The Edward Street Baby Farm
Reviewed onThe Edward Street Baby Farm is the fascinating account of a little-known aspect of Western Australian history. In 1907, Perth woman Alice Mitchell was arrested for the murder of a …
Read moreShore Leave
Reviewed onFans of David Whish-Wilson’s crime fiction will be over the moon to discover that former detective Frank Swann is back in Whish-Wilson’s latest offering, Shore Leave. It is 1989 and …
Read moreDeath Leaves the Station
Reviewed onDeath Leaves the Station is Alexander Thorpe’s thoroughly delightful debut novel. Set in 1927, it is a classic whodunnit peopled with idiosyncratic and memorable characters, including a nameless friar, Mariana …
Read moreThe Good Turn
Reviewed onDervla McTiernan has rapidly cemented her place among contemporary bestselling crime fiction greats by producing in quick succession two expertly crafted and beautifully written character-driven novels in The Ruin, and The Scholar. …
Read moreTrue West
Reviewed onA new novel from David Whish-Wilson is always cause to celebrate and so it is with True West. Set in the years following the Vietnam War, this latest work brings …
Read moreSibanda and the Rainbird
Reviewed onIf you like your crime in exotic locations and mixed with occasional encounters with lions and elephants, this is the book for you. Sibanda and the Rainbird is set in …
Read moreThe Scholar
Reviewed onDervla McTiernan’s second novel is another thrilling ride that fulfils the promise of her debut, The Rúin. DS Cormac Reilly has only recently been taken off cold cases when his partner …
Read moreMan at the Window
Reviewed onWhen the senior cadet master at an exclusive boys’ private school in a 1960s Perth’s suburb is shot while standing in his second storey window, there is a rush to …
Read moreThe Valley
Reviewed onThe Valley is Steve Hawke’s stunning first novel for adults. Set in the Kimberley, mostly in Bunuba country, the novel charts four generations of a family whose secretive lives are …
Read moreAthenian Blues
Reviewed onPerth has a new world-class crime writer in its midst and his name is Pol Koutsakis. Greek-born Koutsakis has created a tightly packed mystery that moves between the backstreets and …
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