Graeme Simsion’s The Rosie Project was an international publishing phenomenon, with more than a million copies sold in over forty countries around the world. Now he returns with the highly anticipated sequel, The Rosie Effect. The Rosie Effect Synopsis ‘We’ve got…
Review Summary: In The Canterville Ghost, with modern prose and themes, and characters like caricatures, Oscar Wilde lampoons traditional ghost stories. The Canterville Ghost Short Synopsis: A terrifying ghost is haunting the ancient mansion of Canterville Chase, complete with creaking floorboards, clanking…
Lost & Found Synopsis At seven years old, Millie Bird realises that everything is dying around her. She wasn’t to know that after she had recorded twenty-seven assorted creatures in her Book of Dead Things her dad would be a Dead…
Lady Windermere’s Fan Synopsis: Oscar Wilde’s first play confronts the hypocrisy of public “morality” compared with genuine, private kindness. When it opened in 1892, Lady Windermere’s Fan was an instant success and now, more than a century later, it continues to…
Family Heirlooms Synopsis: “Zulmira’s fiction escapes the divisions among genres and constructs one of those hybrid and rational beings in whom one recognizes the consistency of modernity.” —Roberto Schwarz Maria Bráulia Munhoz thought settling down with a well-off husband in a…
Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency still contains Douglas Adam’s trademark offbeat and fantastical elements but its driving force is a much more mature and intelligent brand of humour. Read our full review. Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency Book Synopsis: Dirk Gently has an unshakeable belief in…
Robert Glancy’s Terms & Conditions is an ingeniously told, fast-paced, funny novel filled with colourful, audacious characters and heartfelt drama. Read my full review. Terms & Conditions Book Synopsis Frank has been in a car accident*. The doctor tells him he…
Zane Lovitt’s The Midnight Promise – A Detective’s Story in Ten Cases is an original and highly compelling twist on crime fiction. Read on for our review. The Midnight Promise Synopsis Winner, Ned Kelly Awards, Best First Fiction, 2013 A brilliant Melbourne…
Beyond Belief by Helen Smith (Book 4, Emily Castles Mysteries) is a delightful romp for fans of Agatha Christie and Hercule Poirot. Read our full review. Beyond Belief Book Synopsis: Emily Castles, spare-time private investigator, full-time desk jockey is at it…
Erasmus Hobart and the Golden Arrow Synopsis In this time-travelling romp, Andrew Fish brings a new slant to the classic legend. Erasmus Hobart is the perfect new adventurer for fans of Douglas Adams and Terry Pratchett. Robin Hood was a crook!…
Claire Kilroy is a prodigious, award-winning young talent in Irish fiction, whose fresh, authoritative voice has garnered enthusiastic praise. In The Devil I Know, she delivers a delicious novel, a cautionary tale of financial excess set during the Irish property bubble. Read my…
Read the novel before you see the movie. Stephen Fry’s charmingly misanthropic send-up of the English mystery, The Hippopotamus is now a critically acclaimed major motion picture. The Hippopotamus Synopsis: Ted Wallace is an old, sour, womanising, cantankerous, whisky-sodden beast of…
The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion is a modern take on the classic screwball romance tackling tough societal issues with compassion and hilarity. Read on for why I think this is groundbreaking contemporary literature. The Rosie Project Synopsis The art of love…
Combustion Synopsis Los Angeles. Traffic clogs the streets. Smog chokes the city. And Zac Bunsen is going to burn it all down. On a ruthless quest to save the planet, Bunsen releases the Swarm, an airborne nanotech virus that targets combustion…
The Combover Synopsis: Arduino Gherarducci is the latest in the family line of bald men with ornate combovers. Some combed their hair from one side of the head to the other, some weaved the remnants of their hair together in the…
I Stole the Rain Synopsis: A trio of unforgettable stories from the superstitious Italian province of Campania In Campania fizzy drinks are delivered by cart, old women sell gold to a furtive clientele, and the tobacconist’s daughter is a prize…
