquiries:
Kathryn Fleming at The Fleming Agency
Speaking engagements and appearances:
BookedOut Speakers Agency
Acknowledgement of country
I write in Naarm on the unceded lands of the Woi Wurrung and Boon Wurrung people of the Eastern Kulin nation. I pay my respects to their Elders past and present. Always was, always will be Aboriginal land.
Alex Hammond Author | Penitent 