The Murder Rule
Reviewed onThe Murder Rule by Dervla McTiernan is the gripping new stand-alone thriller by the author of the Cormac Reilly series. When young law student Hannah manipulates her way into joining …
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Scam at Five Mile Road
Reviewed onSecrets get uncovered when Jack Rhodes is around, whether their holders like it or not. Tough, smart and with a ruthless streak tempered by a sharp moral compass, Rhodes is …
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Banjawarn
Reviewed onThe silence and red-dirt heat of the WA Goldfields’ mulga country is the stark canvas of Josh Kemp’s stunning debut novel Banjawarn, in which true crime writer Garreth Hoyle seeks …
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Private Prosecution
Reviewed onWhen sassy florist Lily Constantine’s body is found bludgeoned to death in her apartment, junior prosecutor Andrew Deacon finds himself in deep water; he had spent the previous night with …
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Fromage
Reviewed onWhen food journalist and self-confessed shoeaholic Alex Grant bumps into an old school friend, Marie, while on holiday in Croatia, she is invited to visit the family’s cheese company in …
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The River Mouth
Reviewed onTen years ago, Sandra Davies’s fifteen-year-old son Darren was found shot to death in the Weymouth River. Now, the local police have informed Sandra that her best friend, Barbara, has …
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The Night Village
Reviewed onWhen Simone moves to London from Australia, she does so with expectations of a high-flying journalism career, a slick apartment in an up-and-coming borough and nights of cocktails in chic …
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Angels Weep
Reviewed onColin Falconer is an internationally best-selling author of epic historical fiction and – as he himself says – is best known for his work in this genre. That may soon …
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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 …
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Shore 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 …
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