Where should I start reading Billy Haddad?
Start with Sydney Park, a standalone 120-page neo-noir novella. It is the entry point to the wider Brick House Universe without requiring any prior reading.
Noir crime fiction with strong LGBTQ+ lead characters
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Stories that bleed. Characters that breathe. No one gets out clean.
Latest Release
Sydney Park
A debut novella from Billy Haddad. At 120 pages, Sydney Park follows Homicide Detective Trent Williams as he investigates a brutal execution at a notorious cruising ground. This is not a random attack. It is a shadow war against his own community, and Trent is willing to burn his career to the ground before more bodies turn up. Read the full synopsis on the Sydney Park book page, browse the full catalog, or learn more about the author.
Reading Order
Start here, then go deeper.
The Brick House Universe spans 1994 to 2026, but you do not need a map to begin. Read the standalone first. Follow the ghost trail after.
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Sydney Park
Available now
The standalone entry point. Homicide Detective Trent Williams steps into a shadow war against his own community.
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Coming July 2026
The Paradise Lodge
1996 to 2024
A meta-memoir of survival, friendship, grief, and the year that changed everything.
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Show the wider case file Four future arcs, 1994 to 2026
- 1994 to 2000 The Brick House Files
Graham Miller and Joey Moretti. Five cases that break them and remake them.
- 2000 to 2002 The Moretti Method
Moretti leads the Special Investigations Group. Miller is his ghost.
- 2007 to present The Architect's Mind
Chung Nguyen sees patterns no one else can. The city becomes a puzzle.
- 2026 The Moretti Manifesto
The final chapter. The SIG goes analogue to chase a digital ghost.
The Paradise Lodge
A Meta-Memoir
For the boys in the cheap seats. You know who you are.
1996. St Kilda. Two sixteen-year-old boys running wild through the streets: sleeping rough, stealing food, falling in love with the city and each other. Sam and Troy. One would become a writer. One would be dead within eleven years.
This is not a grief memoir. This is a love letter to the year that mattered. To being sixteen and absolutely feral. To the Paradise Lodge, where Rosie Lodge took in strays and asked no questions.
"It's more than that. It's more than that. It's a period of time that I had the time of my life in real life."
Written from 2024, with Troy's ghost narrating from the afterlife. A tribute. A confession. A celebration of joy that outlasts grief.
Questions
Common questions
How do I buy the Sydney Park ebook?
Visit the Sydney Park book page, choose the ebook edition, and complete secure checkout. You receive a DRM-free EPUB download link by email after payment clears.
Does Billy Haddad ship signed paperbacks internationally?
Signed paperback stock is limited. Domestic orders ship from Melbourne with flat-rate AUD shipping. International rates are calculated at checkout when the first printing opens.
The author
About Billy
Melbourne-based crime novelist. Queer leads. Australian cities. Lean prose, procedurally grounded, written for readers who stopped squinting.