A Dance with Fate
Reviewed onBook Two in the Warrior Bards series picks up a few months after the first book The Harp of Kings ended. Marillier proves yet again that building strong relationships between …
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The Harp of Kings
Reviewed onA story about trusting yourself and your comrades, the first instalment of the Warrior Bard series by Juliet Marillier brings together a new set of characters in a world familiar …
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The Place Between
Reviewed onTold through the perspectives of three strong-willed women, The Place Between is a fascinating exploration of motherhood, memory, and the legacy of childhood trauma. Sarah’s relationship with her mother has …
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Something to Talk About
Reviewed onFleeing a broken engagement, Fergus McWilliams accepts a temporary teaching position in the farming community of Walsh, with its mix of small-town gossip and big-hearted community spirit that will be …
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The Paris Secret
Reviewed onA wardrobe of Dior gowns, a secret kept for 65 years and three women bound forever by war … The Paris Secret is the latest title by New York Times …
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Lucky-Child: The Secret
Reviewed onLucky-Child: The Secret is both a gritty, no-punches-pulled account of contemporary Indigenous life in the northwest town of Broome, and a fascinating tale of adventure and spiritual empowerment of a …
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The Salt Madonna
Reviewed onWesterly editor Catherine Noske’s debut novel The Salt Madonna delivers a searing indictment of mob mentality and the stories people will tell – and fervently believe – to sustain their way of life. …
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Fauna
Reviewed onStacey and Isak long for another child and decide to sign up for an experimental genetics program that offers them a chance to add to their family while supporting them …
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Return Ticket
Reviewed onReturn Ticket is the third and final book in Jon Doust’s One Boy’s Journey to Man trilogy. When Jack Muir gets off the ship in Durban, South Africa, he doesn’t …
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The 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. …
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