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…
In Le Chateau, Sarah Ridout’s evocation of the sights, sounds, scent and mystique of Southern France will be the envy of many authors. Le Chateau Synopsis What really happened at the Chateau? When Charlotte regains consciousness after an accident, she finds…
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…
Black Teeth, Zane Lovitt’s second novel, is a must-read for those who enjoy complex crime mysteries. Read on for our full review. Black Teeth Book Synopsis Jason Ginaff doesn’t get out much. Partly because of the anxiety, mainly because he works…
A S Patric’s Black Rock White City is a story about the damages of war, the limits of choice, and the hope of love. Read my full review of this mesmerising novel. Black Rock White City Synopsis During a hot…
Camilla Lackberg’s The Ice Child (Erica Falck & Patrik Hedstrom #9) is a thrilling blend of family drama and shocking criminal investigation. Read my full review. The Ice Child Book Synopsis January, Fjällbacka. A semi-naked girl wanders through the woods in…
Missing Synopsis Cass Lehman and Detective Ed Dyson #3 On any night, 1 person in 200 is homeless … Someone is targeting Adelaide’s homeless. Men are disappearing off the streets, and body parts are turning up in a local dump. Still…
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Amy and the Fox by John Lake ‘West Riding iconoclast’ John Lake turns his focus on Southern middle class mores in his new novel, a tale of loss, love, sex, betrayal and talking animals set against the background of Cameron’s…
Today Melanie Casey joins us to discuss her latest release Missing, the third title in her paranormal crime series featuring Cass Lehman and Detective Ed Dyson, and we offer readers the chance to win a copy. BLBR: Thanks so much for taking the…
Cath Ferla’s Ghost Girls won the 2017 Davitt Awards – Best Crime Debut and is one of our dozen Top Aussie Reads of 2016 . The Ghost Girls Book Synopsis Winter in Sydney. The city is brimming with foreign students. Sophie Sandilands takes a job…
Hindsight Synopsis Cass Lehman has a terrifying ‘gift’… She sees what others can’t… The youngest in a family of extraordinary women with supernatural talents, Cass is cursed with the not-so-sexy gift of seeing the past… but not just any past; she…
Gun Street Girl is Book 4 in Adrian McKinty’s award-winning Detective Sean Duffy Series and one of our dozen Top Aussie Reads of 2016. Gun Street Girl Synopsis Belfast, 1985. Amid the Troubles, Detective Sean Duffy, a Catholic cop in the…
That Devil’s Madness by Dominique Wilson ranks as one of my dozen Top Aussie Reads of 2016. That Devil’s Madness Synopsis In 1896 Louis and his father, seduced by the allure of North Africa, travel to Algeria in search of a…
Nadia Dalbuono’s The American is an intriguing crime puzzle, international adventure thriller and a moving human drama. The American Synopsis: The second Leone Scamarcio thriller. As autumn sets in, the queues outside the soup kitchens of Rome are lengthening, and the…
Three Lives Down Synopsis : Dan Taylor has survived two attempts on his life. The rest of his team are missing, and now a terrorist group has stolen a radioactive isotope from a top secret government project. Can Dan survive long enough…
Sigge Eklund’s Into the Labyrinth translated from the original Swedish by Katarina Tucker. Into the Labyrinth Synopsis An eleven-year-old girl, Magda, has disappeared. Her mother Åsa works every clue, obsessively trying to solve the mystery. Is she concerned, or coldly delusional?…
