Laura McCluskey is a debut author whose novel was described to me as ‘the hottest debut crime novel of 2025’.

Since the book’s release  back in February I have watched in awe at the manner in which this book has shot to success. 

It was the Book of the Month for QBD Books, Dymocks, Booktopia AND WHS Smith.

It’s a spooky Scottish detective mystery called ‘The Wolf Tree’ published by Harper Collins Australia. 

And I was thrilled to have the chatted with Laura for the podcast recently.