Today we welcome Robert Wainwright to Booklover Book Reviews to share with us the writing journey that led to his latest book, Miss Muriel Matters: The Australian actress who became one of London’s most famous suffragists. And, thanks to Harper Collins…
The much anticipated sequel to The Bitter Trade. Scatterwood Synopsis : SEVEN YEARS’ SERVITUDE. SEVEN DAYS TO SAVE HIS FAMILY Jamaica, March 1692. Calumny Spinks is forced to spy for the Crown and help prevent an invasion of England. He’s sent to…
Jane Rawson’s From the Wreck was shortlisted for the 2017 Readings Prize for New Australian Fiction, won the 2017 Aurealis Award for Best Science Fiction Novel and is now longlisted for the Miles Franklin Award 2018. From the Wreck Synopsis: From…
Kirk Kjeldsen’s Land of Hidden Fires is a refreshing change from more traditional WWII stories. Land of Hidden Fires Synopsis: Occupied Norway, 1943. After seeing an allied plane go down over the mountains, headstrong fifteen year-old Kari Dahlstrom sets out to locate…
An intergalactic odyssey of love, ambition, and self-discovery Spaceman of Bohemia Synopsis : Orphaned as a boy, raised in the Czech countryside by his doting grandparents, Jakub Procházka has risen from small-time scientist to become the country’s first astronaut. When a dangerous…
Greg Pyer’s The Unfortunate Victim is based on a true story. Otto Berliner Investigates… The Unfortunate Victim: At midnight on 28 December 1864, in the Australian gold-mining town of Daylesford, young newly-wed Maggie Stuart lies dead in her own blood. Rumour…
We seem to have an inadvertent ‘fiction based on facts’ theme going on this week. The Unfortunate Victim by Greg Pyers This historical detective novel from Greg Pyers based on a true story, is one of the 2017 releases by Aussie Authors…
Today we welcome Kirk Kjeldsen to Booklover Book Reviews to share with us how he came to write his latest book Land of Hidden Fires. And, thanks to Grenzland Press, we have a paperback copy to giveaway. — I first…
Amy Witting’s classic novel I for Isobel initially had me enthralled, the inner workings of a 9yr old mind held charm, as did Witting’s original turn of phrase. I for Isobel Synopsis ‘This was life: no sooner had you built yourself…
Today we welcome Paul Terry to Booklover Book Reviews to share with us how he came to write his latest book The Claimant. And, thanks to Bonnier Publishing Australia, we have a paperback copy to giveaway. — It was the early nineties…
Quick reviews of two recent additions to book series I am a faithful follower of: L J M Owen’s Intermillennial Sleuth Dr Elizabeth Pimms and Matthew Reilly’s Jack West Jr. Mayan Mendacity Synopsis: Dr Elizabeth Pimms has a new puzzle. What…
Deborah O’Brien’s The Rarest Thing was one of our dozen Top Aussie Reads of 2016. The Rarest Thing Synopsis: A heartwarming new novel from the author of the bestselling Mr Chen’s Emporium It’s 1966, and a mountain pygmy possum – a species…
The Ninja’s Daughter Synopsis : An Hiro Hattori Novel/Shinobi Mystery Autumn, 1565: When an actor’s daughter is murdered on the banks of Kyoto’s Kamo River, master ninja Hiro Hattori and Portuguese Jesuit Father Mateo are the victim’s only hope for justice. As…
A Murder in Time is the first title in Julie McElwain’s Kendra Donovan Mysteries series – a book that garnered lots of pre-release industry buzz. A Murder in Time Synopsis When brilliant FBI agent Kendra Donovan stumbles back in time and…
Girl Waits With Gun Synopsis : From the New York Times best-selling author of The Drunken Botanist comes an enthralling novel based on the forgotten, true story of one of the USA’s first female deputy sheriffs. Constance Kopp doesn’t quite fit the…
The Gilded Years by Karin Tanabe is the story of one young woman who risks everything to earn a college degree—but the secret she hides could be her undoing. Read my full review. The Gilded Years Book Synopsis Since childhood, Anita…
